Fwd: Dedicated Practitioners' Program (DPP4) - Applications Now Available!
Ernest Isaacs
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: Dedicated Practitioners' Program (DPP4) - Applications Now
Available!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:39:44 -0700
From: Walt Opie <Wa...@spiritrock.org>
Dear Vipassana Teachers,
We would greatly appreciate your help getting the word out to your local
sangha and students about the next *Dedicated Practitioners' Program
(DPP4)* at Spirit Rock. Please see the email announcement below for more
information. Note that the application deadline is *_October 1,
2010_*�only one month away!
Just let us know if you would prefer to receive hard copies in the mail
or a PDF of the flyer for this program. You can also read more
information and see the application here:
http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?pageid=12&catid=2
Thank you very much,
Walt
Walt Opie
Communications Editor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
wa...@spiritrock.org
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*From:* SR...@spiritrock.org
*Subject:* Dedicated Practitioners' Program (DPP4) - Applications Now
Available!
Dear Friend,
We're now accepting applications for our **Dedicated Practitioners'
Program (DPP4)**// //with guiding teachers Sally Clough Armstrong and
Phillip Moffitt. This program takes place over a two-year period,
beginning in May of 2011 and ending in the spring of 2013. To download
an application, please click here
<http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?pageid=12&catid=2> and scroll to
the bottom of the page.
**Additional Core Faculty:** Pascal Auclair, Andrea Fella, Anushka
Fernandopulle, and Tempel Smith
Applications must be received by _October 1, 2010_. Notification of your
status in the program will be sent via email by November 15, 2010.
//"Participating in DPP has been one of the best experiences of my life.
After two years of guided practice and study of the dharma, I feel
confident and happy to go on with my life with a sense of meaning and
connectedness. This is the greatest gift from life one can get." --
Alicia///
/
The Dedicated Practitioners' Program is an innovative program designed
for serious practitioners of Insight Meditation to expand their
understanding of the dharma and intensify their practice. In addition to
5 seven-day training retreats, participants commit to maintaining both
meditative and daily life practice; working with monthly homework that
includes readings, reflections and meditation instructions; maintaining
contact with their interview teacher; and holding regular meetings with
study/practice partners.
**Requirements for the program are 5 years of practice and 50 nights of
residential retreat practice in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana)
tradition**. Become a part of a community that will challenge, broaden
and vitalize your understanding and embodiment of central Buddhist
teachings.
The retreats include periods of meditation practice with the teachings
offered seminar-style--interactive, participatory and creative. The
retreats are not held in silence: the teaching sessions and many meal
times are not silent. This allows a strong sense of community to develop
amongst the program participants.
Our intention is that DPP4 will create a community of practitioners from
diverse backgrounds and cultures--a mix of genders, ethnicities,
classes, sexual orientations, ages, and abilities--who will support each
other�s dharma practice.
**Costs: **The Program fee includes five retreats and is based on a
sliding scale. Time payment arrangements and limited scholarship support
are available to help with payment of fees. Actual fees are posted on
the application, which can be downloaded here
<http://www.spiritrock.org/display.asp?pageid=12&catid=2>.
*DPP4 Retreats***:***
*Retreat 1 (at Yucca Valley): May 14 - 21, 2011
Retreat 2 (at Spirit Rock): November 9 - 16, 2011
Retreat 3 (at Yucca Valley): April 28 - May 5, 2012
Retreat 4 (at Spirit Rock): November 9 - 16, 2012
Retreat 5 (at Yucca Valley): April or May 2013 (TBD)*
*We offer this program to meet the growing needs of lay practitioners in
our sangha. The program adds another dimension to our practice,
deepening and maturing the Buddha-dharma here in the West. We welcome
and encourage your participation in the Dedicated Practitioners'
Program. Please join us!
/If you have questions/comments, please do not reply to this message
as it is a notification-only address. Instead, please contact us at
SR...@spiritrock.org <mailto:SR...@spiritrock.org>. For specific inquiries
about our residential retreats, send a note to the registrars at
Retr...@SpiritRock.org <mailto:retr...@spiritrock.org>./
/Spirit Rock offers classes and residential retreats where the Buddhist
teachings of insight meditation are practiced in order to bring greater
wisdom and compassion into the world. For a complete schedule of events
and descriptions of daylongs and residential retreats, visit the Spirit
Rock Website <http://www.spiritrock.org/>./
/Use our online ride-sharing bulletin board
<http://www.spiritrock.org/forum/> to offer or find a ride to Spirit
Rock, or to start a carpooling group./