Sadhana Convention

Sharpen the cutting edge of your practice. Find your deepest sources of guidance for life.

If you practise sadhana, or would like to revive your practice, come to this gathering of the sadhana clans.

There will be a led Sadhana practice and devotion practice each day and during the week there will be opportunity for self-led Sadhana discussions. With help from skilled teachers with decades of experience, and opportunities to be led in some of the major sadhanas in the Order, this is a not-to-be-missed retreat to refresh and deepen your inspiration for sadhana and yidam practice.

Retreat Resources

Zoom Information

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87604463255?pwd=VPTQiiy3qbLVqwO33GoW2RdbW35DA6.1

Meeting ID: 876 0446 3255

Passcode: 341640

Retreat Timings

The retreat starts with Session 3 on 22nd November. The online element ends with Session 3 on 28th November. Please double-check the timings for your time zone aqui.

SessionGMT (UK)
110:30 – 12:45
215:30 – 17:45
319:45 – 21:00

Retreat Resources

Amitabha Booklet by VidyamalaDescargar

Amitabha seminar transcript – table of contents
Amitabha seminar transcript – text

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Day 1

Dedication Ceremony

A welcome from the team, and a dedication ceremony led by Paramatha.

Day 2

INNER AND OUTER GURU

After providing an outline to the retreat, Prakasha illustrates how his practice has transformed over his life. Building on a developmental approach and a focus on the outer guru, he shifted towards opening to the emergence of life and a deep listening to the inner guru.

UNGUIDED MEDITATION

A session of unguided meditation.


Avalokiteshvara Puja

Saddhaloka leads a Puja on the Avalokitesvara Sadhana practice.

Day 3

Making the Great Descent

Prakasha makes the case that we need to see the Dharma life in terms of making a descent. Drawing on sources such as Dante’s Inferno and Carl Jung, he explores some of the terrain that we cover in this dark, but integrative process, all of which must be covered before we can ascend to the higher realms.

Meditation

Saddhaloka begins a session of unguided meditation by reading In devotion to Avalokitesvara, from the White Lotus Sutra (175 in Buddhist Texts Through The Ages edited by Conze, Horner, Snellgrove and Waley)

Amitabha Puja

Vidyamala sets the context, then reads Bhante’s vision of Amitabha. We chant the mantra, and then she leads through the sadhana, followed by a reading, mantra, and offerings.

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

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