Online: Spiritual Bypassing – When We Do Not Want to Look Honestly
with Bhikkhu Sukhacitto and Rachel Hammerman
Sunday, July 17th, 2022 | 10:00am – 4:00pm ET
Sometimes we want to escape in meditation our problems and challenges of life and just like to have a rest and experience quiet and peace. How can we use Dhamma practice to integrate it more fully into our life? Can Dhamma principles guide us in ALL what is happening?
In this daylong, we will explore these questions by meditating, short talks & reflections and dialogue in small groups.
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Teacher(s)
Bhante Sukhacitto
Bhante Sukhacitto was born in Germany in 1963 and first came into contact with Buddhism in 1986 in Thailand by attending a meditation retreat, offered through Wat Suan Mokkh. He ordained there as a monk in 1990. He returned to the West in 1993. Since then he has lived at various monasteries, including Dhammapala Monastery in Switzerland for six years and Amaravati Monastery in the UK for 4 years. On his first Insight Dialogue retreat in 2005, he was amazed by the powerful experience of meditating together with other people and subsequently joined many more Insight Dialogue retreats. In 2010 he began his teacher training with Gregory Kramer and other teachers. In his experience, interpersonal meditation is an extremely helpful aid for the development of wholesome qualities. It bridges the gap between traditional silent meditation and our everyday lives and relations with other people. Bhikkhu Sukhacitto sees Insight Dialogue as an important tool for liberation. For 3 years B. Sukhacitto was running Kalyana Mitta Vihara, or “House of Noble Friendship,” a small community where relational practice was part of the living. He still dreams of helping to establish a relational Dhamma practice based residential community. More info: insightdialogue.org
Rachel Hammerman
Rachel Hammerman (she/them) teaches Insight meditation in New York City as faculty of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, Community Meditation Center of New York, and Tibet House US. Rachel offers Insight Dialogue as part of the ID Teacher Development Cohort and has supported online retreats, courses and classes for Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Spirit Rock and New York Insight Meditation Center. As an executive coach and consultant, Rachel helps people integrate Mindfulness and LovingKindness into their livelihood to speak, work and live with ease. Rachel facilitates New York Insight Meditation Center’s Insight Dialogue sangha alongside Bart van Melik.