FROM MINDFULNESS TO BUDDHISM

7:00pm 13 October 2020 - 12:30pm 18 October 2020

Cost: £250.00

Venue: Samye Ling

All Mindfulness Association courses will currently be taught online via Zoom

 A RETREAT WITH CHODEN 

The retreat begins at 7.00pm on Tuesday 13th October and ends at lunchtime on Sunday 18th October 2020. 

Many mindfulness practitioners ask what the next step is after training in mindfulness, compassion and insight. For many Buddhism comes to mind since we all know that mindfulness comes from Buddhism. They often ask how they might connect to Buddhism and what the first steps would be. They also wonder how Buddhism might enrich and deepen their practice.
This retreat is designed for people like this. The aim of the retreat is not to formally introduce people to the path of the Buddha Dharma. That requires a particular commitment to teacher, path and lineage. The aim here is to offer a broader context for mindfulness practice by offering methods, teachings and practices drawn from Buddhism that can deepen our practice and give it more meaning and vitality. Some people might then choose to formally become Buddhists while others may not, and that is fine.
 
The retreat will take the form of presentations, guided practices and inquiry as well as periods of silence and silent sitting. It is open to anyone, but some experience of mindfulness practice is desirable.
 
To book a place on this retreat please click here.  

The cost of the retreat is £250.00 payable in two monthly installments of £125.00

 

Tariff and Charges Guest Info
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