Festivals & Retreats
RAINS RETREAT WITH DHIVAN: DEPENDENT ARISING AND THE PATH TO LIBERATION
1st – 8th Nov 2024
Pratītya-samutpāda or ‘dependent arising’ is the Buddha’s teaching about how everything we experience arises on causes and conditions, and ends with the ending of those same conditions. Dependent arising gives us a framework both for thinking about the ways in which suffering and unsatisfactoriness arises in life, but also about how we can give rise to the conditions for deepening wellbeing and liberating insight. In this retreat, Dhivan will share his years of study and practice with this teaching in a practical way, combining study and discussion with meditation and reflection.
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MEN’S RESIDENTIAL RETREAT AT ANYBODY’S BARN
22nd-24th November 2024
Bhadra and Naravira will be leading a retreat on the theme of Spiritual Friendship at Anybody’s Barn in the Malvern Hills. We are cordially inviting you to join us for the weekend.
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Our three major festivals celebrate the Three Jewels and are opportunities for the whole Sangha to practise together. Buddha Day on the full moon of May/June celebrates the awakening of the Buddha.
Dharma Day on the full moon of July marks his first communication of his awakened experience.
Sangha Day on the full moon of November celebrates the community of followers of the Buddha.
We hold various other celebrations and festivals such as Padmasambhava Day and Triratna Day.
We also go away for weekend retreats in the countryside – info here.
