“Since purification is the root of future happiness and spiritual realisations, we should strive to cleanse our mind of delusions and negative karma by practising the meditation and recitation of Vajrasattva.”
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

On this short guided retreat we will learn how to rely on Buddha Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification. By purifying our mind through the practice of Vajrasattva we shall experience greater inner peace and happiness now and eventually attain the state of full enlightenment.

We dedicate most of our time and energy trying to avoid problems by making changes to the external world. However, the main cause of our unhappiness and difficulties cannot be found in external conditions. The main cause of our unhappiness and difficulties is the negative karma we have created in the past through performing harmful actions. By relying upon Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification and practising a special meditation we can free ourselves from all our negative karma, thus, removing the cause of unhappiness and difficulties from our mind.

Each session lasts for one and a half hours and consists of a short commentary to the practice chanted meditations sung in English and silent mantra recitation. You are welcome to drop in for any or all of the retreat sessions.