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Retreats
RET
Refuel your practice
Four annual retreats offering an immersive meditative experience to develop new insights and to rekindle joy for meditation, offering teachings from foundational Vipassana to advanced Mahamudra practices and nurturing spiritual friendships in a serene, facilitative environment.
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Weekend on Aspiring Bodhisattva Vows
Maitreya Institute Amsterdam
A precious opportunity to receive the Aspiring Bodhisattva Vows from Ven. Gendun, with a full weekend of commentary on their meaning and practice. Online and onsite.

Summer Retreat 2025
Maitreya Instituut Loenen, The Netherlands
Asanga's bird: brushing away saṃsāra with the wings of wisdom and compassion. A week of Vipassana and Brahmavihara meditation. The retreat is in English and is available online and onsite.

Intercontemplative Retreat
Institut Vajrayogini, France
During this week long retreat, Ven. Gendun will engage in dialogues and joint practice with three remarkable teachers from other contemplative backgrounds: Dutch Jewish Rabbi Marianne van Praag, Georgian Orthodox bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili and Swiss scholar Donata Schoeller. Only onsite, English and French.

Weekend on Engaging Bodhisattva Vows
Maitreya Institute Amsterdam
A precious opportunity to receive the extraordinary Engaging Bodhisattva Vows from Ven. Gendun, with a full weekend of commentary on their meaning and practice. Onsite and online. More info and registration link will follow soon.

Winter retreat 2025
A week in silence. More information will follow. Save the dates: December 1-7, 2025! Onsite and online.
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Buddha Research Project
BRP
Bridging science and contemplation
An innovative platform fostering collaboration to enhance the study of meditation and its profound transformative impacts on mental health, perception, and personal identity through non-reductionist methods and continuous dialogue between contemplatives and scientists.
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