PORT TOWNSEND — Buddhist teacher Tuere Sala is returning to Port Townsend to lead a weekend meditation retreat Saturday and Sunday.
Sala also will offer a free presentation at 7 tonight for which no registration is required.
The Saturday and Sunday sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and cost $30, but no one will be excluded because of inability to pay.
All events will take place at the Yacht Club, 2503 Washington St., near the Boat Haven.
The title of the retreat is “Seeing Freedom in the Coming and Going of Life.”
Sala provided the following commentary: “What if the difficulties you go through in life had a nobler purpose? What would your practice look like if you knew you could only find liberation of the mind within the naturally arising causes and conditions of an ordinary life? What if suffering truly was the key to freedom? This is the gift of the Four Noble Truths. They are more than intellectual truths. They are the foundation of our practice. The more we work with them, the more we can see them as the key, the map, the guideposts, to happiness and joy.”
The retreat will combine periods of quiet sitting, walking meditation, teacher presentations and small group talks with the teacher.
The retreat is appropriate for both beginning and experienced meditators, and it is sponsored by the Port Townsend Sangha. To register, see http://ptsangha.org/.
Sala is a retired prosecuting attorney. She is one of the co-leaders at Seattle Insight Meditation Society (SIMS). Sala has practiced Vipassana meditation for more than 25 years and has completed extensive training to become a Buddhist teacher of the Dharma. For more about her, see http://seattleinsight.org/.
