Winter Retreat

From the evening of 3 January the resident community at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery will be in retreat until 1 April. During this time overnight accommodation will not be available for guests. Visitors can still come during the day to meditate or to help with mealtime offerings. If you would like to offer dana, it is helpful to let the kitchen manager know beforehand by phoning the monastery office on 01442 842 455.

A Dhamma talk is usually given on Observance nights (see Calendar section of this website). The Saturday afternoon meditation workshops will continue at Amaravati, led by an experienced lay teacher. These workshops will be held in the Retreat Centre shrine room during the retreat period. Telephone messages will be processed regularly throughout this time, but in general, written inquiries will not be attended to until April.