Riët Aarsse
Riët Aarsse, whose practice is rooted in the classic vipassana school, encountered Insight Dialogue in 2012. Being a research psychologist and long-term student of the Abhidhamma expert Sayadaw dr. Nandamala, Riët tries to integrate Buddhist and western psychological understandings. She initiated Amsterdam Insight Meditation where she teaches courses and offers Insight Dialogue. Riët mentors several Insight Dialogue practice groups. She is deeply inspired by the power of Insight Dialogue that allows for peaceful transformations in and between people. Riët lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Events with Riët Aarsse
Friday, Monthly Insight Dialogue Practice in DutchOpen Dates
A monthly practice with the Dutch Insight Dialogue Practice group. Every 2nd Friday morning of each month at 9.00-11.00 am CEST of each month (7.30-9.00 pm CEST) you are welcome for online ID practice. The sessions will be guided by Riët Aarsse, Simin Abravesh, Joyce Curnan, Marieke Duijvestijn, Nynke Humalda . Please register via this form: https://forms.gle/HLy5xrjhzocU7gzL6 You will receive a confirmation and zoomlink. For any questions please mail to NLinsightdialogue@gmail.com
从洞见中尋獲自由 Finding Freedom through InsightJanuary 3 - 8, 2026
This retreat is the third in a series of four retreats, seven Insight Dialogue teachers from around the world will guide an exploration into how the relational practice of Insight Dialogue, silent meditation, and the support of friends can help us develop greater awareness, wisdom, and compassion. 在這系列的四個禪修營中,來自世界各地的七位慧談老師,將引導我們探究:關係取向的慧談練習、止語禪修,以及同修的支持,如何幫助我們培養更深的覺察、智慧與慈悲。 Retreat 3: Finding Freedom through Insight 在善友的支持下,以洞见和智慧止息人際間的苦惱 Finding wisdom, insight, and release from relational suffering with the support of spiritual friends 当我们与他人相处时,如何保持内在的安定与开放?多数生命时光与他人共度,却常在生活忙碌中失去内在的和谐与连结。独处静修让我们重归内在的宁静,但重回人群时,这份安定往往轻易消散。 本次慧谈禅修营,将共同创造一个关系性的容器,探索支持开放连结的条件: 何者阻碍我们从关系苦中解脱? 何者滋养彼此的真实相遇? 我们将聚焦于「贪、嗔、痴」如何透过友谊模式限制连结,并藉由深化对「自我感」的洞见(佛陀「无我」教导),松动固着的身份认同,开启从关系性苦恼中解脱的道路,让善友(kalyāṇamitta)成为觉醒的道途。 How do we maintain a sense of stability and openness while in contact with others? Much of our life is with others, and it can be…
Truth and Presence: Trauma Sensitivity in Community (Americas–Africa–Europe time zones)March 3 - 24, 2026
This short program aims to deepen understandings and application of trauma sensitive Insight Dialogue. We warmly welcome registration from those in the community who facilitate and teach Insight Dialogue along with others dedicated Insight Dialogue practitioners. The Buddha taught suffering and the end of suffering. To end suffering as a goal means implicitly to intimately learn about suffering in all its gross and subtle manifestations in our heart-mind. The beauty of the path is that we encounter this in most of our meditation sessions in the form of hindrances, both internally, externally, and both. When the meditative qualities are strong,…
Truth and Presence: Trauma Sensitivity in Community (Asia, Africa, Europe time zones)March 31 - May 5, 2026
This short program aims to deepen understandings and application of trauma sensitive Insight Dialogue. We warmly welcome registration from those in the community who facilitate and teach Insight Dialogue along with others dedicated Insight Dialogue practitioners. The Buddha taught suffering and the end of suffering. To end suffering as a goal means implicitly to intimately learn about suffering in all its gross and subtle manifestations in our heart-mind. The beauty of the path is that we encounter this in most of our meditation sessions in the form of hindrances, both internally, externally, and both. When the meditative qualities are strong,…