Spirit of the Rains Retreat

The Way Out is In podcast series are conversations between journalist and Plum Village lay friend Jo Confino and Plum Village monastic Brother Phap Huu alongside other guests. These meditations conclude each episode with practice contemplations on the theme.

Music: From the song Be Still by Plum Village friend Joe Holtaway - find out more about Joe here joeholtaway.com Joe is happy to hear from you 🙂

#7 Spirit of the Rains Retreat: In this episode Jo and Phap Huu look at the Buddhist tradition on the 3 month Rains Retreat, a time when monastic communities would gather during the wet period of the year. As well as a time to rest from their travels, it gave them the opportunity to deepen their practice in the stability of one location. The Rains retreat is observed at Plum Village each year where monastic and lay friends spend time together. In this meditation Brother Phap Huu invites us to touch that stability and stillness: 

"Breathing in there is calm, stillness"