Retreats.
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Post-Australian Dharma Celebration Retreat with Kelsang Luma
1 - 3 Apr | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
At this year’s Australian Dharma Celebration we will receive profound blessings, teachings, and inspiration to make our human life truly meaningful.
Extend your experience beyond the celebration by engaging in a few additional days of guided retreat on ‘The New Eight Steps to Happiness’ by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which offers practical insights into Buddhism’s beloved text ‘Eight Verses of Training the Mind’ by Tibetan Bodhisattva Geshe Langri Tangpa.
Nestled amidst natural beauty and captivating views, Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia provides an idyllic setting for retreat.
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Nyungnay Retreat
12 - 14 Apr | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
This special fasting and purification retreat is performed in conjunction with the meditation practice of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara. Engaging in this retreat is very powerful for purifying negative karma and pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving the blessings of Buddha and improving our love, compassion and bodhichitta (the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all).
Usually this practice is done over two days, with the Mahayana precepts* being taken at the beginning of each day. On the first day it is customary to abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On the second day we engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for 24 hours. On both days, we do three sessions of meditation, combining prostrations with chanted meditation. Those who are unable to engage in a complete fast can participate in the sessions on the second day, provided they take the Mahayana precepts on that day. Each session is free of charge. For those who wish to join us for lunch on Saturday please book for this ($8).
*The Mahayana precepts are vows we take to abstain from certain actions for the duration of 24 hours. For more information about precepts please email education@kadampa.org.au or see: kadampa.org/buddhism/taking-precepts
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Silent Weekend Meditation Retreat with Libby Evans
26 - 28 Apr | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
In a world of constant noise and distractions, silent retreats offer a deliberate escape for resetting and recharging. Nestled in the serene Dandenong Ranges, Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia provides a temporary refuge from the chaos, allowing you to disconnect and emerge fortified to navigate life’s challenges.
Surrounded by natural beauty, our centre offers a perfect sanctuary for introspection and rejuvenation. Step away from the noise, immerse in tranquility, and reemerge renewed to face life’s demands.
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Weekend Meditation Retreat with Maria Mylonas
17 - 19 May | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
Treat yourself to a revitalizing weekend retreat at Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia (KMCA), located in the tranquil Dandenong Ranges amidst lush forests and flower farms. This serene setting provides an ideal backdrop for guided meditations that renew the mind and bring inner peace.
Led by qualified Buddhist teachers, these retreats offer the opportunity to discover profound happiness and contentment through the tranquility of meditation.
Embrace the opportunity to immerse yourself in the stillness and peace that meditation brings during these weekend escapes.
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Event is Free of Charge | No booking required
Meals are optional | Booking for meals required
Retreat Description.
On June 4th, Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, we celebrate the deeds and great kindness of our root Guru & founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
As faithful modern Kadampa disciples we remember the great kindness of Venerable Geshe-la every day, but on this auspicious day, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we will offer him our faith through using the special prayer ‘Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples’ and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat.
There will be three sessions using the sadhana ‘The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra’ and the special request prayer. In the evening, the retreat will conclude with ‘Offering to the Spiritual Guide’ dedicated to the flourishing of everything that Venerable Geshe-la established in our world.
This event is free of charge. There is a charge for lunch and dinner on Tuesday at KMCA.
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The Three Principal Aspects of the Path - Silent Retreat with Kelsang Monlam
7 - 10 Jun | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
One of the clearest presentations of the path to Enlightenment is a short poem called The Three Principal Aspects of the Path. This legendary brief poem was composed 600 years ago by the extraordinary Spiritual Guide and founder of the New Kadampa lineage, Je Tsongkhapa. In merely 15 verses, Je Tsongkhapa distils the vastness of the Buddhist stages of the path to enlightenment to three essential realizations, or experiential understandings. Gaining experience of these three – renunciation, bodhichitta, and the wisdom realizing emptiness – will give us the psychological and spiritual tools we need to transform every aspect of our life into our spiritual path, confidently and joyfully.
During this silent retreat Kelsang Monlam will take us on a spiritual journey step-by-step through the development of each of these three understandings, based on the commentary by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in his most recent book, The Mirror of Dharma with Additions.
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Weekend Meditation Retreat with Damian Auton
23 - 25 Aug | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
Treat yourself to a revitalizing weekend retreat at Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia (KMCA), located in the tranquil Dandenong Ranges amidst lush forests and flower farms. This serene setting provides an ideal backdrop for guided meditations that renew the mind and bring inner peace.
Led by qualified Buddhist teachers, these retreats offer the opportunity to discover profound happiness and contentment through the tranquility of meditation.
Embrace the opportunity to immerse yourself in the stillness and peace that meditation brings during these weekend escapes.
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Silent Weekend Meditation Retreat with Maria Mylonas
11 - 13 Oct | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
In a world of constant noise and distractions, silent retreats offer a deliberate escape for resetting and recharging. Nestled in the serene Dandenong Ranges, Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia provides a temporary refuge from the chaos, allowing you to disconnect and emerge fortified to navigate life’s challenges.
Surrounded by natural beauty, our centre offers a perfect sanctuary for introspection and rejuvenation. Step away from the noise, immerse in tranquility, and reemerge renewed to face life’s demands.
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Guided Meditation Retreat with Gen Kelsang Rabten
15 - 18 Nov | KMC Australia (Dandenong Ranges)
To lead all living beings to the supreme happiness of enlightenment, all the Buddhas’ compassion appears in the form of Heruka. Through relying on Heruka with faith we will attain the realisation of the union of great bliss and emptiness, which is the actual quick path to enlightenment. The purpose of meditating on Heruka body mandala is to receive the powerful blessings of Buddha Heruka and his retinue within our channels and drops. Through these blessings we can be freed from any obstacles within our channels and drops, and our meditation on the central channel, indestructible drop and indestructible wind and mind will be successful. Because of this we shall easily develop and make progress in the five stages of completion stage, and through this fulfil our final goal. Join us in the idyllic environment of Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges for a retreat on the supreme practice of Heruka Body Mandala.