Dharma In Everyday Life
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Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center
- 159 Osceola Rd. Hendersonville, NC
- Sep 20 - 23, 2018 (4 days)
- $274.00 - Residential Stayplus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
About us
Do you desire to have a more regular meditation practice? Are there times
when your practice seems to take a back seat amongst the busy-ness of
everyday life? We all seek to live wisely and with loving-kindness and we
all experience fear, anger, confusion, grasping, body pain and mental
agitation. We want to shine out with love, but we lose ourselves in the
darkness and feel cut off from the essence of ourselves. During this retreat
there will be instruction in Vipassana (Insight) Meditation, heart-centered
meditations, dharma talks, chanting from various traditions, optional yoga,
and individual meetings when requested. Dharma discussion will focus on
the application of these practices in our daily lives helping our Inner Light to
remain accessible, especially in times of difficulty and challenge.
Venue Highlights
Heartwood’s facilities include a historic thirty-room Victorian-era mansion, and additional thirty adjoining courtyard rooms. Three meditation halls and a commercial kitchen are designed to support short-term and long-term retreats, conferences, and workshops. Quiet spaces indoors and out invite contemplation and conversation. Our goal is to nurture all aspects of one’s being.
Amenities
- Air Conditioning in Rooms
- Towels
- Free Parking
- Coffee/Tea
- Cafe
Menu Types
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
Menu/Cuisine
Three delicious vegetarian meals per day are offered; there are always vegan and gluten free options served for those with dietary restrictions. You are also welcome to bring a snack to share if you wish.Breakfast typically includes cereal, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, bread, and rice cakes. Coffee is served at breakfast only. Lunch, which is the main meal of the day, consists of a protein, a grain, vegetables, and salad. A light supper of soup, with either salad or fruit, as well as some surprises, is offered each evening.
Accommodations
Rooms are double-occupancy. Depending on the number of retreatants, if single rooms are available, we assign them in order of registration to those who registered earliest. For your convenience, Heartwood provides bed linens, blankets, and towels. All rooms, whether double or single, have an en-suite bathroom.
Directions
Heartwood is located at 159 Osceola Rd, Hendersonville NC 28739. We are approximately 20 minutes from the Asheville NC airport, and 2 hours from the Charlotte NC airport.About the Venue and Teacher
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Heartwood Refuge and Retreat Center
Our vision is to provide residential interfaith meditation & wellness retreats for the contemplative and mindfulness practice communityThe intention has been here all along — across the country, practitioners of all traditions and ages are experiencing a pull to come together for non-sectarian practice, conscious living and empowerment in service. It is time to return to a far-reaching United Sangha with an emphasis on embodiment of the Dharma.Mission:Heartwood’s mission is to be a living container for inquiry and cultivation of ancient and contemporary Buddhist thought, while promoting interfaith and multi-lineage dialogue that create the opportunity to awaken. Heartwood is neither defined by a single lineage, nor confined by any single sect or practice. Our retreats, refuge, courses of study, practical life and social engagement in the world are geared not towards an outward show of Buddhism as a religion, but cultivation of the inner integrity and development of being which the Dharma inspires. In addition to Buddhist teachers, we welcome facilitators from around the world to share teachings and activities which promote compassion and clarity, be it through traditional wisdom or new thought. -
John Orr
John Orr received Theravada Buddhist ordination and training for a period of eight years while living as a monk in the 1970’s in Thailand and India. His Asian teachers are Ajahn Chaa, Ajahn Buddhadasa and S.N. Goenka. He has been teaching meditation and leading retreats around the country since 1980. John is the guiding teacher of the New Hope Sangha , which is a nondenominational community located in Durham, North Carolina that respects the wisdom of various spiritual traditions. He is on the faculty of Duke University.
- Sep 20 - 23, 2018 (4 days)
- $274.00 - Residential Stayplus dana (offered at the end of the retreat) to the teacher and to Heartwood. You can read more about the practice of dana here.
