Padmaloka

Join us for this weekend on 'the eight worldly winds'. These four pairs of opposing forces can bind us tightly to mundane life. But there is a way out.

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

This will be a weekend evoking the mystery, wonder, and challenge of the Dharma life – where will you find the cremation ground? And will you survive it?

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

Dedication For Padmaloka's Long Life: On this day, we will celebrate Padmaloka's 50 years of life and perform rituals to dedicate the next 50 years.

The Padmaloka festival day offers a precious opportunity for all adults who practise within Triratna to come together for a day of Dharma, puja, friendship, and meditation.

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 cultivati…

A retreat exploring the mythic and symbolic importance of the Private Ordination ceremony in building a life dedicated to Going for Refuge.

Come on this Order weekend to dwell in the inspiration of our Sadhana practices and for the chance to hear Subhuti talking on this theme.

with Subhuti

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

On this retreat, we will explore what it means to really turn about in the deepest seat of consciousness.

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

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 se…

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

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…

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 t…

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 ahea…

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

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,…

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.

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…

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 tr…

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 teaching…

A weekend retreat for Men from the Sheffield Sangha.

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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'.

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.