Cultivating a Daily Practice, Gelugpa Style - Retreat with Jacob Fisher - Fri 20th to Sun 22nd June 2025
Date: Friday 20th, Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June 2025
Time: Arriving Friday evening for welcome, closing Sunday afternoon
Format: Retreat, onsite
Overview
This course is designed for both beginning Buddhists and those who already have a well-developed daily meditation practice. It specifically illustrates the unique components of meditation practice that characterize Lama Tsongkhapa's teachings, the founder of the Gelug Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
We will base the course around the recitation liturgy titled "The Hundred Gods of Ganden Je Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga." Over the two days of teachings and practice, we shall study, reflect, and meditate on this practice, focusing on the following themes:
Cultivating Refuge and Bodhicitta based on rational faith
Accumulating merit and purifying obscurations as preliminaries to successful meditation
Developing analytical insight (vipassana) meditation and stable calm (shamatha) meditation
This course provides the essentials to either begin or enhance a well-rounded daily practice typical of Tsongkhapa's tradition. The teachings draw from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's "Cultivating a Daily Meditation" and Choden Rinpoche's "The Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa."
Schedule
Friday 20th June
Arrive from 5pm
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Welcome & Evening Introduction
Saturday 21st June
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-3:30pm - Lunch & Afternoon Break
3:30pm-6:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Teaching / Discussion + Q&A
Sunday 22nd June
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch & Break
2.00pm-3.30pm - Teaching & Meditation
3:30pm - Course Ends
About the Teacher
Jacob Fisher is a PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford. Prior to this he completed the six-year Masters Programme in Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra, an FPMT full-time traditionally orientated study programme based on the Tibetan Geshe degree at Instituto Lama Tsongkhapa Italy. Following this he entered a three-year retreat. After two years he was asked by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to conclude the retreat in order to help teach for the Masters Programme in Nalanda Monastery, France. He then spent 5 years teaching on this study program. Following this, Jacob completed an MA in Tibetan Studies at the University of Oxford. His current PhD research focusses on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Madhyamaka, specifically on how Indian and Tibetan Mādhyamikas cultivate insight in meditation.
Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in meditation, religious life, and inner development, Buddhist practitioners of all levels.
Lunch & Refreshments
We are pleased to provide complimentary refreshments throughout the course, with breakfast, lunch and a evening meal. Please advise of any dietary requirements on the booking form.
Location
Teachings will be onsite at Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Pentwyn Manor, Penrhos, Raglan, Usk, Wales, NP15 2LE - directions here >
Visiting by public transport, more information here >
Residential Accommodation
To understand more about residential accommodation and the various rooms available, click here >
Day Attendees
We recommend that everyone interested in attending this course, whether local or living further afield, takes advantage of the opportunity to stay onsite to maximise the retreat experience. However, for those living locally who prefer or need to return home in the evenings, please see suggested donation options below.
Tickets & Donation
Everyone is welcome to attend Buddhist teachings freely with no donation. However, the Centre does rely on donations to stay open, which are gratefully received. We offer two main rates to enable as many people as possible to attend our teachings. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you are able. Your generosity is vital in supporting the Centre.
Standard Rate - This includes a donation to help sustain Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, and to cover costs and teacher expenses.
Basic Rate - This covers the very basic costs of running this course.
Support Rate - Contact us via lamrimwalesmanagers@gmail.com if the above rates are too high for you where we can discuss further subsidised options.
Donate Onsite - If you prefer to donate cash or use card onsite, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register.
Donate via BACS - If you prefer to donate via BACS, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register. Then follow the instructions for BACS donation >
Important on Booking: Our online system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.
Cultivating a Daily Practice, Gelugpa Style - Retreat with Jacob Fisher - Fri 20th to Sun 22nd June 2025
Date: Friday 20th, Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd June 2025
Time: Arriving Friday evening for welcome, closing Sunday afternoon
Format: Retreat, onsite
Overview
This course is designed for both beginning Buddhists and those who already have a well-developed daily meditation practice. It specifically illustrates the unique components of meditation practice that characterize Lama Tsongkhapa's teachings, the founder of the Gelug Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
We will base the course around the recitation liturgy titled "The Hundred Gods of Ganden Je Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga." Over the two days of teachings and practice, we shall study, reflect, and meditate on this practice, focusing on the following themes:
Cultivating Refuge and Bodhicitta based on rational faith
Accumulating merit and purifying obscurations as preliminaries to successful meditation
Developing analytical insight (vipassana) meditation and stable calm (shamatha) meditation
This course provides the essentials to either begin or enhance a well-rounded daily practice typical of Tsongkhapa's tradition. The teachings draw from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's "Cultivating a Daily Meditation" and Choden Rinpoche's "The Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa."
Schedule
Friday 20th June
Arrive from 5pm
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Welcome & Evening Introduction
Saturday 21st June
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-3:30pm - Lunch & Afternoon Break
3:30pm-6:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Teaching / Discussion + Q&A
Sunday 22nd June
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch & Break
2.00pm-3.30pm - Teaching & Meditation
3:30pm - Course Ends
About the Teacher
Jacob Fisher is a PhD Candidate at the University of Oxford. Prior to this he completed the six-year Masters Programme in Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra, an FPMT full-time traditionally orientated study programme based on the Tibetan Geshe degree at Instituto Lama Tsongkhapa Italy. Following this he entered a three-year retreat. After two years he was asked by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to conclude the retreat in order to help teach for the Masters Programme in Nalanda Monastery, France. He then spent 5 years teaching on this study program. Following this, Jacob completed an MA in Tibetan Studies at the University of Oxford. His current PhD research focusses on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Madhyamaka, specifically on how Indian and Tibetan Mādhyamikas cultivate insight in meditation.
Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in meditation, religious life, and inner development, Buddhist practitioners of all levels.
Lunch & Refreshments
We are pleased to provide complimentary refreshments throughout the course, with breakfast, lunch and a evening meal. Please advise of any dietary requirements on the booking form.
Location
Teachings will be onsite at Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, Pentwyn Manor, Penrhos, Raglan, Usk, Wales, NP15 2LE - directions here >
Visiting by public transport, more information here >
Residential Accommodation
To understand more about residential accommodation and the various rooms available, click here >
Day Attendees
We recommend that everyone interested in attending this course, whether local or living further afield, takes advantage of the opportunity to stay onsite to maximise the retreat experience. However, for those living locally who prefer or need to return home in the evenings, please see suggested donation options below.
Tickets & Donation
Everyone is welcome to attend Buddhist teachings freely with no donation. However, the Centre does rely on donations to stay open, which are gratefully received. We offer two main rates to enable as many people as possible to attend our teachings. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you are able. Your generosity is vital in supporting the Centre.
Standard Rate - This includes a donation to help sustain Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, and to cover costs and teacher expenses.
Basic Rate - This covers the very basic costs of running this course.
Support Rate - Contact us via lamrimwalesmanagers@gmail.com if the above rates are too high for you where we can discuss further subsidised options.
Donate Onsite - If you prefer to donate cash or use card onsite, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register.
Donate via BACS - If you prefer to donate via BACS, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register. Then follow the instructions for BACS donation >
Important on Booking: Our online system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.