Easter Holiday Meditation Retreat | Bhante Sangāmaji

In this retreat we will investigate how the Dhamma can be directly understood by ourselves. And we will practice the development of kindness, compassion, and the perception of impermanence. Led by Bhante Sangāmaji.

Programme for Friday, Saturday & Monday

9.00am – 10.00am:Study and discussion

10.00am – 11.00am:  Meditation

11.00: Lunch & break (Please bring your own lunch!)

12.30 – 1.30pm: Study and discussion

1.30 – 3.00pm: Guided and silent meditation 

On Sunday, March 31 (usual Sunday morning programme)

8.30 – 9.30am: Optional silent meditation

9.30 – 10.45am: Precepts, talk, meditation, Q&A

11.00 – 12.30pm: Communal lunch (you are welcome to join, if you wish)

12.30 – 1.30pm: Study and discussion

1.30 – 3.00pm: Guided and silent meditation 

YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN AT ANYTIME DURING THE RETREAT. REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED.

Suttas passages that will be utilised during the retreat:
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1. On Goodness (1st day)
2. On Kindness (2nd and part of 3rd day)
3. On Wisdom (part of 3rd and 4th day)

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1. On Goodness 
2. On Kindness 
3. On Wisdom

Important note:
The texts contain copyrighted material and are based on translations by Bhikku Bodhi, Ānandajoti Bhikkhu and Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (occasionally edited and abbreviated). They are intended for the private use of the participants of this retreat only. Please do not share or distribute!

Tea Breaks: Please take individual tea breaks when you need them, so as to minimise congregating & talking.

Noble Silence: Apart from the study and discussion periods this will be a silent retreat, in order to support the meditation & contemplation. So please speak only when necessary.

Mobile Phones: Participants are kindly requested to put away their phones.

Participants need to bring their own lunch. Tea/coffee will be provided.

Parking: Please keep the car park at the back of the Buddhaloka Centre free for walking meditation (except on Sunday morning). Please be PARTICULARLY mindful when parking on the streets around the Centre and ensure that you do not obstruct driveways in any way.

About Bhante Sangāmaji

Bhante Sangāmaji was born and raised in Vienna, Austria. After some studies and a search for a good and meaningful way of living, being disenchanted with the primary focus on material wellbeing so prevalent in society, he stumbled into a small forest monastery in Sri Lanka in 1998 at the age of twenty-four. The teachings of the Buddha and meditation practice seemed to him to make so much sense, answer many questions and solve the fundamental problems in life. So, the same year he ordained there as a novice under Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda and received higher ordination in 2000. He has since lived for about seventeen years in forest monasteries and solitary hermitages in Sri Lanka and about eight years in monasteries and a meditation center in Southeast Asia (Thailand and Malaysia), Europe, the United States and Australia. His main interests are in how the mind works, how to free oneself from suffering (dukkha) and how to practically apply the discourses of the Buddha (Suttas) to realize the end of all suffering (dukkhanirodha).

He is presently living in Newbury Buddhist Monastery, staying there until the end of April.