Retreats

Open Retreat

Sheffield Weekend

A weekend retreat for Men from the Sheffield Sangha.

Order Retreat

Men’s European Mitra Convenors’ Meeting 3

A retreat for Mitra Convenors in Triratna to gather and deepen their inspiration and vision.

Open Retreat

Great Gathering: The Building and Consecration of Samye – the Glorious, the Inconceivable

After much physical effort and magical activity, the Glorious monastery of Samye is built and consecrated, and the Dharma takes hold in Tibet. What is the monastery for us, and how do we build it?

Open Retreat

Men’s Open Retreat: The Advice and Admonition to the Revealers of Treasures

Padmasambhava, the Vajra Guru, concealed treasures throughout the land of Tibet. When we practise wholeheartedly, these treasures will naturally arise, liberating ourselves and others.

GFR Retreat

The Bodhisattva Ideal

This retreat will explore the Bodhisattva Ideal and how it can be ever more fully and deeply lived out in our Order and community.

GFR Retreat

Awareness of Reality: The Five Reflections

A retreat that penetrates deeply into these ageing, illness, death, separation, and the law of karma through meditation and reflection; dwelling on what the Buddha taught about them.

Order Retreat

Kalyana Mitrata

We’ll explore the qualities that enable us to become Kalyana Mitras and bring about the maturation of the heart.

GFR Retreat

What is the Order?

This study retreat communicates what it means to participate in the life of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

Order Retreat

3 Day Dharmachari Retreat: The Mandala Practice

Come on this retreat to explore the practice of Offering the Mandala, one of the Mula Yogas from the Tharpe Delam, or ‘Smooth Path to Emancipation’.

GFR Retreat

Winter Retreat: The Buddha Shakyamuni 2026/2027

This is the pinnacle of our retreat calendar, a special intensive meditation retreat that offers a unique opportunity to enter into deep stillness at a potent time of year.

GFR Retreat

The Bodhisattva Ideal

This retreat will explore the Bodhisattva Ideal and how it can be ever more fully and deeply lived out in our Order and community.

GFR Retreat

Ritual and Devotion

On this Going for Refuge retreat, we will ponder the profundity of the Puja through studying Sangharakshita's short work Ritual and Devotion in Buddhism.

GFR Retreat

What is the Order?

This study retreat communicates what it means to participate in the life of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

Order Retreat

Men’s European Mitra Convenors’ Meeting 1

A retreat for Mitra Convenors in Triratna to gather and deepen their inspiration and vision.

Open Retreat

Great Gathering: Beyond the Palace: The Buddha's Going Forth

Meditation Retreat

Essential Meditation

This no-nonsense retreat focuses on the core principles of meditation, helping you work effectively, renew motivation, and inspire your practice.

GFR Retreat

The Ten Pillars of Buddhism

Each of the precepts is so precious that they can be likened to ten pillars made of precious substances – diamond, gold, crystal, pearl, etc. – which provide the essential foundation for the cultivation of higher states of consciousness and the development of transcendental insight.

GFR Retreat

Going for Refuge Weekend: The Enlightened Lineage of Vision

A wonderful opportunity to come together as Men training for ordination, with a going forth ritual for those going to Guhyaloka.

Order Retreat

UK & Ireland Men's Area Order Weekend: A Green Tara & the Fourth Laksana

Come on this Order weekend to explore these themes and to dwell in the inspiration of our sadhana practices. We will hear talks from a range of Order members, practice Sadhana, ritual and dwell together as Order Members.

Order Retreat

Padmasambhava Retreat: Familiar as my own self, yet at the same time infinitely mysterious...

On this Order retreat for the followers of Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, we will dwell in the world of the Padmasambhava sadhana.

Going For Refuge Retreat

The Mythic Context

Going for Refuge requires the activation of our strongest and deepest emotions. If we are to make any real progress in transforming ourselves, we must transform our emotional life through faith, imagination and an overarching Mythic Context.

Order Retreat

Men’s European Mitra Convenors Meeting 2

A retreat for Mitra Convenors in Triratna to gather and deepen their inspiration and vision.

Open Retreat

Great Gathering: Beyond the Self: The Buddha's Enlightenment

Open Retreat

Men’s Open Retreat: Mysteries and Magnitudes

GFR Retreat

Spiritual Friendship

As well as studying Bhante’s teaching on spiritual friendship, we will explore and discuss the impact it has had on our own lives.

Meditation Retreat

Brahmaviharas: Gateways to the Sublime

This retreat explores the profound heart wish of the four Brahmaviharas; a set of meditation practices that have the power to utterly transform our emotional lives and relations to others.

GFR Retreat

5-Day Going for Refuge: The Tale of Red Rock Valley

A retreat to study some of Bhante's commentary on the great Tibetan Yogi Milarepa

Open Retreat

Padmaloka Festival Day: Invoking the Protectors of the Realm

Join us for a day of Dharma talks, devotion and celebration, dedicated to invoking and strengthening the four great kings, protecting Padmaloka from harmful forces, and welcoming that which will enrich.

Order Retreat

3 Day Dharmachari Retreat

a chance to dwell together with fellow Dharmacharis in Padmaloka and gain a burst of refreshment and inspiration to take back out into day-to-day life and practice.

GFR Retreat

The Transcendental Principle

An intensive study of the first chapter of Sangharakshita’s magnum opus, A Survey of Buddhism is fundamental to deepening one’s practical understanding of the Dharma – the basic doctrines and teachings of the Buddha, such as conditioned co-production, the three marks of conditioned existence, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.

GFR Retreat

Urgyen

On this special retreat we will be celebrating the life and teachings of our beloved teacher, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order, Urgyen Sangharakshita. Urgyen is the mysterious land where Guru Padmasambhava was born, a place of wonders, mysteries and profound spiritual depths. When Kachu Rinpoche gave him this name, it suggested to Bhante that his true home was in the mysterious land of Urgyen.

GFR Retreat

Going for Refuge Weekend: The Enlightened Lineage of Transformation

A wonderful opportunity to come together as Men training for ordination

GFR Retreat

The System of Dharma Life

This meditation retreat offers the opportunity to deepen your understanding and experience of Sangharakshita’s system of Dharma life, it also includes the added inspiration of Ordination ceremonies

Order Retreat

Post Ordination Retreat 2027: An Ever-Deepening Going for Refuge

Having spent a year in the Order, this retreat offers the opportunity to take stock, reconnect with friends and explore how we deepen our practice, our life in the Order, and our Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

Order Retreat

Men’s European Mitra Convenors’ Meeting 3

A retreat for Mitra Convenors in Triratna to gather and deepen their inspiration and vision.

Open Retreat

Great Gathering: Beyond All Limitations: The Buddha's Death

GFR Retreat

Awakening the Imagination

On this retreat, we will be exploring the central importance of the imaginal in Bhante’s life and writings. For Bhante, imagination, myth and symbol are essential to living a full Dharma life. As well as looking at some of his key writings and significant episodes from his life, we will be aiming to discover the images, myths and symbols that are motivating us in our own lives.

GFR Retreat

Awareness of Reality: The Five Reflections

A retreat that penetrates deeply into these ageing, illness, death, separation, and the law of karma through meditation and reflection; dwelling on what the Buddha taught about them.

GFR Retreat

Going for Refuge

Going for Refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is ‘the central and definitive act of the Buddhist life’ and ‘the unifying principle, therefore, of Buddhism itself’. The ordination process involves a progressive deepening of Going for Refuge until it becomes effective in all aspects of our lives.

GFR Retreat

The Padmaloka Winter Retreat: 2027-28

This is the pinnacle of our retreat calendar, a special intensive meditation retreat that offers a unique opportunity to enter into deep stillness at a potent time of year.