Courses & Retreats

Our meditation courses and retreats are an ideal way to get a gain experience of meditation and inner peace. These courses examine a particular topic in greater depth than would be possible in a drop-in meditation class.

Our courses and retreats are open to everyone and are suitable for all levels of experience, including beginners. For more information about specific courses or retreats, select a course from the list below or the menu on the right.

Buddhism presents scientific methods for improving our happiness and good qualities. The practices presented in Kadampa Buddhism are particularly suitable for our busy modern lives and enable us to transform problems into causes of happiness, improve relationships and create lasting inner peace. On this day course Gen Kelsang Dornying will explain some of the various mind-training techniques taught by Buddha and how to apply them both in meditation and daily life. By practising these instructions we will be able to let go of anger, anxiety and other painful thoughts and feelings, and replace them with peaceful, positive states of mind.

We are alive therefore we will die. This is the simplest, most...

According to Buddha all suffering and sickness, mental and physical, are caused by negative and painful states of mind, which he called the delusions. Normally, these delusions feel deeply ingrained. But throughconnecting to Medicine Buddha we can experience the pure nature of our mind, and heal ourselves of these inner diseases.

These weekend meditation retreats are suitable for everyone, and provide an excellent introduction to meditation.

Empowered by white taras powerful blessings and inspired by Gen Rabtens teachings,...

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Courses & Retreats - Meditation & Buddhism