Residential Retreat with Santikaro

Death is scary and we want to live. We seek happiness and avoid pain. These are basic polarities of our minds & bodies. However, we have far less control over them than we are comfortable with. Death and the myriad hints of it regularly poke through our comfort bubbles. Death rattles us. Still, we are alive, even if it feels, at times, like an uphill struggle. We are here, alive, in search of the best we can do. Buddha-Dhamma, the path of awakening, offers perspectives and practices for facing these simple truths. It fortifies us for when we are tempted to hide, escape, or despair.

Join us for three days of meditation and reflection with these realities, living with noble silence, friendly sangha, and the friendly confines of The Port.

About Santikaro

Santikaro is a Buddhist teacher and translator who spent 19 years in monastic ordination as a Theravada bhikkhu, with fourteen years at Suan Mokkh monastery in Southern Thailand where he studied directly under Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu and served as his primary English translator. In 2004, he transitioned to lay practice and co-founded Kevala Retreat Center in Southwest Wisconsin. Santikaro has been a cherished teacher and mentor to ICMC for many years, leading workshops, retreats, and a long-running scriptural study group.