A 6-Day Immersive Retreat

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Led by Ven. Tenzin Tsapel

17 – 23 January 2027

ABOUT THE RETREAT:

This retreat is open to everyone, whether Buddhist or non-Buddhist, and is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners wishing to develop or deepen their meditation practice.

Through Buddhist mind-training methods, we will explore how to cultivate mindfulness, ethical conduct and a calm, focused mind. The retreat will include meditation instructions, guided practice and group discussions.

The teachings will be drawn from Chapter Four of Lord Maitreya’s Ornament, focusing on Mindfulness, Ethics and Calm Abiding. Each of these areas contains four points, together forming the first twelve of the 37 Dharmas of Enlightenment, which are aspects of the awareness of omniscience.

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ABOUT THE TEACHER: 

Australian nun Ven. Tenzin Tsapel first met the FPMT founding lamas, Lama Yeshe and Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, during their Australian tour in 1979. Buddhism made perfect sense to her, and two years later, she spent a year in India studying Buddhism and undertaking her first retreats. That year changed the direction of her life. With Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s guidance, she was ordained as a Buddhist nun by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in early 1985.

Ven. Tsapel joined the Chenrezig Nuns Community in Queensland, where she managed four building projects in the early 1990s. In 1997, together with Kathy Vichta, she played an instrumental role in establishing the Buddhist Study Program at Chenrezig Institute.

A decade later, she served as the resident teacher at Chandrakirti Centre for three years. She then undertook a two-year solitary shamatha retreat at De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, followed by two and a half years as resident teacher at an FPMT centre in Darkhan, Mongolia. In 2016, Ven. Tsapel joined the board of Atisha Centre as manager of the nunnery building project. She is currently the senior nun at Machig Labdron Nunnery, located on the same site as Atisha Centre, the Great Stupa and Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery in Bendigo, Victoria.

👉 RETREAT SCHEDULE

👉 TRAVEL INFORMATION

 

For any enquiries, please contact Jana at spc@detongling.org

 

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS:

Single room (with shared facilities)

 

 

 

Single Room with En-Suite Bathroom

RETREAT PRICES