Practice

• Guidance

• Logbook entries

• Traditional practices 

• Generosity

Learning

• Academic Classes

Retreats

• Basic retreats

• General retreats

• Exclusive Retreats

• Tour Retreats

Meditation Guidance

4 types of guidance 

Teaching

Prerequisites of meditation is accessing the right view

• Sutta Study       (Accessing the teaching of Buddha)

• Discourses (Commentarial explanations and application of practice to daily life).  

• Teaching as a path of training  .

Guidance

• Guided Meditations

• Retreat training

• Personalised Meditation Guidance

Monitoring 

• Daily Online logbook entries

• One-on-one Guidance

encouragement

• Encouragement on : Daily sitting, weekly group sit, Guidance Sessions, Regular Retreats

• Traditional Practices

• Generosity 

• Observance & Maditations

Academic courses develops knowledge on Dhamma which provide guidelines for one’s spiritual life while help clarify the uncertainties of the spiritual path.

Sutta Study Course

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Sutras “sutta” meaning discourses of the Buddha from the ancient text "Sutta Pitaka" is available to Nirodha yogis who have practiced for more than three years.

This is an advanced course where Dhamma is discussed in-depth and the program is designed to provide a  supportive foundation for their meditation practice rather than encouraging dry scholarship. 

Right From Start​

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The "Right From The Start" (RFS) program is an introductory course in meditation designed for yogis new to the Nirodha style of teaching which is personalized to each individual yogi. The course includes basic concepts including awareness, mindfulness, postures for meditation and challenges in the practice.  Attendance in all the sessions is mandatory if you intend to finish the course.

The Essential Dhammapada (EDp) course

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Designed for meditators who need to support their practice with the direct teachings of the Buddha. This course is structured to include the basics of the Dhammapada along with techniques of how to study, interpret and apply the teachings to the practice.   The course focuses on selected stanzas that are relevant for foundational study and application. Each class consists of reading and reciting of stanzas followed by translation from Pali and understanding the relevant background story. 

Book Discussion 

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Bhanté Samadhikusalo elaborates on selected Dhamma Talks including guidance for meditation practice and advice on how to develop wholesome behaviors to be a better person.  The teachings are often supported by real-life examples and thereby making the teaching practical and applicable to daily life.

Retreats

"Whether Standing, walking or sitting

Lying down or whenever awake

develop this mindfulness

this is a divine abode"

Buddha

"The river flows 

Life passes rapidly

I will learn to wait"

Vipassana Retreats

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The Vipassana or Mindfulness Meditation Retreat is designed to be a transformative experience in awareness. The teachings are based on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness - body, feelings, mind and mind objects. The main objective is to direct your awareness to break through delusion and develop an understanding of true nature.

Pariyatti Retreats

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Sutta-based retreat include the study of specific sutras or sections of the Dhammapada.  Each day there is a Dhamma discussion accompanied by the practice.  The retreats are best suited for yogis who have passed the first few years of practice, so as not to be harmful for beginner yogis.

Pilgrimage  Retreats

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Pilgrimage tour retreats include an external tour to Buddhist sites in India and Sri Lanka.  The sites include those of Buddhist significance including temples, and sites where the Buddha attained enlightenment, preached the first sermon setting in motion the wheel of the Dhamma, places that the Buddha resided and preached sermons, and where he passed away.  Meditations retreats, tours and trekking (optional) are a part of the retreat. Pilgrimage tours are open to all yogis, families and friends.