Men’s Intensive Meditation Retreat - The Mandala of Awakening

We often organise our lives around money, security or control—while love, meaning, and wisdom fall to one side.

On this retreat, we’ll place what matters most back where it belongs. Together will Enter the Mandala – or sacred circle – of Awakening. A mandala is a symbolic map of life that places total liberation of mind at the heart of life. Through systematic application of core Buddhist teachings, we’ll learn how to re-vision existence in terms of our deepest values.

If you’ve learned a range of practices—mindfulness, metta, just sitting, reflection, ethics, puja—you may still wonder how they all fit together. On this retreat, we’ll show how these elements form a complete, step-by-step path to Awakening.

If you already know the system of practice, this is a chance to go deeper through intensive meditation, practical guidance, and silence. Led by Vajragupta and Viryadeva, who together bring over 50 years’ experience meditating within Triratna’s system of practice.

Entering the Mandala of Awakening

A mandala is a “sacred circle” with Awakening right at the centre. On this retreat, we’ll explore how we can enter this mandala, travel around it, and eventually arrive at the heart of Awakening. We’ll consider the qualities – integration, love, renunciation, imagination, spiritual receptivity – that we need to undertake the journey.

RETREAT CATEGORY: TRIRATNA MEN

A week intensive retreat for men with at least six months experience of meditation and Buddhism, immersing ourselves fully in the Triratna “system of practice”. You might have learnt a variety of different practices at a Buddhist Centre – mindfulness, metta, just sitting, reflection, ethics, puja, and so on. But how do they all fit together? How deep can they go? The teaching of the “system of practice” provides an ideal opportunity to explore, both in principle and in practice. If you are already familiar with the system of practice, come and meditate with us, receive more detailed guidance, and deepen your understanding. Led by Vajragupta and Viryadeva, who between them have over 50 years of experience meditating on the system of practice.

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