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Dec
21
1:00 PM13:00
Retreat

Online Retreat on Winter Solstice Day

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Online Retreat on Winter Solstice Day
1-5 pm (ET), Saturday Dec. 21st

On the shortest day of the year, you are invited to join a wonderful half-day meditation retreat to pause and reflect, hibernating in our true nature. We will:

  • practice DahnJon Furnace Meditation.

  • renew our energy through qigong, decluttering, and silent meditations.

  • rest and nourish our winter spirits in a sound healing bath.

Please have with you: a journal, a mat or blanket for lying down meditation, a water bottle, and a good arrangement for sitting in meditation. Everyone is welcome! Please sign up only if you can attend for the entire time.

Suggested donation range is $15-40.
If this donation range is not feasible for you, please contact us for scholarship information.

After we receive your full registration, we will send you the Zoom link for this retreat.

We look forward to seeing you then!

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Jan
11
2:00 PM14:00
Retreat

Young Adults' Retreat

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New Year, New Mind - Young Adults' Mini Retreat

at Chapel Hill Temple

2-6:30 pm, Saturday, January 11

Young adults (ages 18-28) are invited to a peaceful afternoon with a mini-meditation retreat.

Come and explore several helpful methods for cultivating a clear mind—a perfect way to start the new year and semester! We will end the retreat by making some Korean Dish and eating it together!

The suggested donation range is $15-30. 

if you would like to attend, please sign up no later than January 3 by clicking the button below.

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Jan
20
10:00 AM10:00
Retreat

MLK Day Retreat (In-person)

MLK Day Retreat (In-person)
Jan 20, Monday, 10 am-5 pm at Chapel Hill Temple

Discover our inner Source of Self-Empowerment

In this in-person retreat, we will explore inner power through various forms of meditation to clarify our vision and renew our intentions for the New Year. Just as we train our muscles for physical strength, we cultivate our mental strength through meditation practice. Let us uncover our inner light and empower ourselves through a day of mindfulness, peace, and fellowship. 

Suggested donation range is $30-$70.
If this donation range is not feasible for you, please contact us for scholarship information.

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Apr
4
to Apr 11
Retreat

Spring Week-long Retreat - Gratitude Awakening

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“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.

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