Retreats
We offer a variety of day and short retreats suitable for those who are complete beginners to the more experienced. The retreats provide opportunities to deepen practice with guidance in a group setting whilst enjoying the peace, tranquility and beauty of the centre, it’s gardens and grounds with stunning views down to the sea.
June 28th and 29th Gelong Thubten - weekend retreat:
‘Finding Purpose’ Saturday: 9am to 6pm Sunday: 9am to 4pm
With tea and lunch breaks. Suggested donation £50 per day, although nobody will be excluded due to lack of funds.
It is essential to book - please email admin@yorkshire.samye.org
A weekend retreat, led by Buddhist monk and author Gelong Thubten, on meditation, mindfulness and how to deepen our commitment to daily practice.
We will explore themes such as how to discover and strengthen our inner spiritual purpose. We can often struggle to meditate every day - life becomes increasingly busy and stressful - there never seems to be enough time. There are powerful methods we can use to transform our attitude towards our meditation practice. Through strengthening our inner commitment, we will always find the time and energy to meditate.
This is an opportunity for a deep-dive into Buddhist philosophy and practice, focusing on some of the themes in Gelong Thubten’s Sunday Times bestselling book ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness, Meditation in the 21st Century’.
For those traveling from afar, reasonably priced accommodation is available at the nearby hotels, within walking distance across the park in front of our centre.
August 2nd and 3rd. Gelong Thubten - weekend retreat:
‘Compassion and Forgiveness’
Saturday: 9am to 6pm Sunday: 9am to 4pm
With tea and lunch breaks.
Suggested donation £50 per day, although nobody will be excluded due to lack of funds.
It is essential to book - please email admin@yorkshire.samye.org
A weekend retreat, led by Buddhist monk and author Gelong Thubten, focusing on some of the key themes in his second book, the bestseller ‘Handbook for Hard Times’. Thubten will explain some of the Buddhist methods for deepening our compassion and working with challenging situations, feelings and relationships. There will be a special emphasis on the practice of forgiveness.
Another great opportunity for a weekend retreat of learning and practice.
For those traveling from afar, reasonably priced accommodation is available at the nearby hotels, within walking distance across the park in front of our centre. Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland 30 years ago and has spent over six years in enclosed meditation retreats, including one which lasted for four years. He is regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, working with hospitals, schools, companies, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for large organisations such as Google and The United Nations. He is also a director of meditation centres and a trustee of the humanitarian aid charity ROKPA International.
Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ as well as his latest book, ‘Handbook for Hard Times’. He also co-authored ‘How to be Human’ with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura.