Daniel M. Ingram:
actually, the model used by alan chapman and friends, where they stage a
self-organizing un-retreat, such as the one recently in vermont, is a model we might consider emulating
basically, they get a relatively small group of friends to gatherr somewhere and create their own
schedule and assign cooking duties, etc., and do a retreat-like thing the way you might do a vacation
with friends or a family reunion
Dear Daniel,
Thank you for your response. It is very helpful.
Just for your information, there is something wrong with this website. I was subscribed to this thread,
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This un-retreat is very appealing to me. Meditation became the centerpiece of my life in Jan 2012. My
teacher recommended a traditional 6 monthes retreat with his teacher, sayadaw Vivekenanda of the
Mahasi tradition, in Lumbini, Nepal. I was too scared to go and instead started a self-retreat in my
mother's home in Israel, which I've been doing ever since (almost 2 years now).
Alan Chapman's model, which you consider reproducing, also came to the minds of myself, and my
dhamma friend Toby Sola. We are both students of Shinzen Young. We have tentative plans to do such
a retreat in his parents' large house in rural vermount. I believe I speak for the both of us when I say we
will be happy to have other serious practitioners with us.
Do you have Alan Chapman's Email? May I have it please?
Metta
Tomer