Advanced Retreats

Advanced Retreats

Retreats offer the opportunity to gain a deeper experience of meditation than in daily life. On retreat we withdraw from our usual routine and structure our time and conditions so that we can get the most out of our meditation.
These particular retreats give the chance to explore particular practices in depth. They are suitable for those with some existing experience of meditation and are unguided. Explanation of the practices can be give before sessions if you are new to them.

Amitayus Retreat

Unguided Retreat

Buddha Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Keighley

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 March

In this retreat, we make prayers to Buddha Amitayus for everyone, including our self, to enjoy a long life endowed with good fortune and great wisdom.

Refuge Retreat

Unguided Retreat

Buddha Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Keighley

Sunday 17 & Monday 18 March

The foundation of the Buddhist way of life is to go for refuge to Buddha, to guide us along the spiritual path to enlightenment; to Dharma, inner spiritual realizations that protect us from our delusions which are the source of all our suffering; and to Sangha, pure spiritual practitioners who inspire us, show a good example and help us along the spiritual path to inner peace. This retreat will deepen our experience of Buddhist refuge which is the foundation of all spiritual realizations.

Nyungne Fasting and Purification Retreat

Unguided Retreat

Buddha Land Kadampa Buddhist Centre, Keighley

Sunday 14 to Monday 15 April

This special fasting and purification practice is performed in conjunction with Eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara. It is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech, and mind, and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.