Pundarika UK Summer Retreat 2024
Wed 7th – Tues 13th August 2024
Song of Dzogchen Instructions
** Bookings Open 9am 20th May BST **
We are pleased to announce that Tsoknyi Rinpoche will offer the profound teachings of Dzogchen during our summer retreat. Rinpoche will teach from the text, Song of Dzogchen Instructions, by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol. This text offers instruction on the nature of mind within the Dzogchen tradition, emphasising the importance of letting thoughts settle naturally. It guides practitioners on how to deepen their meditation so that the qualities of the nature of mind effortlessly arise.
This is an open retreat and Rinpoche will offer the pointing out instructions for those attending in person. We welcome all who share a genuine interest in the extraordinary path of Dzogchen, requiring only a sincere dedication to learn and practise, along with a commitment to attend the full six-day retreat.
The teachings will be in English only with translation provided by Gerardo Abboud.
Retreat Schedule
| Wednesday 7th August | |
| 2pm – 5pm | Registration |
| 6pm – 7pm | Dinner |
| 7pm – 8:30pm | Welcome and Teachings with Rinpoche |
| Thursday 8th, Friday 9th, Saturday 10th, Monday 12th August | |
| 7am – 7:40am | Meditation |
| 7:45am – 8:45am | Breakfast |
| 9am – 11:30am | Teachings with Rinpoche |
| 11:45am – 12:45pm | Group Interviews with Rinpoche / Meditation Session |
| 12:45pm – 1:45pm | Lunch |
| 3:00pm – 3:40pm | Meditation |
| 4:00pm – 5pm | Q&A with Gerardo Abboud |
| 6pm – 7pm | Dinner |
| 8pm – 8:40pm | Meditation |
| Sunday 11th August | |
| 7am – 7:40am | Meditation |
| 9am – 9:40am | Meditation |
| 10am – 11am | Brunch |
| 1pm – 3:30pm | Teachings with Rinpoche |
| 4pm – 5pm | Group Interviews with Rinpoche / Q&A with Gerardo Abboud |
| 5:15pm – 6pm | Dinner |
| 7pm – 7:40pm | Meditation |
| 8pm – 8:40pm | Tsoknyi Gechak School Presentation |
| Tuesday 13th August | |
| 7am – 7:40am | Meditation |
| 7:45am – 8:45am | Breakfast |
| 9am – 11am | Teachings with Rinpoche |
Cost
- Single room: £700
- Double room (2 persons): £1100*
- Dorm bed: £500
- Offsite no meals: £300
- Offsite with meals: £400
All above costs include the retreat fee. As usual, donations can be made at the end of the retreat.
* This year, people wishing to stay in double rooms must book together. We are not able to receive bookings for single beds in double rooms.
Bursaries: we endeavour to make the retreat as accessible as possible and so can provide a limited number of bursaries. To apply please contact bookings@pundarika.org.uk
Location
Lord Wandsworth College
Long Sutton
Hook
Hampshire
RG29 1TA
Transport
We have booked a coach on August 7 to take retreatants from Hook railway station to the venue. The coach will meet the 12:42 train from London Waterloo, arriving at Hook station at 13:48. The cost is £15 per person (which includes a return journey on August 13) and the coach accommodates 53 people. The coach will then return to Hook station and make a second trip to the college, leaving Hook station at 14.45, for anyone the coach was not able to accommodate in the first trip.
We have also booked the same coach to take retreatants to Hook railway station on August 13. The coach will depart from the coach car park at 12:30, to catch the 13:01 train from Hook to London Waterloo. It will then return to the college to make a second trip at 13.30 for anyone the coach was not able to accommodate in the first trip. Later trains from Hook to London Waterloo are: 14.01, 14.31 and then at .01 and .31 past the hour.
You can purchase a ticket for the coach when booking you place on the retreat.
Video Recordings
In-person retreatants will also be able to watch video recordings of the teachings. These will be accessed via the online retreat page of our website. They will be available for two weeks beyond the conclusion of the retreat. The link and password to this secure page will be sent closer to the retreat.
Further Information
For further information about the retreat including our cancellation policy, please click here.
