Living the Essential Buddhist Teachings - Retreat

This past weekend, January 14&15 was a retreat on the core Buddhist teachings and precepts.  For the first time, this year, Shao Shan Temple Formal Students were invited to select a topic that has been important in their life and present their experience working with a given precept or the 4 Noble Truths or the 8 Fold Path.  This emphasized that these teachings are not abstract concepts but ways of being that we can all bring into our lives.

The weekend included several periods of meditation each day in addition to times of sharing and discussion, lunch and informal social time.