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A Home Retreat with Paramananda and Bodhilila<\/strong><\/h4>\n
<\/strong><\/span>With his deeply grounded approach to Buddhist meditation and practice, Paramananda offers an approach that is a challenge both to the way we experience ourselves, and the way in which we see and \u2018be\u2019 in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/span>The sessions are a mix of meditation, poetry, presentation, practice, interaction and inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a3125 \/ $175 \/ \u20ac150 <\/strong>or \u00a325 \/ $35 \/ \u20ac30 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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