Shamatha ~ Calm Abiding Retreat

This 3-day calm abiding retreat will explore the development of one-pointed concentration utilising three main objects:

• The breath as it relates to the tactile field, the body

• resting the mind in its natural state, observing mental events, including feelings and other events and

• awareness of awareness.

The great benefit of Buddhism lies in the unmistaken graduated training Buddha presented, that allows us to discover our true nature.

We need to develop our wisdom by first hearing the teachings, investigating their meaning and meditating on them.

By training in a systematic path of meditation, the Dharma dawns as personal experience.

About Venerable Tsapel

Venerable Tenzin Tsapel was inspired to become a Buddhist after she met Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa in 1979. She was ordained five years later by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Tsapel served as a resident teacher at FPMT Centres in Sydney, New Zealand and in Mongolia. She also taught and/or tutored at the Chenrezig Nuns Community in QLD for seven years. Venerable Tsapel has led many group retreats and completed a number of solitary retreats including a two-year calm abiding (mindfulness) retreat at De-Tong Ling.

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The total retreat fee of $300.00 covers all food, facility fees, offerings and retreat materials.

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Please book accommodation separately if you wish to stay at the Centre.

Please email office@atishacentre.org.au to request accommodation type plus arrival and departure date:

• Single room ensuite bathroom $80/night

• Single room shared bathroom $60/night

• Camping / campervan $20/night (unpowered)

• Camping / campervan $25/night (powered)

We also have shared room options.

You will receive a participation letter 7 days prior to the retreat with the schedule and what to bring with you.

We look forward to seeing you soon.