Meditation is still practiced in cultures all over the world to create a sense of calm and
inner harmony. Eventually you may start to better understand them as well.
Meditation should be a part of everyone’s life. It is not just for the saints and seekers sitting in the Himalayan Mountains. Knowingly or unknowingly every being on the earth is moving towards realizing the Self. Meditation is an invaluable or rather the most important tool for achieving this goal. Researches done worldwide have established that meditation helps us lead a stress-free life. In fact, it should be more a part of life of people involved in worldly pursuits because they are ones who are exposed and vulnerable to the varied negative situations and emotions that this world has to offer in everyday life.
It is not. All that the mind can do cannot be meditation – it is something beyond the mind, the mind is absolutely helpless there. Where mind ends, meditation begins. This has to be remembered, because in our life, whatever we do, we do through the mind; whatever we achieve, we achieve through the mind. And then, when we turn inwards, we again start thinking in terms of techniques, methods, doings, because the whole of life’s experience shows us that everything can be done by the mind. Yes – except meditation, everything can be done by the mind.
Everything is done by the mind except meditation. Because meditation is not an achievement – it is already the case, it is your nature. It has not to be achieved; it has only to be recognized, it has only to be remembered. It is there waiting for you – just a turning in, and it is available. You have been carrying it always and always. Thus meditation is a key that breaks the shackles of ignorance and opens the gate to knowledge and wisdom.
Meditation is your intrinsic nature – it is you, it is your being, it has nothing to do with your doings. Dhyana Praveshika – A retreat on Meditation Dhyana Praveshika is a unique meditation technique practiced and perfected by the great Himalayan Mystic Tapasvi Baba Kalyan Dasji. It is a combination of various practices that helps unleash the immense potential of every person. In this workshop we discover the expanded states of consciousness and learn the eternal practice of Meditation. It is an inner journey, a journey towards absolute oneness with eternal bliss. Dhyana Praveshika, unleashes the immense potential of every person, grows the intuitive faculty. The mind becomes expanded, cultured and transformed. Thus, we gain mastery of the mind by reducing its relentless chatter and teaching it to focus in a concentrated manner. Silencing the mind, disengaging ourselves from our everyday thoughts and feelings, we go up the mysterious ladder of meditation reaching from ignorance to knowledge, from mortality to immortality. In the Retreat of Dhyana Praveshika one will experience the timeless practice of meditation through Omkara Gunjan, Swara Sodhanam, Sushumna Breathing, Bindu Darshan and Bindu Dharana.
It is only possible to stay at Ashram if you are taking one of our residential courses/retreats or are an established Buddhist practitioner doing your own formal Buddhist retreat of a minimum of 10 days duration.
Since Ashram is a semi-monastic meditation centre and not a guesthouse, we ask all of our retreatants and visitors to observe the following rules of discipline in order to maintain an atmosphere conducive to inner reflection and meditation:
Respect all life: do not intentionally kill any living being, even small insects.
Respect others’ property: do not steal or take anything not freely given.
Be honest and straightforward: do not lie or intentionally deceive others. This is easy when observing silence!
Be celibate: no sexual activity. This also includes no holding hands, hugging, massages and other physical displays of affection.
Be alert and mindful: avoid intoxicants such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes (we encourage you to stop smoking while here, but if this is impossible, one can smoke at a designated place within the centre boundary).
Be considerate of others’ silence: keep silence in the appropriate areas and at all times during residential courses, especially in the Gompa and the dormitories. No singing or playing music and in general, maintain a quiet demeanor while on the property.
Be considerate of the monks and nuns: dress respectfully (please no shorts above the knee, tank-top shirts or tight and revealing clothing).
In order to keep the atmosphere conducive to inner reflection and spiritual pursuit and to minimise distractions during the course, students on our residential courses and retreats are asked to abide by our basic code of discipline listed below.
Please settle all outside communication before the course begins. Telling friends and family that you will be out of contact for the duration of the course and sticking by that decision significantly reduces distraction from investigation into the workings of your own mind! Likewise, please settle your travel arrangements etc before you come to here!
You are expected to observe silence (no talking at all) from the evening of the first day until the end of the course.
Do not leave here for the entire course.
Participants must attend all sessions of the course and come to sessions on time.
Please put all communication / entertainment devices (laptop / mobile phones /cameras / MP3/CD players) etc into our safe at check-in.
Please be gentle in your behaviour and sensitive to fellow group members.
“Gompa” is a Tibetan word which we use for Meditation Hall. Because a Gompa is the location of study, meditation and devotional practices, Buddhists consider them to be holy places. In this tradition, the following modes of behaviour are considered respectful in a Gompa and we ask you to follow them while here:
Do not point your feet towards the teachers, the altar or any holy object.
Do not put Dharma materials – prayer books, texts, Dharma books or notebooks with Dharma in them – on the floor, or sit or step over them.
Do not lie down or do any yoga exercises in the Gompa at any time.
No idle chit-chat in the Gompa (ie. You can ask the teacher questions during class, but do not talk with other students).
Time | Schedule |
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1:00pm | Check-in |
2:30pm | Welcome and Introduction Talk |
3:30 – 4:30pm | Teaching Session 1 |
5:00 – 6:00pm | Teaching Session 2 |
6pm | Dinner |
7:30 – 8:15pm | Guided Meditation |
Time | Schedule |
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6:45 – 7:30 am | Guided Meditation |
7:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 – 10:00am | Teaching Session 1 |
10:00 – 10:30am | Break |
10:30 – 11:45am | Teaching Session 2 |
11:45am | Lunch |
2:00 – 3:00pm | Teaching Session 3 |
3:00 – 3:30pm | Tea Break |
3:30 – 4:45pm | Teaching Session 4 |
4:45 – 5:15pm | Break |
5:15 – 6:00pm | Guided Meditation |
6:00pm | Dinner |
7:30 – 8:15pm | Guided Meditation |
Time | Schedule |
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6:45 – 7:30am | Guided Meditation |
7:30am | Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:45am | What comes next ? Talk |
10:00 am | Advice for further study/practice and Feedback session |
12:00 – 1:00pm | Picnic Lunch |
1:00 – 3:00pm | Check-Out |