1 day retreat @ KYCL

did a one dae retreat @ KYCL over the weekend on sat.

its been couple of years since i last did retreat with KYCL!

the nite b4 we started with diamond sutra chanting n Shi Fu's Dharma talk,

went to bed at 10pm woke up at 4am,

n the day commenced with one period of meditation (40min)

followed by 108 prostrations,

another period of meditation

chanting then breakfast

work period, then 3 periods of sitting meditaton with walking meditation in between

then lunch then breathing exercise, another 3 periods of sitting meditation

then we ended with some sharing n then we returned home =)

good feeling to be back, most of the faces were unfamiliar/new =p

but there were couple old faces feels good to see them practicing so strongly,

its an inspiration, i hope to be able to join more often =)
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perhaps unsurprisingly, struggled mostly with drowsiness (after a tiring week)

but the 3 day retreat's postive spinoff were there,

aka my legs n back dun hurt as much haha

(still hurt of cse, esp that kwum um sch retreats has a lot more sitting compared to DDM/Plum V lineages)

caught myself drifting off most of time,

breathing in, out,

refresh myself n bring myself back to here n now, over n over again...

drifting off into wandering thoughts n drifting off into dreamland like state actualli not much different it seems

one makes the mind tense n scattered, e other brings e mind into a dull state (sometimes quite seductively comfortable haha)

but both are habitual means in which i try to run away from the here n now, escape from just this moment

depending on the level of energy at that moment...

n the method of practice is similar, to refresh myself n gently bring back to the present moment

just sitting...
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KYCL is struggling to raise funds to build the new zen center,

donated some more today, realli hope we can achieve the required funds soon,

the new center will realli be a much better n conductive center for practice

pray for the quick realisation of the new center

namu kwan seum busal