Calendar of Retreats and Events
Our programme for 2018 is now open for booking. Most events are Order retreats, though there are a few 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.
We ask for a booking fee of £52 for weekends and £78 for longer events. We are sorry but we cannot refund this booking fee or transfer it for 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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31st May - 3rd Jun | Women's Area Order Weekend at Taraloka | Womens | ||
| 1st Jun - 3rd Jun | The Myth of the Return Journey | Karunavajra, Sanghadeva, Sanghadarsini, Shantigosha | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 7th Jun - 10th Jun | FutureDharma Champions training #1: Fearless Fundraising | Amalavajra and team | Mixed | £10/10 |
| 8th Jun - 15th Jun | Future Dharma Teachers - Training for newer Order Members | Ratnaguna + team | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 8th Jun - 10th Jun | Weekend for Parents | Karunagita, Maitrinita, Lilapa + Upayavira | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 22nd Jun - 29th Jun | The Unwavering Heart: Bodhicitta + Mind Training | Saddhaloka + Saddhanandi | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 22nd Jun - 24th Jun | Young Order Seminar with Maitreyi | Maitreyi | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 2nd Jul - 12th Jul | European Chairs Assembly (Summer) | Mixed | £370/260 | |
| 13th Jul - 20th Jul | “Without Contraries is no progression”: Bhante, Blake + creative tension in the spiritual life | Atula, Ananda, Amitajyoti, Ratnaprabha, Satyalila and Saccanama | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 29th Jul - 5th Aug | Satipatthana: the direct path | Vajradevi, Prasadavati + Dhivan | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 3rd Aug - 10th Aug | Radical Dharma - A training in teaching that inspires | Vadanya + Ratnaguna, with a team from Sheffield Buddhist Centre | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 5th Aug - 12th Aug | Six Elements | Bodhiketu, Maitreyi, Manjuvajra | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 10th Aug - 17th Aug | The Greatly Precious Guru : Padmasambhava Sadhana for Dharmacharinis | Srisambhava, Karunachitta + Visuddhimati | Womens | £259/182 |
| 17th Aug - 19th Aug | Sub25 Retreat: Wild Buddha | Akasajoti, Amalasiddhi + Aryadasa | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 22nd Aug - 24th Aug | Men Regional Order Convenors Meeting | Mens | £74/52 | |
| 24th Aug - 27th Aug | Combined UK + Ireland Area Order Weekend: Padmasambhava in the World | Mixed | ||
| 27th Aug - 2nd Sep | For the Attainment of Enlightenment, For the Benefit of all Beings | Subhuti | Mixed | £222/156 |
| 30th Aug - 2nd Sep | Ratnasambhava's Delight | Amalavajra, Dhiradevi + Subhadramati | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 7th Sep - 14th Sep | Dukkha + the Unbiased | Saddhanandi + Vessantara | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 14th Sep - 21st Sep | Throne of Jewels, Carpet of Lotus, Disc of a Moon - Avalokitesvara Sadhana | Lokeshvara, Parami + Saddhaloka | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 21st Sep - 23rd Sep | The Shepherd's Search for Mind | Parami + Bodhiketu | Mixed | £74/52 |
| 21st Sep - 24th Sep | Elders - a long weekend for all ordained by Sangharakshita | Mixed | £111/78 | |
| 28th Sep - 30th Sep | Men's Midlands Regional Order Weekend | Mens | £74/52 | |
| 4th Oct - 7th Oct | Singing the Sangha | Arthasiddhi, Manidhara + Vipulakirti | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 5th Oct - 7th Oct | Women's North-Western Regional Order Weekend | Womens | £74/52 | |
| 11th Oct - 14th Oct | Groups + Pioneers | Nandavajra, Mokshini, Sanghadeva + Team | Mixed | £111/78 |
| 12th Oct - 19th Oct | Seeing with Wisdom | Ratnaguna | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 19th Oct - 25th Oct | Women Mitra Convenors | Womens | £222/156 | |
| 26th Oct - 28th Oct | The Big One: the 11th annual Young Buddhist's retreat | Mixed | £74/52 | |
| 31st Oct - 2nd Nov | Men Regional Order Convenors Meeting | Mens | £74/52 | |
| 2nd Nov - 4th Nov | Men's UK & Ireland Area Order Weekend | Mens | £74/52 | |
| 5th Nov - 15th Nov | Public Preceptors College | Mixed | £370/260 | |
| 16th Nov - 23rd Nov | Like Sunlight on Freshly Fallen Snow - Vajrasattva Sadhana | Vessantara + Punyamala | Mixed | £259/182 |
| 16th Nov - 20th Nov | Women Regional Order Convenors | Womens | £148/104 | |
| 19th Nov - 23rd Nov | Intensive Teacher Training at the London Buddhist Centre | Maitreyabandhu, Ratnaguna + Subhadramati | Mixed | |
| 29th Nov - 2nd Dec | Women's Area Order Weekend | Womens | £111/78 | |
| 2nd Dec - 9th Dec | The Four Tantric Rites of Kalyana Mitrata [for Dharmacharinis] | Saddhanandi + Vajrasara | Womens | £259/182 |
| 6th Dec - 9th Dec | FutureDharma Champions training #2 | Amalavajra and team | Mixed | £10/10 |
| 9th Dec - 16th Dec | 'From here to the beyond…': Studying the ‘Spiral Path’ in Early Buddhist Discourses | Dhīvan and Sāgaramati | Mixed | £259/182 |
Women's Area Order Weekend at Taraloka
31st May - 3rd Jun
Led by:
Cost:
Gender: Womens | Level: A
The Myth of the Return Journey
1st Jun - 3rd Jun
Led by: Karunavajra, Sanghadeva, Sanghadarsini, Shantigosha
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
FutureDharma Champions training #1: Fearless Fundraising
7th Jun - 10th Jun
Led by: Amalavajra and team
Cost: £10/10
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Future Dharma Teachers - Training for newer Order Members
8th Jun - 15th Jun
Led by: Ratnaguna + team
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Weekend for Parents
8th Jun - 10th Jun
Led by: Karunagita, Maitrinita, Lilapa + Upayavira
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: C
The Unwavering Heart: Bodhicitta + Mind Training
22nd Jun - 29th Jun
Led by: Saddhaloka + Saddhanandi
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Young Order Seminar with Maitreyi
22nd Jun - 24th Jun
Led by: Maitreyi
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
European Chairs Assembly (Summer)
2nd Jul - 12th Jul
Led by:
Cost: £370/260
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
“Without Contraries is no progression”: Bhante, Blake + creative tension in the spiritual life
13th Jul - 20th Jul
Led by: Atula, Ananda, Amitajyoti, Ratnaprabha, Satyalila and Saccanama
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Satipatthana: the direct path
29th Jul - 5th Aug
Led by: Vajradevi, Prasadavati + Dhivan
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Radical Dharma - A training in teaching that inspires
3rd Aug - 10th Aug
Led by: Vadanya + Ratnaguna, with a team from Sheffield Buddhist Centre
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Six Elements
5th Aug - 12th Aug
Led by: Bodhiketu, Maitreyi, Manjuvajra
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
The Greatly Precious Guru
: Padmasambhava Sadhana for Dharmacharinis
10th Aug - 17th Aug
Led by: Srisambhava, Karunachitta + Visuddhimati
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Sub25 Retreat: Wild Buddha
17th Aug - 19th Aug
Led by: Akasajoti, Amalasiddhi + Aryadasa
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Men Regional Order Convenors Meeting
22nd Aug - 24th Aug
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Combined UK + Ireland Area Order Weekend: Padmasambhava in the World
24th Aug - 27th Aug
Led by:
Cost:
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
For the Attainment of Enlightenment, For the Benefit of all Beings
27th Aug - 2nd Sep
Led by: Subhuti
Cost: £222/156
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Ratnasambhava's Delight
30th Aug - 2nd Sep
Led by: Amalavajra, Dhiradevi + Subhadramati
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: F
Dukkha + the Unbiased
7th Sep - 14th Sep
Led by: Saddhanandi + Vessantara
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Throne of Jewels, Carpet of Lotus, Disc of a Moon - Avalokitesvara Sadhana
14th Sep - 21st Sep
Led by: Lokeshvara, Parami + Saddhaloka
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
The Shepherd's Search for Mind
21st Sep - 23rd Sep
Led by: Parami + Bodhiketu
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: F
Elders - a long weekend for all ordained by Sangharakshita
21st Sep - 24th Sep
Led by:
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Men's Midlands Regional Order Weekend
28th Sep - 30th Sep
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Singing the Sangha
4th Oct - 7th Oct
Led by: Arthasiddhi, Manidhara + Vipulakirti
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: G
Women's North-Western Regional Order Weekend
5th Oct - 7th Oct
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Groups + Pioneers
11th Oct - 14th Oct
Led by: Nandavajra, Mokshini, Sanghadeva + Team
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Mixed | Level: F
Seeing with Wisdom
12th Oct - 19th Oct
Led by: Ratnaguna
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Women Mitra Convenors
19th Oct - 25th Oct
Led by:
Cost: £222/156
Gender: Womens | Level: A
The Big One: the 11th annual Young Buddhist's retreat
26th Oct - 28th Oct
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
Men Regional Order Convenors Meeting
31st Oct - 2nd Nov
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Men's UK & Ireland Area Order Weekend
2nd Nov - 4th Nov
Led by:
Cost: £74/52
Gender: Mens | Level: A
Public Preceptors College
5th Nov - 15th Nov
Led by:
Cost: £370/260
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Like Sunlight on Freshly Fallen Snow - Vajrasattva Sadhana
16th Nov - 23rd Nov
Led by: Vessantara + Punyamala
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Women Regional Order Convenors
16th Nov - 20th Nov
Led by:
Cost: £148/104
Gender: Womens | Level: A
Intensive Teacher Training at the London Buddhist Centre
19th Nov - 23rd Nov
Led by: Maitreyabandhu, Ratnaguna + Subhadramati
Cost:
Gender: Mixed | Level: A
Women's Area Order Weekend
29th Nov - 2nd Dec
Led by:
Cost: £111/78
Gender: Womens | Level: A
The Four Tantric Rites of Kalyana Mitrata [for Dharmacharinis]
2nd Dec - 9th Dec
Led by: Saddhanandi + Vajrasara
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Womens | Level: A
FutureDharma Champions training #2
6th Dec - 9th Dec
Led by: Amalavajra and team
Cost: £10/10
Gender: Mixed | Level: D
'From here to the beyond…': Studying the ‘Spiral Path’ in Early Buddhist Discourses
9th Dec - 16th Dec
Led by: Dhīvan and Sāgaramati
Cost: £259/182
Gender: Mixed | Level: F