Padmaloka - Buddhist Retreat Centre

12/09/2026

The Padmaloka Support team are doing the 3-peaks challenge at the end of September.

Hiking the tallest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in under 24 hours.

This one is gonna be properly tough, so do support us by helping us reach our £10k target.

Help Padmaloka Retreat Centre raise money to support The Guhyaloka Trust

03/09/2026

The Padmaloka 2027 Retreats are live. Head to our website to book.

29/08/2026

It's the time of the year when the Padmaloka Programme is about to launch: Order members Mitras and new friends across the country get your phones, laptops and bank cards poised.

So far this year 9 out of 13 Going for Refuge retreats have booked out completely! so book soon to avoid the waiting list bardo.

Here is Satyakirti introducing the theme of the programme, which will influence the flavour of retreats throughout 2027.

08/07/2026

The most recent Padmaloka blog post is up. Please read about the departure of our wonderful Maintenance man: Akashaja.

www.padmaloka.org.uk/stambha/akashaja

13/06/2026

The Great Gathering: The Building and Consecration of Samye – the Glorious, the Inconceivable

This retreat Leads into the Men's Open Retreat. Consider making the most of your journey to Padmaloka by booking onto both retreats for a reduced rate.

https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/great-gathering-3-2026

17/05/2026

Thousands of men have come through Padmaloka in its lifetime, chanting together in the shrine room, studying in the various rooms and developing lasting connections. Padmaloka has been a crucible of transformation and a realm of friendship for many.

This retreat is an opportunity to dwell in an emerging vision of Sangha, to hear the challenges overcome in creating the Padmaloka we know, to glimpse what may lie ahead for it, and to dwell on the great truths that inspire its continual renewal.

We’ll hear talks by Prajnamanas, Lokesvara, Sona and Suvajra on the theme of ‘Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow’, as well as input from Padmavajra and others.

We’ll also be doing a series of special rituals for Padmaloka’s abundance and vitality.

Join us on this unique event to celebrate the Lotus Realm.

https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/50th-year-celebration

14/05/2026

After many entreaties, Master Padmasambhava is invited to Tibet. He is a long-time coming, converting the gods of the mountains and lakes. When eventually he meets the king of Tibet in Lhasa, there is a great confrontation between a powerful worldly king of Tibet and Padmasambhava – the King of the Dharma.

Which king do you serve? A worldly king, or a king of the Dharma?

Book on this weekend retreat, open to all men interested in Triratna Buddhism

https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/great-gathering-2-2026

08/05/2026

Today is the launch of the first of the Padmaloka online column: The Stambha!

The Stambha will aim to include a handwritten article of around a 7 minute read, some photographs from life here in the community, designs or artwork, and a video or two. It will also include signposts for upcoming events categorised into Open, Going for Refuge and Order rereats that correspond with comittment to the Triratna Buddhist Order. this will be posted on or around the 1st of every month. This will mainly be undertaken by myself, Sebastion, the Guestmaster at Padmaloka, although other members of the community will be able to add to the platform if they wish.

Previously we have done this using social media, which seems crucial to many charities and businesses, due to its convenience and volume of users. Though Padmaloka is in a unique position in the movement, a position that currently allows it the flexibility to try out a different method of communication, one that will allow for higher quality, more thought-out and slower pace of content.
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Please read the first post here:

https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/stambha/what-is-the-stambha

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24/04/2026

Over these four days, we’ll have the opportunity to dive into exploring a profound aspect of the Dharma. The retreat will centre on the radical shift described by Sangharaksh*ta as: moving from our usual experience of subject–object dualism, ‘me in here’ and ‘the world out there’, towards the direct realisation of One Mind (cittamatra). This is the possibility of an awareness that is open, unified, and free.

https://www.padmaloka.org.uk/retreats/under-35s-retreat-2026