There's Still Time to Register for the Meditation Retreat with Dennis Maurer!

Dennis Maurer will lead the MUUF Buddhist Sangha’s first Fall Insight Meditation Retreat in Chu Family Hall on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (A morning half-day option is available—just let us know when you arrive to check in at our welcome table that day.) Beginners and experienced meditators alike are welcome!

Dennis has practiced, studied and taught meditation since 1973. His guiding teacher is Narayan Liebenson of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge MA. Dennis has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1972. He lived and practiced and taught as a monk at the Integral Yoga Institute for eight years. He began practicing and studying Insight Meditation in 2000. His teachers include Narayan Liebenson and Michael Grady. Dennis has been teaching in the Insight tradition since 2006 and is the guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of New Jersey. (IMCNJ.org)

Insight meditation (“vipassana” in Pali), is the simple and direct practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace. In the face of change, wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principles of our lives.

Please bring your own lunch; water and green tea will be available throughout the day. You may bring your own sitting equipment (cushions etc.), or use the chairs and cushions provided in the Hall.

This retreat will provide an opportunity for extended silent group practice, with both sitting and walking meditation.

We will conclude our silence at the end of the day with time to acknowledge our community and interconnection, to share our experiences, and to reflect on integrating mindfulness into our lives.

For more information, please contact Amy Cartwright and Lisa Hatala at meditation@muuf.org. Please RSVP by November 13, 2025.

All Day Insight Meditation Retreat

November 15, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMMorristown UU

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