A Space to Cultivate Willingness, Courage and Intimacy
- May 21, 2021
- David Loy and Johann Robbins
- May 21, 2021
David Loy and Johann Robbins speak to the individual and communal need for ecobuddhist retreats.
David Robert Loy is vice-president of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. He is a professor, writer, and teacher in the Sanbo tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. A student of Yamada Koun and Robert Aitken, he was authorized to teach in 1988 and leads retreats and workshops nationally and internationally. He is author of EcoDharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis and A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World, and he is co-editor of A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency. His website is davidloy.org.
Johann Robbins is director and president of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. He teaches Dharma and meditation in the Insight/Vipassana tradition.Johann has been meditating since 1974 with a focus on Mindfulness since 1997. He was asked to teach in 2008, and has completed the two year Community Dharma Leader teacher training program at Spirit Rock. His primary teachers include Shinzen Young and Eric Kolvig (who also helped found Impermanent Sangha and taught wilderness retreats for many years before his retirement). His passion is teaching spiritual practice in nature, and he has guided and taught wilderness retreats in various traditions for over 25 years. Johann founded Impermanent Sangha in 2002 and has led dozens of nature meditation retreats since then, including backpacking, camping, canoeing, and rafting.
— Thích Nhất Hạnh
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