Buddhist Retreats
It is traditional in Kadampa Buddhist Centres to engage in regular meditation retreats. This allows us to gain some familiarity with the teachings we have received and thereby obtain personal meditative experience of the truth of Buddha's words.
The more regularly we attend sessions, the more of an opportunity we have to generate a peaceful and concentrated mind. We can also gradually gain special spiritual insights that are generally not possible in the hurly burly of our ordinary daily life.
Teacher Training Programme Preliminaries Retreats
These retreats are held at Ashoka Centre and are open to everyone. On each day of retreat there are four one-and-a-half-hour sessions a day, each involving a balance of study/reading, preparatory prayers, and meditation.
These retreats are more suitable for the practitioner with some experience. To attend, please contact us first.
Retreats coming up at the Centre are:
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Guru Yoga and Mandala retreat
Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th July
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Lamrim Retreat
Sunday 31st August to Friday 5th September.
Post Festival Retreats
A perfect way to meditate on the teachings we have just recieved from Venerable Geshe-la guided by Gen Lekma.
Post Summer Festival retreat
August 10th - 16th
The retreat begins with an introductory talk at 5pm on August 10th, followed by Offering to the Spiritual Guide at 7.30pm.