Spring 2026 Retreat Program
The Seven Points of Mind Training: Lojong Retreat
With Ven. Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche
Dates: 9am to 4pm (daily)
Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November
Overview
Join Ven. Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche for a weekend retreat in November. This is a unique opportunity to discover and practice the Mahayana meditation methods of Lojong (mind training) and Tonglen (taking and sending).
These simple yet profound practices are celebrated and practiced within all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and offer a complete and accessible path to transform the heart and mind. Rinpoche will teach from Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye’s commentary on the classic text.
This 2-day retreat is suitable and applicable for beginners as well as long-term practitioners.
Translator: Dr Kalzang Diki.
Attendance In-Person only.
Accommodation: Available both as residential and non-residential.
Full retreat costs
- $120 (Teachings only, no accommodation. Lunch provided)
- $110 (KYSL Members. Teachings only, no accommodation. Lunch provided)
- $200 (Teachings + onsite dormitory accommodation - Fri and Sat evenings. All meals provided)
- $160 (KYSL Members: Teachings + onsite dormitory accommodation Fri and Sat evenings. All meals provided)
Concessions: Please contact the Centre to make arrangements.
You’ll need to be an active member of Karma Yiwong Samten Ling to claim the Members rate.
Bookings will open soon
PLEASE NOTE: An additional White Tara and Orgyen Menla retreat will be held over the following week from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 November 2026.
For more information on staying at the Centre please visit: https://kysl.org/retreat-info
Spring 2026 Retreat Program
6-day White Tara and Orgyen Menla retreat
With Ven. Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche
Dates:
Monday 9 to Saturday November 2026
Overview
Join Ven. Dekhung Gyaltsey Tulku Rinpoche for this special retreat in which participants will be introduced to the transformative Vajrayana practices of White Tara and Orgyen Menla.
With empowerments and detailed practice instructions offered for both, participants will receive the appropriate permissions, knowledge and immersive experience to engage in these significant and ancient practices. You will be empowered to practice these after the retreat on a daily basis.
The Orgyen Menla practice alleviates short-term sickness, deep-seated chronic illnesses, and emotional distress by pacifying elemental disturbances in the body while long-life White Tara practice offers protection, purification and the removal of internal obstacles.
Translator: Dr Kalzang Diki.
Dates: 9am to 4pm
Monday 9 to Saturday 14 November 2026
Attendance In-Person only.
Accommodation: available both as residential and non-residential.
Full retreat costs
- $300 (Teachings only, offsite accommodation. Lunch provided)
- $275 (KYSL Members. Teachings only, offsite accommodation. Lunch provided)
- $500 (Teachings + onsite dormitory accommodation. All meals provided)
- $400 (KYSL Members: Teachings + onsite dormitory accommodation. All meals provided)
Concessions: Please contact the Centre to make arrangements
Bookings will open soon!
