Lamrim Summer Retreat 2024

Lamrim Summer Retreat on the 'Stages of the Path to Enlightenment"

August 25 - August 28

in person | livestream for members

Our lamrim summer retreat on the "stages of the path to enlightenment is held every August at AKBC. The lamrim is a special condensation of all of Buddha’s teachings and through engaging on this retreat we develop and increase our inner wisdom. Arranged in the sequence in which they are to be realized, these meditations guide practitioners along the path by developing their inner peace, compassion and wisdom.

By developing an understanding and familiarity with these meditations, we will enjoy a special experience of peace and fulfillment that comes from a spiritually meaningful life. Ultimately Lamrim meditations will give rise to a complete transformation of our mind through the power of wisdom and compassion.

Each session will consist of a teaching, time for individual reading and contemplation and a guided meditation and question and answer. Day by day we will progress through the stages of the path from realizing our precious human life to the developing the wisdom of superior seeing. Everyone welcome, regardless of background or experience. Come to one session, or come to them all.

Retreat Fees for full retreat:

Members: Free. Livestream options available

Non-Members: $50 or $20 a day.

Tickets can also be purchased on site for this retreat.

Sunday 25 August

9 – 10am Session One: Our precious human life
11 – 12pm Session Two: – Death and impermanence
2 – 3pm Session Three:– The dangers of lower rebirth
3:30 – 5pm Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers

Monday 26 August

9 – 10am Session Four: Refuge practice
11 – 12pm Session Five: Actions and their effects (karma)
2 – 3pm Session Six: Developing renunciation for samsara (1)
4 – 5pm Session Seven: Developing renunciation for samsara (2)

Tuesday 27 August
9 – 10am Session Eight: Developing renunciation for samsara (3)
11 – 12pm Session Nine: Developing renunciation for samsara (4)
2 – 3pm Session Ten: Meditation on Cherishing All Living Beings
4 – 5pm Session Eleven: Meditation on Universal Compassion

Wednesday 28 August

9 – 10am Session Twelve: Meditation on the Supreme Good Heart – Bodhichitta
11 – 12pm Session Thirteen: Meditation on our Determination and Promise to Sincerely Practice the Six Perfections
2 – 3pm Session Fourteen: Meditation on Training in Yogic Direct Perceivers
4 – 5pm Session Fifteen: Meditation on Training in Yogic Direct Perceivers

Host or Publisher Avalokiteshvara Kadampa Buddhist Centre