Centre Retreats
Centre Retreats
What is a retreat?
During a retreat, we reduce our normal worldly activities and concentrate for a period of time on developing spiritual qualities and peaceful minds – finding happiness from within. Everyone is welcome to enjoy this special opportunity.
We offer two types of retreats:
Urban Retreats
Urban retreats are usually a half day or a full day. The format for these retreats are generally one-hour sessions with a short teaching and two or more guided meditations. There are breaks between each session. The purpose of these retreats is to introduce us to Buddhist meditation. These retreats are suitable for all levels.
Annual Retreats *
Our annual meditation retreats offer you the opportunity to deepen your meditation experience. “Retreat” means withdrawing into meditation. The focus is on essential meditations drawn from the Buddhist tradition.
Akshobya Centre offers annual retreats throughout the year and are usually longer retreats. These deeper retreats are led by our Resident Teacher, Kelsang Khacho, They are open to everyone.
Clear Light of Bliss Retreat
Within all of us lies the source of infinite bliss, clarity of mind, wisdom and compassion for others. How to ripen these qualities within ourselves is clearly laid out in the unique book, Clear Light of Bliss by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Following from the teachings given at the 2022 NKT International Summer Festival in England, we now have an opportunity to deepen our experience of these illuminating instructions through joining this short guided retreat.
August 26 & 27
Guru Yoga Mandala Retreat
Guru yoga is an especially powerful method for receiving the blessings of the Buddhas and increasing our merit. By following the Sutra path alone it would take a thousand aeons to accumulate the vast amount of merit needed to attain Buddhahood, but, as Sakya Pandita observed, by wholeheartedly practising Guru yoga we can accumulate the same amount of merit in the brief span of one human life.
