Gainesville Vipassana Society

10/05/2026

Meditation Retreat - May 29 - June 3, 2026

"Invitation to Stillness and Clear Seeing”

We warmly welcome you to join us in our next residential retreat that will focus on stillness and clear seeing.
Meditative stillness of the body/mind acts as a reliable portal to seeing life clearly. All movements of life arise and fall away in the ground of stillness. This residential retreat offers dharma teachings, support and community. The meditative silence allows us to delve deeply into clear seeing and it’s fruit: liberating wisdom.
The mystery of the source of the Seeing itself, while often escaping description, is like a wind that comes from nowhere.
Registration and additional information can be found at https://floridavipassana.org/residentials.html

As always, if you have questions feel free to email us at [email protected]
Warmest regards, Paul & Steve See less

04/02/2026

Meditation Retreat - May 29 - June 3, 2026

“Invitation to Stillness and Clear Seeing”

We warmly welcome you to join us in our next residential retreat that will focus on stillness and clear seeing.

Meditative stillness of the body/mind acts as a reliable portal to seeing life clearly. All movements of life arise and fall away in the ground of stillness. This residential retreat offers dharma teachings, support and community. The meditative silence allows us to delve deeply into clear seeing and it’s fruit: liberating wisdom.

The mystery of the source of the Seeing itself, while often escaping description, is like a wind that comes from nowhere.

Registration and additional information can be found at https://floridavipassana.org/residentials.html

As always, if you have questions feel free to email us at [email protected]

Warmest regards, Paul & Steve

10/11/2024

Our next retreat is coming up soon! It will be at the Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida. Registration details: https://floridavipassana.org/residentials.html
This week long retreat will be an opportunity to significantly deepen practice. There will be extended silence, intensive meditation, small group inquiry, evening Dharma talks, and optional guided movement sessions. This retreat is appropriate for beginners as well as more seasoned practitioners.

23/10/2024

“Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water.
And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes you cannot even breathe deeply, and the night sky is no home,
and you have cried yourself to sleep enough times that you are down to your last two percent, but
nothing is infinite,
not even loss.
You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day
you are going to find yourself again.”
Finn Butler

Frits Thaulow - Water Mill, 1892.

13/07/2024

01/07/2024

06/06/2024

Awakening to Your True Nature

GVS will be offering a Residential Meditation Retreat at the Franciscan Center, Tampa, FL September 9-12, 2024.

Registration and additional information can be found at
https://floridavipassana.org/residentials.html

Residential retreats offer an opportunity to significantly deepen practice. The focus on silence, intensive meditation, small group inquiry, optional guided movement sessions and rest combine to support the cultivation of insight / wisdom and compassion. These retreats are equally appropriate for beginners as well as more seasoned practitioners.

13/11/2022

Corrected Links for GVS Residential Retreat at Finca Mia Costa Rica
June 30 - July 7, 2023

Hello Everyone,
Please note the correction to the link to our website below. The link will now bring you to our main page. Select the “residentials” option to see the details about the upcoming retreat at Finca Mia, Costa Rica.

All of the details are on the GVS website at:
https://floridavipassana.org

Also, check out the beautiful Finca Mia retreat center at:
https://www.fincamia.com


With Much Metta,
Steve & Paul

Discover the mountain retreat, Finca Mia buried in the foothills of Chirripo National Park in Costa Rica.