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For members of the Triratna Buddhist Order only
Illumined by the Limitless: Shinran and re-imagining ‘practice’ **Order Retreat**
With Maitrisiddhi
What if we re-imagine ‘world’ as sacred, as ‘Buddha’, as compassionate towards us? What if we meet ourselves with total honesty, as flawed, karmically conditioned beings? What if we allow ourselves to deeply realise the ego’s failure to ‘manufacture’ awakening, no matter how hard we try? What if, instead, we entrust ourselves to our connection […]
Looking at the Nature of Mind **Order Retreat**
With Prakasha
When your body is rightly poised, and your mind absorbed deep in meditation, you may feel that thought and mind both disappear. Yet this is but the surface experience of Dhyana. With constant practice, one feels radiant awareness shining like a brilliant lamp. It is pure and bright like a flower. It is like staring […]
Trikaya Embodied Awakening **Order Retreat**
With Viveka
**Please note that this retreat starts on a Saturday** Body like mountain… Breath Energy like the ocean’s waves… Heart Mind like the Sky. These 11 th century Vajrayana verses, sung by Dakini Niguma, are known as the “Three Naturals” They offer profound guidance for awakening to our essential nature, pointing to three simultaneous dimensions of […]
Vajrasattva Sadhana Retreat **Order Retreat**
With Prakasha
**Please be aware that this retreat starts on a Thursday** 'In this state which is without meditation and without any distraction, you observe everything with a naked awareness. Your own awareness is inherently knowing, inherently clear, and luminously brilliant... At this time you will actually behold Vajrasattva.' (Self-LIberation) The purpose of the Vajrasattva Sadhana is […]