Details:
Date: Friday 2nd April – Monday 5th April
Retreat Leader: Geshe Tenzin Namdak
Requirements: Everyone is welcome
Cost: Generosity Model – Donation only (by clicking the ‘Donate Here’ button below). Land of Joy provides: All meals, accommodation, workshops, materials and good firewood for soulful nights.
Format: Onsite only / Retreat begins: 7pm on the 2nd April / Retreat ends: with lunch on 5th April
Recommended arrival: 3pm – 5pm on the 2nd April to join for supper and get settled into the space
Accommodation: Land of Joy wishes for everyone who visits the centre to feel welcome, accepted, safe and secure. Our accommodation options are very limited, with mostly single-sex shared accommodation and a very limited number of single rooms. Single accommodation can therefore only be offered on a priority basis. Please read the relevant sections of the booking form carefully.
About the Retreat
Compassion, bodhicitta and the wisdom understanding emptiness are among the most important aspects of the Buddhist path to enlightenment. This retreat offers an opportunity to explore how these profound qualities can be developed and how they strengthen and support one another.
As our compassion for others grows, so too can the courage of bodhicitta – the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all beings. When this is combined with an understanding of emptiness, the ultimate nature of reality, these powerful states of mind become an even stronger foundation for our spiritual practice.
Geshe Namdak will guide us in exploring how we can cultivate these qualities within our own minds, drawing on rare and precious instructions from Dagpo Thangdar Lama’s Hidden Instructions on Bodhicitta and Changkya Rolpai Dorje’s Experiential Song on the View.
What Will be Offered?
Through teachings, meditation and opportunities for questions and discussion, we will explore the relationship between compassion, bodhicitta and the view of ultimate reality.
The retreat will include:
- Developing and strengthening compassion for others
- Understanding bodhicitta and the courage behind the aspiration for enlightenment
- Exploring emptiness and the Buddhist view of ultimate reality
- Understanding how bodhicitta and the wisdom realising emptiness support and strengthen one another
- Practical guidance for cultivating these constructive states of mind
- Teachings drawing on Hidden Instructions on Bodhicitta and Experiential Song on the View
- Guided meditation and opportunities for Q&A with Geshe Namdak
Who is This For?
This retreat is for those wishing to deepen their understanding and experience of some of the central teachings of the Buddhist path. It may be particularly suitable for those who:
- Want to develop greater compassion and bodhicitta
- Would like to explore the Buddhist understanding of emptiness and ultimate reality
- Are interested in how wisdom and compassion come together on the path to enlightenment
- Want practical guidance for bringing these teachings into meditation and everyday life
- Would value the opportunity to study these subjects through teachings drawn from precious traditional instructions
Why Attend?
The teachings on bodhicitta and emptiness invite us to transform both why we practise and how we understand reality. Bringing these two aspects of the path together can give our practice greater depth, courage and purpose.
This retreat offers an opportunity to:
- Deepen your understanding of two essential aspects of the path to enlightenment
- Explore how compassion can develop into the courageous attitude of bodhicitta
- Develop a clearer understanding of emptiness and ultimate reality
- Discover how wisdom and bodhicitta can strengthen and enrich one another
- Receive practical guidance for cultivating these qualities through meditation and daily practice
About Geshe Tenzin Namdak
