ZenistTwo-Day+ Intensive on the Five Skandhas
with Joel Barna, Kim Mosley·Theravada
Two-day in-person intensive on the Five Skandhas — the Buddhist analysis of form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Combines meditation, dharma talks, activities, and group discussion to examine how perception constructs the sense of a separate self.
About this retreat
The Five Skandhas are a foundational framework in Theravada Buddhism for understanding how experience arises. Rather than a fixed "self," the Buddha taught that what we call a person is actually five aggregates in constant flux: form (the body), sensation (pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral), perception (recognition and labeling), mental formations (thoughts, intentions, emotions), and consciousness (awareness itself). This retreat uses that analysis to examine directly how the illusion of a separate, unchanging self is constructed moment to moment.
The center has not yet published details about the daily schedule, sitting format, teacher, or whether meals are included. Contact appamada directly for lodging information and specifics about the rhythm of meditation and discussion over the two days.
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A two-day intensive exploring Buddhist teachings on the Five Skandhas (form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness) through meditation, dharma talks, activities, and group discussions to examine the nature of perception and how it contributes to the illusion of the separate self.
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