Streams of Dependently Arising Phenomena Interacting Endlessly (SODAPIE)

Instructor(s): Leigh Brasington

Program Description:

"One who sees dependent co-origination sees the dhamma; one who sees the dhamma, sees dependent co-origination." (MN 28) This teaching of paticca-samuppada and its implications of the interdependence of phenomena is the heart of the Buddha's wisdom teachings. It is often described as a chain of twelve links—which we will look at in detail. But it is a far deeper teaching as well. We will look at both how the teaching of dependent co-origination informs the Buddhist worldview in fundamental ways, as well as how the universe of our human perception and cognition is a profoundly general case of "streams of dependently originated phenomena interacting." The weekend will consist of discussion of sutta passages and formal meditation.

About the Instructor(s):
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  Leigh Brasington

  Leigh Brasington has been practicing meditation since 1985 and is the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema. Leigh began assisting Ven. Ayya Khemma in 1994, and began teaching retreats on his own in 1997. He is also authorized to teach by Jack Kornfield. Leigh has taught the jhanas, along with multiple insight practices, at well over one hundred residential retreats throughout the United States and Europe. He is the author of the books Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas and Dependent Origination and Emptiness: Streams Of Dependently Arising Processes Interacting.