Opening Retreat: Four Foundations and Four Noble Truths
Root Texts
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion. Trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 1993.
Maha-satipatthana Sutta: The Great Frames of Reference [Four Scopes of Mindfulness] Trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 2013.
Karaniya Metta Sutta: Good Will [Loving-Kindness Sutra]. Trans. Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 2013.
Required
Petty, S. (2017). Waking Up To All of Ourselves: Inner Work, Social Justice & Systems Change. ICEA Journal, 1(1), 1–14.
Nalanda Institute Communal Learning Agreements. (PDF)
Recommended
Gunaratana, B. (2012). The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English. Wisdom Publications.