by Vessantara | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
For years now, I’ve spent two very happy weeks each June at Rivendell Retreat Centre in Sussex, with its beautiful garden. Next year, I shall be doing my two weeks for them as usual, but with Covid and the uncertainty about how things will be next year, even...
by Vessantara | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
A little note to remind those of you who are Order members that the 5-day online retreat on The Ocean of True Meaning, starts on Monday. It’s a classic meditation manual from the Tibetan Mahamudra tradition, and we’ll be using extracts from the shamatha...
by Vessantara | Nov 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
After thoroughly enjoying leading the online retreat on the Bodhicitta Practice last month, I’ve signed up to do 3 more online retreats. There’s one I’ve already advertised here, for Order members under the auspices of Adhisthana, starting next...
by Vessantara | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Next month I shall be leading another online retreat for Order members, following on from the very successful one on the Bodhicitta Practice we held last month, which had 135 participants. Dates are the 7th – 12th of November, and we’ll be going deeper...
by Vessantara | Oct 12, 2020 | News, retreats
In my last post I talked about the online Order retreat that I’d just done at Adhisthana. I appreciated the retreat so much that I promptly signed up to do another one. So I’ll be back online from Adhisthana , from the 7th – 12th of November, doing...