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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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Heart Essence of Buddha Nature Retreat
Land of Medicine Buddha, CA, USA
In this weekend retreat, we will explore the profound connection between Buddha Nature and compassionate activity, uncovering how the wisdom of emptiness naturally gives rise to boundless compassion. Onsite and online.

Weekend on Engaging Bodhisattva Vows
Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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.

Mini Vipassana Weekend Retreat
Helsinki, Finland
Vipassana (Insight Meditation) weekend, open to anyone. Online and onsite. More info and a registration link will follow soon.

The Breath of the Path
Maitreya Instituut Loenen, The Netherlands
A weeklong retreat in mindfulness with breathing, based on the Ānāpānasati Sutta. This practice gently integrates samatha (calm abiding) and vipassanā (clear seeing), cultivating a mind that is both tranquil and wakeful. Onsite and online.
Projects
Taking active steps towards societal engagement
and shared understanding
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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