Online retreat Frustratingly, Buddhism doesn’t offer many answers to the obvious question, why are we not already enlightened?
How did we come to be so painfully separated from reality? The teachings on the 3 fetters offer us one answer to that question.

The Guesthouse, Southern Sweden Our gardening retreats weave together mindful work, meditation, and Dharma study. On this retreat we'll draw inspiration from the Zen tradition, especially Dogen, with its emphasis on work as a spiritual practice.

The Guesthouse, Southern Sweden The arts offer us new and surprising windows on the world. Alongside Dharma teachings and meditation, we’ll be exploring what art, film, poetry, and music can reveal about the nature of perception.

The Guesthouse, Southern Sweden Our open practice week is a blend of collective retreat, a solitary, and a holiday! You’re welcome to come on your own or with friends, and you’ll have the freedom to create your own rhythm and programme. You’re welcome to join for anything from 3 nights to the full week.

The Guesthouse, Southern Sweden Midsummer is a special time of year here in the South of Sweden. The landscape is filled with wildflowers, the garden is at its peak and the long light evenings make the days seem endless. We'll come together in the midst of all this beauty to reflect on the Buddha’s first teaching — The Four Noble Truths.

Online retreat The Four Noble Truths were the Buddha’s first teaching, yet they never grow old. Just as in the Buddha’s time, there is suffering in our lives—stress, fear, confusion —that we can do something about. We’ll look at how we create unnecessary dukkha, and how we can lessen it—making space for ease, clarity, and kindness.

The Guesthouse, Southern Sweden Our gardening retreats weave together mindful work, meditation, and Dharma study. On this retreat, we’ll take inspiration from the Buddha, who often taught the Dharma through images and metaphors drawn from the natural world.

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - In much of spiritual culture, we’re encouraged to grow, improve, develop—a path of progress and attainment. But the Buddha also spoke of another way: the path of cessation. A path not of becoming more, but of letting go. Of stopping.

Online retreat The Buddha taught that there are three doorways to freedom. These doorways open when we turn towards our experiences of impermanence, insubstantiality, and suffering - but they can seem uninviting. After all, who wants to look closely at the more painful aspects of life? That is until we bring in beauty.

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - Being an ‘artist’ isn’t about learning to paint or write. It’s about engaging with the world as an artist would. Dharma practice is similar, it’s about engaging creatively with whatever life presents:

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - This retreat is designed to cultivate a deep-seated confidence in our true nature and inherent ability to awaken. We’ll emerge confident that our everyday lives are full with opportunities for deep insight and inquiry.

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - Are you someone who values creativity, no matter what form it takes? If so, then the Creativity and Dharma retreat is perfect for you. "Through the ordinary state of being, we’re already creators in the most profound way, creating our experience of reality and composing the world we perceive." - Rick Ruben