Retreats

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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.

Open Retreat

Great Gathering: Padmasambhava Confronts the King of Tibet

When Padmasambhava eventually meets the king of Tibet in Lhasa, there is a great confrontation between a powerful worldly king of Tibet and Padmasambhava – the King of the Dharma. Which king do you serve? A worldly king, or a king of the Dharma?

Order Retreat

Men’s European Mitra Convenors’ Meeting 2

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

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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.

Order Retreat

Post Ordination Retreat 2025

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.

Open Retreat

Padmaloka 50th Year Celebration

A retreat celebrating 50 years of Padmaloka in honour of the many individuals who have contributed to its development as well as celebrate what Padmaloka offers the world today and what could lie ahead for it.

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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

Open Retreat

The Greater Mandala: A Weekend Retreat for Fathers

On this retreat, we will explore how we can allow our minds to flourish in whatever conditions we find ourselves in; our work, our families, our meditation, and our friendships. A retreat for fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, surrogate fathers, fathers-to-be and father figures!

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.

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5-Day Going for Refuge: The Religion of Art

We will explore Bhante’s vision that he laid out in his book 'Religion of Art' where he brings together the conflicting desires to study for the Truth, while also giving free rein to our wish to be in nature, cultivate friendship and aesthetic appreciation.

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Going for Refuge Weekend: Turning to the Creative Mind

The mind is central to all Buddhist practice. Without training and taming the mind, there is no possibility of Going for Refuge and following the Path. We need, as Sangharakshita says, to make "the transition from reactive mind to creative mind". This is, he says, "the beginning of the spiritual life.” This weekend, we will look into this as fully as we can, through the study of Sangharakshita's seminal work, Mind – Reactive and Creative.

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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.