Welcome to Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey

If you are new to our practice and interested in finding out more, come to this Introductory Retreat. It will give a clear and gradual introduction to Meditation and its application in daily life. A group of senior monks will lead this retreat, giving teaching, as well as being available to answer questions. Private spiritual guidance is also offered.

All our Introductory Retreats begin on a Friday afternoon, and end on Sunday around 2.00 pm.

Please complete a registration form for this retreat, (click on this link), this allows us to prepare for your visit. We look forward to meeting you soon.

A half day retreat using Zoom, with periods of meditation, teaching from a senior monk and opportunities to ask questions.

This retreat is only for virtual attendees. Please note that it is helpful to keep your webcam on during meditation periods, otherwise the sense of a shared participation is lost.

After you have registered with the Guest department the joining codes will be sent to you.

This festival celebrates and gives teaching on the Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra, the personification of patient, worthy and excellent activity.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva points to the realisation that wisdom manifests in practice, and that wisdom only has value to the extent that it benefits all beings.

Everyone is welcome on these Sundays, and they are a good way of getting to know the Abbey if you haven’t visited before. Festivals are a way of celebrating the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and those in our tradition who have pointed the way to the truth. They express, each in their own way, different aspects of the stillness and compassion that lies at the heart of existence. 

Please arrive by 10.00am, so we can explain how to join in with the Festival Ceremony which starts at 10.15. There will be a Dharma talk following the ceremony. You are welcome to stay for the informal lunch that follows, but if you would like to, please let us know by midday on the preceding Friday.

If you are new to our practice and interested in finding out more, come to this Introductory Retreat. It will give a clear and gradual introduction to Meditation and its application in daily life. A group of senior monks will lead this retreat, giving teaching, as well as being available to answer questions. Private spiritual guidance is also offered.

All our Introductory Retreats begin on a Friday afternoon, and end on Sunday around 2.00 pm.

Please complete a registration form for this retreat, (click on this link), this allows us to prepare for your visit. We look forward to meeting you soon.

‘Sesshin’ means ‘to search the heart’. This silent retreat with full days of Meditation and teaching led by a senior monk is of great value as an opportunity to step back from our usual concerns and focus on what is important.

Each day there is a chance to ask questions of the monk over tea with all the retreat participants, and there is also the chance to request a private conversation by signing up for Spiritual Guidance.