“Gratitude Awakening”

 April 4 (4pm) - April 11 (2pm)

Gratitude Awakening

April 4 (Friday) – April 11 (Friday), 2025

Come and experience the joyful essence of our true nature in the spring mountain forest with Rev. WonGong at Southern Dharma.

To go into our inner calm, we will observe Noble Silence, practicing many forms of meditation—sitting, movement, nature contemplation, journaling, meditative breathing, lying-down relaxation, and more.

We will explore the fundamental philosophy of gratitude through the Fourfold Grace of Won Buddhism—Grace of Heaven & Earth, Parents, Fellow Beings, and Just Laws. This contemplation will deepen our knowledge and experience, guiding us to the inexhaustible wellspring of gratitude. This practice opens us to find gratitude in the midst of difficulties and challenges, transforming anxiety and fear into hope and resilience.

Our daily practice will be deepened through equanimity, insight, and mindfulness—the Threefold Practice of Won Buddhism. Our gratitude meditation and contemplation will flow between practice at rest and practice in motion.

This retreat will include group and individual teaching and sharing with ample free time for hiking and rest. In harmony with the interconnectedness of all things, we will practice outdoors as much as weather permits and bathe in the vibrant mountain early spring energy. Through this retreat, may we restore our joyous, numinous awareness, re-discovering grace within!

Please sign up only if you are committed to participating throughout the entire retreat. The retreat will provide generous personal time, but please be aware that your full participation in group activities is essential. This retreat requires prior multi-day residential retreat experience, or permission of the teacher. (Rev. WonGong’s email: WontempleNC@gmail.com).

Registration opens on January 1.