Registration has now opened for the 2012 Insight Chicago New Years Retreat with Andrew Getz. The retreat be from Dec 29th 2011 until Jan 1st 2012 at the Cenacle in downtown Chicago. Click here for additional details and registration information.
Andrew lives in California and has practiced Vipassana meditation for 30 years. He was ordained as a monk in Thailand and Burma, where he lived for many years. He studied under U Pandita of the Mahasi Meditation Center in Burma, and spent a period of time in the monasteries of Ajahn Buddhadasa of Thailand. He is also a student of Christopher Titmuss and has taught at Spirit Rock and Meditation Center in Barre MA.
Andrew is a nurse and was trained as a mindfulness-based stress reduction instructor by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. He has worked extensively teaching mindfulness in healthcare community settings and with incarcerated teens. Andrewhas taught meditation retreats here in Chicago many times before and is among the very best Vipassana teachers.We are fortunate to have him return again to Chicago this New Year’s.
Space is limited, so please register in advance.
http://insightchicago2012newyears.eventbrite.com
Andrew has provided the following reading list for those attendees who are interested:
Dharma Reading List
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. Anapanasati, Mindfulness with Breathing, Unveiling the secrets of life, a manual for serious beginners, translated from the Thai by Santikaro Bhikkhu. (Now published by Wisdom).
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. The Heartwood of the Bo Tree (Now Published by Wisdom).
Goldstein J. Insight meditation. Shambhala, 1994
Goldstein J., Kornfield, J. Seeking the heart of wisdom: the path of insight meditation. Shambhala, 1987.
Goldstein J. One Dharma; the emerging western buddhism. Harper San Francisco, 2002.
Kabat-Zinn. Wherever You Go, There You Are; mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Hyperion, 1994.
Kornfield, J. A Path with Heart; a guide through the perils and promises of spiritual life, Bantam Books, 1993.
Nanamoli Bhikkhu. The Life of the Buddha. Buddhist Publication Society, 1992.
Nyanaponika Mahathera, The heart of Buddhist meditation, Weiser, 1992.
Pema Chodron. When Things fall Apart, heart advice for difficult times. Shamabhala, 1997.
Saltzberg, S. Lovingkindness, the revolutionary art of happiness. Shambhala, 1995.
Suzuki, S. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Informal talks on Zen meditation and practice. Weatherhill, 1994.
Kabat-Zinn, J. Full Catastrophe Living, Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, Delacorte Press, 1990.
Andrew also provided some online resources.
Dharma Resources Online
Access to Insight comprehensive original teachings or Suttas of the Buddha available online: http://www.accesstoinsight.org
Sprit Rock Meditation Center: http://www.spiritrock.org
Insight Meditation Society (including The Forest Refuge and Barre Center for Buddhist studies) contact: http://dharma.org
Living Dharma is an online Dharma mentoring program created by Christopher Titmuss, featuring a variety of online Dharma mentors contact at: http://livingdharma.info
Dharma talks available on audio and video tape by Vipassana teachers offered on a Dana basis: http://dharmaseed.org
Dharma talks available online directly offered on a Dana basis: http://dharmastream.org
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One more reading list from Andrew:
Poetry:
Turning- a poem by M.S. Merwin
The Best of It-New and Selected Poems by Kay Ryan (United States poet laureate 2008-2010)
One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of Ryokan translated and introduced by John Stevens
Other Sources:
The Dhammapada (Sayings of the Buddha) various translations
The Heart of Buddhist Meditation-Nyanaponika Thera