EVENTS

Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue

  • November 4-5, 2022

  • Dave Leggatt

Participant Reflections

"...It starts with the pause. I just pause and I just feel myself and then I just relax. And that relaxing has freed up so much energy in my mind and my body so I’m not so exhausted anymore. And I’ve learned how to listen…" Read more

"I was surprised by what stood out in the 2 day intensive. For one- I found myself filled with gratitude- not the type that’s derived from prying silver linings out of the day. Rather just the natural appreciation for human connectedness when instead of defenses and distraction there’s trust. I think this practice will  be most helpful in my day-to-day interactions. I didn’t realize in conversation how my mind so habitually jumps away to self-indulgent tangents beyond the human in front of me. "

"I’ve always been looking for a way to bring what I’ve learned on the cushion and bridge that into my daily life and interpersonal relations. ...Insight Dialogue was different for me because it brought the experience and the spaciousness that I can experience from time to time… well, it doesn’t even need to be the spaciousness, the hindrances, of being familiar with the hindrances, to bring that awareness into everything, from close relationships to being in the supermarket to work relationships…" Read more

I think when you speak from your heart, the other person or people we’re with receive the information with that part of their being. It has to make its way to get there, but I think that’s when we’re truthful in the world, that’s where we set our course towards that which is most beautiful, in order to honor life.

"…it’s about paying attention to what’s within and being authentic."

Insight Dialogue for me is a way of bringing meditation into daily life, into places where often, like when we open our mouths, we lose the meditative state, we lose mindfulness, and it’s a wonderful way of rediscovering the thread of presence through the relationship, through discussion, and plunging in and getting to know oneself better and become so much better connected to the other and to connect with the heart—it’s huge

Resources from this Event

The Seattle Insight Meditation Society invited us to explore the Buddha’s teachings on Death and the Deathless during this non-residential hybrid Insight Dialogue retreat.

Description

When mindfulness of death is developed and cultivated, it’s very fruitful and beneficial. It culminates in the deathless and ends with the deathless. (AN 6.19)

We investigated the Buddha’s teachings on Death and the Deathless, a gentle and deep exploration of something we all must face but often avoid until it is too late. Using the Insight Dialogue guidelines, we will contemplate together being present with the mortality of our own bodies and of those close to us, the illusory nature of birth and death and grieving.

Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS on 2022 November 04 as a prelude to a daylong retreat

Dana, Precepts, and Introduction from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Morning Guided Meditation from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Guidance for First Morning Practice from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Guidance for Second Morning Practice from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Guidance for Third Morning Practice from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Afternoon Guided Meditation from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Guidance for First Afternoon Practice from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Guidance for Second Afternoon Practice from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05

Closing from Seattle Insight Meditation on Vimeo.

Offered by Dave Leggatt to SIMS as a part of a daylong retreat entitled, "Death and the Deathless: An Introduction to Insight Dialogue," 2022 November 05