Meditation Teacher
Alameda, CA 94501
Upcoming Retreats
Conferences Organized
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Title: The First Western Conference on
Jhana Practice in Theravada Buddhism
Description: Gathering Fruit and Planting Seeds by Lloyd Burton
Dates: 18 - 21 June '01 Photo
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)
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Title: The Second Western Conference on
Jhana Practice in Theravada Buddhism
Dates: 23 - 26 June '03
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe)
Residential Retreats Taught
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 11 - 20 Sept '09
Place: Ottawa, Canada
Sponsor: True North Insight
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Teachers: Santikaro & Leigh Brasington
Topic: Anapanasati, Jhanas and Dependent Origination
Dates: 14 - 28 Aug '09
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Dependent Origination and Jhanas
Dates: 17 - 26 July '09
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 5 - 18 June '09
Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 8 - 18 May '09
Place: Southern Dharma Retreat Center, Hot Springs, North Carolina
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Dependent Origination
Dates: 10 - 19 Oct '08
Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 19 - 28 Sept '08
Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 15 - 28 Aug '08
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Dependent Origination and Jhanas
Dates: 18 - 27 July '08
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington,
plus Mindful Movement with Linda Davis
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 26 June - 6 July '08
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington and Lloyd Burton
Topic: Vipassana, Jhanas, Metta
Dates: 23 May - 1 June '08
Place: Holy Cross Abbey, Canon City, Colorado (about 30 minutes' drive south-west of Colorado Springs)
Sponsor: Insight Meditation Community of Colorado
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 14 - 23 Sept '07
Sponsor: Ottawa Buddhist Society
Place: Ottawa, Canada
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 17 - 30 Aug '07
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 27 July - 5 August '07
Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
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Teachers: Santikaro & Leigh Brasington
Topic: Anapanasati, Jhanas and Dependent Origination
Dates: 28 June - 8 July '07
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 6 - 15 Apr '07
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 9 - 18 Oct '06
Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 22 Sept - 1 Oct '06
Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 18 - 31 Aug '06
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Lucinda Green
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 20 - 30 July '06
Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 29 June - 9 July '06
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 21 - 30 Apr '06
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 19 Aug - 1 Sept '05
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 29 July - 7 August '05
Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington and Lloyd Burton
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 23 June - 3 July '05
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 22 May - 3 June '05
Place: Camp Samish, on Samish Island, about 20 miles south of Bellingham, WA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 1 - 10 Apr '05
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 8 - 17 Oct '04
Place: Ottawa, Canada
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 20 - 29 Sept '04
Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 9 - 12 Sept '04
Place: Idöborg - in the archipelago off Stockholm, Sweden Photos
Sponsor: Vipassanagruppen Sweden
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 20 Aug - 2 Sept '04
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 24 June - 4 July '04
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
Cost: Dana
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Teachers: Leigh Brasington
&
Lloyd Burton Photo
Topic:
Metta,
Jhanas & Vipassana (PDF Newsletter with article about the retreat)
Dates: 11 - 20 June '04
Place: near Denver, Colorado
Sponsors: Rocky Mountain Insight
and Insight Meditation Community of Colorado
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 6 - 16 May '04
Place: Sierra Friends Center near Nevada City, CA
Sponsor: Sierra Friends Center
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 9 - 18 Apr '04
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 12 - 25 Mar '04
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 3 - 12 October '03
Place: Oakwood Farm, Selma, Indiana
Sponsor: Tri-State Dharma
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 26 June - 6 July '03
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
Cost: Dana
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 11 April - 20 April '03
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 14 - 27 Mar '03
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 20 - 29 Sept '02
Place: Gaia House West Ogwell, Devon, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 16 Aug - 29 Aug '02
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Lucinda Green
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 13 - 21 July '02
Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 21 June - 30 June '02
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 29 April - 7 May '02
Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA (near San Francisco)
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 12 April - 21 April '02
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 11 Sept - 20 Sept 2001
Place: St. Augustines Retreat Center, Bay St. Louis, MS
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 17 Aug - 30 Aug '01
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 21 June - 1 July '01
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana and Jhanas
Dates: 6 April - 15 April '01
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass.
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 18 Aug - 31 Aug '00
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 28 July - 6 Aug '00
Place: Rocky Mountain Insight, Colorado Springs, CO
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Teachers: Leigh Brasington and Michael Freeman
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 22 June - 2 July '00
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 15 May - 25 May '00
Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA (near San Francisco)
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 29 Mar - 4 Apr '00
Place: Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass
Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 6 Jan - 16 Jan '00
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 24 June - 4 July '99
Place: Chupadero, N.M. (near Santa Fe) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 17 May - 27 May '99
Place: Spirit House, Woodacre, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 19 Feb - 4 Mar '99
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 20 - 30 November '98
Place: Fayetteville, Ark
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 30 Mar - 4 Apr '98
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 6 Feb - 15 Feb '98
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema [Ayya Khema was ill and unable to teach this retreat]
Substitute Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 18 Oct - 25 Oct '97
Place: Gaia House,
West Ogwell, Devon, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Dates: 7 Feb - 13 Feb '97
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
Assistant at Residential Retreats
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 20 Feb - 19 Mar '09
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 22 Feb - 20 Mar '08
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 23 Feb - 22 Mar '07 (4 weeks) or 23 Feb - Mar 8 '07 (2 weeks)
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 24 Feb - 23 Mar '06
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 25 Feb - 24 Mar '05
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 30 July - 26 Aug '04
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 1 Aug - 28 Aug '03
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 22 Feb - 21 Mar '02
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 23 Feb - 22 Mar '01
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema via video taped dhamma talks
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 18 Feb - 16 Mar '00
Place: Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
(1 hour North of Portland, OR) Photos
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Teacher: Self-Retreat, with video taped dhamma talks by Ven. Ayya Khema
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 1 - 31 October '98
Place: Metta Forest Monastery,
near Kempten, Germany
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Dates: 29 Jun - 6 Jul '96
Place: Green Gulch Zen Center, Marin County, CA
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Teacher: Ven. Ayya Khema
Assistant: Leigh Brasington
Topic: States of Consciousness (Potthapada Sutta) Digha Nikyya #9
Dates: 14 May - 9 Jun '94
Place: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Santa Cruz, CA
Non Residential Retreats Taught
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Date: 5 Sept '09 - Basic Buddhism from a Practice Perspective
Date: 6 Sept '09 - Introduction to the Jhanas
Place: Heart’s Rest Retreat Center in New Denver BC, near Nelson BC, Canada
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: Sunday, 9 Aug '09
Place: Vermont Insight, Brattleboro, VT
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Dependent Origination
Dates: 14 Sept '08
Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
Dates: 2 & 3 Aug '08
Place: New York, NY
Sponsor: New York Insight
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 14 - 15 June '08
Place: Moro Bay, CA
Sponsor: White Heron Sangha
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Dependent Origination and Jhanas
Date: 6 & 7 Oct '07 9:00 - 5:00
Place: Reno/Carson City, NV
Sponsor: Dharma Zephyr Sangha
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Impermanence
Date: 15 June '07 - 7:15-9:00
Topic: Deepening Concentration
Dates: 16 & 17 June '07 - 9:00-5:00
Place: UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Sponsor: Westcoast Dharma Society
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Satipatthana Practices
Date: 3 Feb '07 9am - 4:30pm
Place: Insight Meditation Center, 1205 Hopkins Avenue, Redwood City, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
Dates: 9 & 10 Dec '06 9am - 5pm
Sponsor: Insight Yoga
Place: 95 North Marengo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 17 Sept '06
Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Introduction to the Jhanas
Dates: 29 & 30 Jan '05 9am - 5pm
Sponsor: Insight Yoga, 95 North Marengo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Right View/Wrong View
Dates: 13 Nov '04 9am - 5pm
Place: Redwood City, California
Sponsored by: Sati Center
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 3 Oct '04
Place: The Bodhi Garden, Brighton, England
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 3 & 4 Apr '04
Place: Washington D.C.
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 20 - 22 Feb '04
Sponsor: Westcoast Dharma Society, 2224 Larch Street, Vancouver, BC V6K 3P7
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 27 & 28 Sept '03
Place: Toronto, Canada
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 26 April '03
Place: Reno/Carson City, Nevada
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 5 & 6 Apr '03
Place: New York Insight
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 18 & 19 Jan '03
Place: Open Door Sangha, Santa Barbara, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: The Jhanas: An In-depth Look at the Meditative Absorptions
Dates: 26 Oct '02, 9am - 4:45pm
Place: Sati Center, Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 1 December '01
Place: Modesto, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas
Dates: 10 & 11 November 2001
Place: Arcadia Zendo, Arcadia, CA - near Los Angeles
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: 19 Nov '00, 9:30 - 5:00
Place: Nevada City, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: 10 June '00, 9:30 - 5:00
Place: Nevada City, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: 10 April '99, 9:00 - 5:00
Place: Reno/Carson City, NV
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: 27 June '98, 9:30 - 5:00
Place: Nevada City, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: 3 May '98, 9:30 - 5:00
Place: Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Marin County, CA
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Teacher: Leigh Brasington
Topic: Jhanas and Satipatthana
Date: Summer '97 and Fall '97, 9:30 - 5:00
Place: Berkeley, CA
Kalyana Mitta Group Facilitator
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Topic: Students of Ven. Ayya Khema
Dates: Jun '94 - Present
Nbr of Students: 5
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Co-Facilitators: Emily Tibbot and Barbara Roberts
Topic: Ongoing Meditation Support Group
Dates: Sep '94 - Feb '98
Nbr of Students: 8
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Co-Facilitator: Barbara Roberts
Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
Dates: Feb '96 - May '96
Nbr of Students: 5
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Co-Facilitator: Emily Tibbot
Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
Dates: Jul '94 - Jun '94
Nbr of Students: 8
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Co-Facilitator: Emily Tibbot
Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
Dates: Feb '94 - May '94
Nbr of Students: 9
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Co-Facilitator: Scooby Beer
Topic: New Meditation Students' Support Group
Dates: Feb '94 - May '94
Nbr of Students: 10
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Co-Facilitator: Nancy Van House
Topic: Students from James Baraz's Meditation Class
Dates: Sep '92 - Jul '94
Nbr of Students: 10
Retreats Attended by Leigh Brasington
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