Online Morning Practice
Regular practice sessions for past and current attendees of courses and events with us, along with the wider Triratna Community
Online Guided Meditation
For those who would like to meditate with others, Mahasraddha offers a lightly guided meditation on Zoom (online) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, starting at 8am.
Everyone who has attended (or is attending) either a course or day retreat with us is welcome.
These guided sessions online can be a good support to building an effective and regular meditation practice in your life, and Mahasraddha leads both the Mindfulness of Breathing meditation and the Metta Bhavana (loving kindness) meditations, roughly alternately.
Email us for the joining link, if you don't already have it (it will have been in your original course or event joining info).
Venue: Online via Zoom
Morning Puja
The Morning Puja beautifully condenses the essentials of why we make the effort to practice the Dharma.
It takes about ten minutes, and is followed by an open sit of one's own choice, for those who can stay on. We end with the verses again and close the Zoom at 8.45am. Feel free to leave as and when you need to.
Open to everyone who has attended (or is attending) either a course or day retreat with us is welcome.
Email us for the joining link, if you don't already have it (it will have been in your original course or event joining info).
Venue: Online via Zoom
Retreats
A chance to step out of our ordinary lives and spend time on retreat together, exploring the Buddha's teachings, and practising and meditating together. A spacious and inspiring time.
Day Retreat for Sangha
Sunday 16 August 10:30am – 4:30pm
The first of a series of four Day Retreats, based upon Sangharakshita's poem and lectures on the Four Gifts, offering a vision of what that Buddhism and Triratna have to offer the world and individuals — four deep responses to the human condition, four invitations to step more fully into our unfolding.
On this day we will turn towards the first gift: the lotus‑flower - a symbol of transformation, of growth from the depths towards clarity and light.
A reminder that the path of personal development — offered through meditation and the wider Buddhist tradition — is both simple and profound.
Led by Dharmachari Mahasraddha, supported by Dharmacharini Upayadevi
Venue: Snainton Village Hall, Snainton, Scarborough YO13 9AG
Four Day Retreats, one booking
Four Sundays: August and September 2026, January and April 2027
Book the whole series of four Day Retreats, based upon Sangharakshita's poem and lectures on the Four Gifts, offering a vision of what that Buddhism and Triratna have to offer the world and individuals — four deep responses to the human condition, four invitations to step more fully into our unfolding.
Led by Dharmachari Mahasraddha, supported by Dharmacharini Upayadevi
Venue: Snainton Village Hall, Snainton, Scarborough YO13 9AG
Day Retreat for Sangha
Sunday 6 September 10:30am – 4:30pm
The second of a series of four Day Retreats, based upon Sangharakshita's poem and lectures on the Four Gifts, offering a vision of what that Buddhism and Triratna have to offer the world and individuals — four deep responses to the human condition, four invitations to step more fully into our unfolding.
On this day we will turn towards the second gift: the golden net - the Buddhist vision of existence realised through insight into conditionality
Perfect vision is the vision of the Buddha, and on this day retreat we will be exploring the Buddha's vision of human existence, as the direct spiritual experience of the Buddha.
Led by Dharmachari Mahasraddha, supported by Dharmacharini Upayadevi
Venue: Snainton Village Hall, Snainton, Scarborough YO13 9AG
Day Retreat for Sangha
Sunday 24 January 2027 10:30am – 4:30pm
The third of a series of four Day Retreats, based upon Sangharakshita's poem and lectures on the Four Gifts, offering a vision of what that Buddhism and Triratna have to offer the world and individuals — four deep responses to the human condition, four invitations to step more fully into our unfolding.
On this day we will turn towards the third gift, a shepherd's round dance. We will explore Sangharakshita's vision of the spiritual community as the Nucleus of a New Society.
Led by Dharmachari Mahasraddha, supported by Dharmacharini Upayadevi
Venue: Snainton Village Hall, Snainton, Scarborough YO13 9AG
Day Retreat for Sangha
Sunday 18 April 2027 10:30am – 4:30pm
The final day in a series of four Day Retreats, based upon Sangharakshita's poem and lectures on the Four Gifts, offering a vision of what that Buddhism and Triratna have to offer the world and individuals — four deep responses to the human condition, four invitations to step more fully into our unfolding.
On this day we will turn towards the fourth gift, a garden planted in the wilderness - looking at the structures that we can create to live a supportive Dharma life and benefit the world.
Led by Dharmachari Mahasraddha, supported by Dharmacharini Upayadevi
Venue: Snainton Village Hall, Snainton, Scarborough YO13 9AG