Calendar of Retreats + Events
Our programme for 2020 is open for booking. Most events are Order retreats, though there are a some open to Mitras and people familiar with Triratna meditation practices. Unless stated otherwise, events are mixed gender. You can click on individual events to find out more and to book.
For weekend (2-night) events we ask for full payment at booking, which includes a non-refundable £52 deposit.
For a 3-night event, we ask for full payment at booking, which includes a non-refundable £78 deposit.
For longer events (4 nights or more) you can pay either the £78 non-refundable deposit or the full amount when booking.
For all events, we refund the amount you’ve paid less the deposit if you cancel. We are sorry but we cannot refund the deposit or transfer it to another event under any circumstances.
If sending a postal booking, please send a cheque with the booking form made payable to Adhisthana.
We are working on improving our bookings system. Currently you will receive a confirmation from PayPal, but not directly from Adhisthana, until we send out an email two weeks before the event – for now, if you require confirmation, you can contact the office on 01531 641726 or admin@adhisthana.org
Click here to see an information sheet about coming on events at Adhisthana, including information about arrival and departure times for week and weekend events.
We sometimes have events running concurrently. We also hold events at Adhisthana other than those on this calendar; such as local sangha retreats, Breathworks Training retreats, and various other meetings and gatherings.
| Date | Event Name | Leader(s) | Gender | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28th Nov - 5th Dec |
Blake’s Mandala: Integration through Imagination Retreat Now Full |
Atula, Prakasha, Ratnaprabha, Saccanama + Satyalila | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 5th Dec - 8th Dec |
Women's Area Order Weekend (December 2019) Retreat Now Full |
Womens | £111/78 | |
| 15th Dec - 19th Dec |
Triratna Scholars Network study retreat: Early Perfection of Wisdom Retreat Nearly Full |
Dhivan, Sāgaramati + Śraddhāpa | Mixed | £148/104 |
| 4th Jan - 11th Jan 2020 | European Chairs' Assembly Winter | The Development Team | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 24th Jan - 27th Jan 2020 | Philosophy Symposium: Exploring Buddhist Modernism | Dhivan, Matt Drage + Sīlavādin | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 30th Jan - 31st Jan 2020 | Men's Regional Order Convenors | Mens | £37/26 | |
| 31st Jan - 2nd Feb 2020 | Men's Area Order Weekend | Mens | £78/56 | |
| 2nd Feb - 9th Feb 2020 | Men's Private Preceptors | Public Preceptors | Mens | £259/182 |
| 27th Feb - 5th Mar 2020 | Women's Private Preceptors retreat | Public Preceptors | Womens | £259/182 |
| 5th Mar - 8th Mar 2020 | Women's Spring Area Order Weekend | Womens | £117/84 | |
| 9th Mar - 16th Mar 2020 | College Meeting | Ratnadharini | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 20th Mar - 22nd Mar 2020 | Men's Regional Order Weekend | Alokavira | Mens | £74/52 |
| 20th Mar - 27th Mar 2020 | Milarepa: the Enlightened Yogi | Kamalashila | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 20th Mar - 22nd Mar 2020 | Dharma Life Course Alumni Retreat | TBC | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 3rd Apr - 5th Apr 2020 | Adhisthana Open Weekend Retreat | Adhisthana Community | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 9th Apr - 14th Apr 2020 | Combined Regional Order Convenors | Order Office | Mixed | £185/130 |
| 16th Apr - 19th Apr 2020 | Groups + Pioneers | Aparajita, Gunabhadri, Maitrisiddhi, Pramudita + Sanghadeva | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 24th Apr - 3rd May 2020 | Six Guidelines: Ordination Training Retreat for Women | Tiratanaloka team | Womens | £378/279 |
| 3rd May - 10th May 2020 | The Inexhaustible Lamp: teacher training retreat | Ratnaguna, Nibbhaya, and Lilamani. | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 7th May - 10th May 2020 | Gender Diverse Retreat | Kamalanandi, Jnanamitra, Shraddhasiddhi, | Mixed | £0/111 |
| 10th May - 15th May 2020 | Presidents' Meeting | Presidents' Exec | Mixed | £185/130 |
| 10th May - 15th May 2020 | Orpheus in the Buddha-realm: a retreat for classical musicians | Mixed | £185/130 | |
| 15th May - 17th May 2020 | Young Order Members Seminar With Ratnadharini | Ratnadharini | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 17th May - 24th May 2020 | Rainy Season Retreat Spring | Subhuti + Team | Mixed | Donation (Dana) |
| 26th May - 5th Jun 2020 | A Community of Practitioners | Kamalashila | Mixed | £370/260 |
| 28th May - 31st May 2020 | Guhyaloka Spring 2000 Reunion | Nandaketu | Mens | £111/78 |
| 4th Jun - 7th Jun 2020 | The Bodhisattva's Life | Saraha + Sahajatara | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 5th Jun - 7th Jun 2020 | Parents' Retreat | Karunagita + Lilapa | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 14th Jun - 21st Jun 2020 | Entering the Mandala of Awakening | Prakasha, Visuddhamati + Team | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 26th Jun - 3rd Jul 2020 | Six Elements | Bodhiketu + Manjuvajra | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 26th Jun - 28th Jun 2020 | Team Based Right Livelihood in the 21st Century | Keturaja, Abhayanandi, Moksadhi, Abhayakirti and Maitridasa | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 3rd Jul - 5th Jul 2020 | Sub30 Weekend | Core team of Young Order Steering group | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 17th Jul - 21st Jul 2020 | Elders: those ordained by Sangharakshita | Ashvajit | Mixed | £15/15 |
| 22nd Jul - 31st Jul 2020 | European Chairs' Assembly Summer | The Development Team | Mixed | £333/234 |
| 28th Aug - 5th Sep 2020 | International Council | Dhammarati | Mixed | £0 |
| 9th Sep - 18th Sep 2020 | Towards Insight: Three Myths | Jnanavaca + Maitreyabandhu | Mixed | £333/234 |
| 18th Sep - 20th Sep 2020 | Adhisthana Open Weekend | Saddhanandi and Team | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 21st Sep - 1st Oct 2020 | Rainy Season Retreat Autumn | Team TBC | Mixed | Donation (Dana) |
| 2nd Oct - 4th Oct 2020 | Men's Regional Order Weekend | Alokavira | Mens | £74/52 |
| 16th Oct - 22nd Oct 2020 | Women's Mitra Convenors | Women's Mitra Convenors Exec | Womens | £222/156 |
| 22nd Oct - 25th Oct 2020 | 20/20 Vision: Arts Convention | Bodhivajra, Padmacandra, Saddhahadaya, Satyadaka, Satyagita, Vandika, Vilokini + Yashodeva | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 30th Oct - 6th Nov 2020 | Contemplating the Diamond Sutra | Vajrapriya | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 30th Oct - 6th Nov 2020 | Sakyamuni Sadhana Retreat | Saddhanandi + Vajrasara | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 6th Nov - 8th Nov 2020 | Men's Area Order Weekend | Mens | £78/56 | |
| 9th Nov - 19th Nov 2020 | College Meeting | Ratnadharini | Mixed | £370/260 |
| 20th Nov - 22nd Nov 2020 | Sub25 Weekend | Core team of Young Order Steering group | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 26th Nov - 29th Nov 2020 | Groups + Pioneers | Aparajita, Gunabhadri, Maitrisiddhi, Pramudita + Sanghadeva | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 26th Nov - 3rd Dec 2020 | Insight Inquiry into Anatta | Karunachitta, Prajnamati, Tejapushpa + Team from the Order Insight Inquiry project | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 3rd Dec - 6th Dec 2020 | Women's Winter Area Order Weekend | Public Preceptors | Womens | £117/84 |
| 7th Dec - 18th Dec 2020 | Rainy Season Retreat Winter | Team TBC | Mixed | Donation (Dana) |
Blake’s Mandala: Integration through Imagination
28th Nov - 5th Dec
Led by: Atula, Prakasha, Ratnaprabha, Saccanama + Satyalila
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Women's Area Order Weekend (December 2019)
5th Dec - 8th Dec
Led by:
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Triratna Scholars Network study retreat: Early Perfection of Wisdom
15th Dec - 19th Dec
Led by: Dhivan, Sāgaramati + Śraddhāpa
Cost: £148/104
Gender: Mixed | Level: F
European Chairs' Assembly Winter
4th Jan - 11th Jan 2020
Led by: The Development Team
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Philosophy Symposium: Exploring Buddhist Modernism
24th Jan - 27th Jan 2020
Led by: Dhivan, Matt Drage + Sīlavādin
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Men's Regional Order Convenors
30th Jan - 31st Jan 2020
Led by:
Cost: £37/26
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Men's Area Order Weekend
31st Jan - 2nd Feb 2020
Led by:
Cost: £78/56
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Men's Private Preceptors
2nd Feb - 9th Feb 2020
Led by: Public Preceptors
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Women's Private Preceptors retreat
27th Feb - 5th Mar 2020
Led by: Public Preceptors
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Women's Spring Area Order Weekend
5th Mar - 8th Mar 2020
Led by:
Cost: £117/84
Gender: Womens | Level: A
College Meeting
9th Mar - 16th Mar 2020
Led by: Ratnadharini
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Men's Regional Order Weekend
20th Mar - 22nd Mar 2020
Led by: Alokavira
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Milarepa: the Enlightened Yogi
20th Mar - 27th Mar 2020
Led by: Kamalashila
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Dharma Life Course Alumni Retreat
20th Mar - 22nd Mar 2020
Led by: TBC
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: C
Adhisthana Open Weekend Retreat
3rd Apr - 5th Apr 2020
Led by: Adhisthana Community
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: C
Combined Regional Order Convenors
9th Apr - 14th Apr 2020
Led by: Order Office
Cost: £185/130
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Groups + Pioneers
16th Apr - 19th Apr 2020
Led by: Aparajita, Gunabhadri, Maitrisiddhi, Pramudita + Sanghadeva
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Six Guidelines: Ordination Training Retreat for Women
24th Apr - 3rd May 2020
Led by: Tiratanaloka team
Cost: £378/279
Gender: Womens | Level: G
The Inexhaustible Lamp: teacher training retreat
3rd May - 10th May 2020
Led by: Ratnaguna, Nibbhaya, and Lilamani.
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Gender Diverse Retreat
7th May - 10th May 2020
Led by: Kamalanandi, Jnanamitra, Shraddhasiddhi,
Cost: £0/111
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Presidents' Meeting
10th May - 15th May 2020
Led by: Presidents' Exec
Cost: £185/130
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Orpheus in the Buddha-realm: a retreat for classical musicians
10th May - 15th May 2020
Led by:
Cost: £185/130
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Young Order Members Seminar With Ratnadharini
15th May - 17th May 2020
Led by: Ratnadharini
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Rainy Season Retreat Spring
17th May - 24th May 2020
Led by: Subhuti + Team
Cost: Donation (Dana)
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
A Community of Practitioners
26th May - 5th Jun 2020
Led by: Kamalashila
Cost: £370/260
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Guhyaloka Spring 2000 Reunion
28th May - 31st May 2020
Led by: Nandaketu
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mens | Level: A
The Bodhisattva's Life
4th Jun - 7th Jun 2020
Led by: Saraha + Sahajatara
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: C
Parents' Retreat
5th Jun - 7th Jun 2020
Led by: Karunagita + Lilapa
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Entering the Mandala of Awakening
14th Jun - 21st Jun 2020
Led by: Prakasha, Visuddhamati + Team
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Six Elements
26th Jun - 3rd Jul 2020
Led by: Bodhiketu + Manjuvajra
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Team Based Right Livelihood in the 21st Century
26th Jun - 28th Jun 2020
Led by: Keturaja, Abhayanandi, Moksadhi, Abhayakirti and Maitridasa
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: C
Sub30 Weekend
3rd Jul - 5th Jul 2020
Led by: Core team of Young Order Steering group
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Elders: those ordained by Sangharakshita
17th Jul - 21st Jul 2020
Led by: Ashvajit
Cost: £15/15
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
European Chairs' Assembly Summer
22nd Jul - 31st Jul 2020
Led by: The Development Team
Cost: £333/234
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
International Council
28th Aug - 5th Sep 2020
Led by: Dhammarati
Cost: £0
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Towards Insight: Three Myths
9th Sep - 18th Sep 2020
Led by: Jnanavaca + Maitreyabandhu
Cost: £333/234
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Adhisthana Open Weekend
18th Sep - 20th Sep 2020
Led by: Saddhanandi and Team
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Rainy Season Retreat Autumn
21st Sep - 1st Oct 2020
Led by: Team TBC
Cost: Donation (Dana)
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Men's Regional Order Weekend
2nd Oct - 4th Oct 2020
Led by: Alokavira
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Women's Mitra Convenors
16th Oct - 22nd Oct 2020
Led by: Women's Mitra Convenors Exec
Cost: £222/156
Gender: Womens | Level: A
20/20 Vision: Arts Convention
22nd Oct - 25th Oct 2020
Led by: Bodhivajra, Padmacandra, Saddhahadaya, Satyadaka, Satyagita, Vandika, Vilokini + Yashodeva
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Contemplating the Diamond Sutra
30th Oct - 6th Nov 2020
Led by: Vajrapriya
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Sakyamuni Sadhana Retreat
30th Oct - 6th Nov 2020
Led by: Saddhanandi + Vajrasara
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Men's Area Order Weekend
6th Nov - 8th Nov 2020
Led by:
Cost: £78/56
Gender: Mens | Level: A
College Meeting
9th Nov - 19th Nov 2020
Led by: Ratnadharini
Cost: £370/260
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Sub25 Weekend
20th Nov - 22nd Nov 2020
Led by: Core team of Young Order Steering group
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Groups + Pioneers
26th Nov - 29th Nov 2020
Led by: Aparajita, Gunabhadri, Maitrisiddhi, Pramudita + Sanghadeva
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Insight Inquiry into Anatta
26th Nov - 3rd Dec 2020
Led by: Karunachitta, Prajnamati, Tejapushpa + Team from the Order Insight Inquiry project
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Women's Winter Area Order Weekend
3rd Dec - 6th Dec 2020
Led by: Public Preceptors
Cost: £117/84
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Rainy Season Retreat Winter
7th Dec - 18th Dec 2020
Led by: Team TBC
Cost: Donation (Dana)
Gender: Mixed | Level: A