Establishing the Foundation for Authentic Dharma Practice

7:00pm 17 March 2018 - 12:30pm 25 March 2018

Cost: £0.00

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre

To book this course please select it in the Extras offered after you have chosen your accommodation on the booking form. Please click here to book.
For this course you must select 'Purelands' as your accommodation.

This retreat aims to help us to think more deeply into what it means to be a real Dharma practitioner. We will learn about and reflect on subjects like: 
What it means to take refuge sincerely and completely;
Are we clear about our motivation for practice?
Do we understand the importance of relying on a properly qualified teacher?
What is the basic view that we need to turn our worldly thinking into Dharma-thinking?

Whether you are a beginner or a long-term practitioner, it is always helpful to take time to reflect on what you are actually doing and to find a deeper understanding.

The daily schedule will include teaching, reflection and meditation sessions.

There is no fee for this course although donations are welcome. Your offering will help with the Monastery's considerable running costs, as well as the expenses incurred in inviting teachers.  Donations may be made in the Reception Office. 

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The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche