| The Buddha taught us to notice our interdependence. Both the cultivation of mettā (goodwill) and Dependent Origination embody this central teaching. Mettā opens the heart to our shared capacity for care, while Dependent Origination reveals how distress arises from reactive grasping and rejection. By softening unwholesome tendencies and nurturing goodwill toward all we meet, we create space for an ease that deepens understanding.
Through this retreat, we explore how experience unfolds within conditions we can shape and, with insight and mettā’s support, gently interrupt the patterns that build distress. In doing so, we embody the awakening at the heart of the Dharma. |
