Buddhist Practice Groups
The MBSR program you have been exploring comes directly from the teachings of the Buddha - the four foundations of mindfulness. There are many Buddhist groups offering ongoing practice and exploration which would deepen what you have been learning in the MBSR course. These groups also offer longer retreats. Here are a few leads for you to explore:
Insight meditation
Insight (Vipassana) meditation is the simple and direct practice of moment-to- moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles of our lives.
Australia wide: http://www.dharma.org.au/
Sydney: Sydney Insight Meditators http://www.siminc.org.au/
Melbourne: Dhamma Sukha Meditation Centre http://www.dhammasukha.org.au/
http://www.dharma.org.au/MIMS-flyer.pdf
Perth: Perth Insight Meditation Group http://www.pimg.org/
Adelaide: Ashtree Sangha http://www.dharma.org.au/
Alice Springs: Desert Budhha Sangha http://www.dharma.org.au/
Hobart: Vipassana meditation http://www.pabha.dhamma.org/
Brisbane: http://www.dharma.org.au/Heart-Insight.html
Zen meditation
Zen meditation develops the ability to settle the mind and begin to enquire directly and deeply into your life and the actual nature of reality. Practice is vital to honing an ever more instinctive and subtle reflex of calm, practiced awareness in response to what life throws up.
One of the world’s great old wisdom traditions, Zen remains a vibrant and beautiful
way to navigate through our lives in the 21st century. The human questions are
perennial: Who am I? How can I find peace of mind? What can I do about
suffering? What is this life?
ZEN OPEN CIRCLE
http://zenopencircle.org.au/
ORDINARY MIND ZEN.
http://www.ordinarymindsydney.com.au/home/
Melbourne
Jikishoan Zen Buddhist Community http://www.jikishoan.org.au
Ordinary Mind Zen Melbourne http://www.ordinarymindsydney.com.au/links/
