Retreat

•  2025-04-17 16:00 - 2025-04-21 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau
•  HK$2,500

The retreat is full.  You can register with “Waiting List”.  We shall advise you once there is vacancy. The Theme： The Path leading to Love and Understanding The Buddha’s wisdom reminds us that “While there is a path that leads to suffering, there is also a path that leads to happiness, peace, and true freedom—a path where every step is nourished by awakened understanding and compassionate action.” In this Spring, you are invited to join us for a five-day retreat: “The Path leading to Love and Understanding”.  Together, we will learn ways to take care of ourselves and preserve peace, joy and well-being in our body and consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of our family, society and the Earth. This retreat is open to all people. No prior meditation experience is required and people of all spiritual backgrounds – or no religious background – are welcome to attend. The proposed schedule: Thursday, April 17 Friday, April 18 Saturday, April 19 Sunday, April 20 Monday, April 21 5:15 Wake-up 6:00 Guided Sitting, Slow Walking,Reading Discourse Outdoor Sitting Breakfast 6:00 Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission 7:00 10 Mindful Movements & Walking Meditation 8:15 Breakfast Breakfast 9:15 Working Meditation 10:30 Dharma Talk 5 Mindfulness Trainings Presentation Dharma Talk Question & Answer, Closing Circle 12:30 Lunch Lunch 13:45 Total Relaxation Farewell Happy Continuation of the practice at home 15:00 Registration Dharma Sharing 16:30 Exercise Private Consultation 17:00 Hiking Exercise 18:00 Dinner Dinner in family 19:30 Orientation Sitting Meditation Touching the Earth Beginning Anew Presentation Be-In 21:30 Rest – Noble Silence Language: English with Cantonese and Mandarin Translation Accommodation and cost: Accommodation for this retreat is limited to dormitory-room. Participants will be housed in dormitories (bunk beds). Pillows, bed-linens, and blankets are provided. Room Type (5 days, 4 nights) Dormitory (HKD) Adults 2,500.00 Working Meditation: Because the retreat is held in the monastery, all the preparation and cooking will be done by the monastics and some volunteers. During the retreat, […]

•  2025-01-08 16:00 - 2025-01-12 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  HK$2,500

Wake Up is an active global community of young mindfulness practitioners, aged 18 – 35, inspired by the teachings of Zen Master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.  We come together to practice mindfulness in order to take care of ourselves, nourish happiness, and contribute to building a healthier and more compassionate society. We are very happy to inform that at the beginning of  2025 we are going to organize an International Wake Up retreat for young friends, aged 18-40, to come and join our practices. We are aware that in our modern society nowadays people have to confront with a number of issues and difficulties in their daily lives. However, they do not know how to handle their emotions or painful feelings. People have a tendency to run away or cover up their suffering with consumptions or harmful entertainments. Therefore, the theme of this retreat is ‘Being Peace Amid Suffering’. We will have a chance to observe ourselves, learn and contemplate the way to deal with our suffering in order to re-establish happiness and peace for ourselves and for our society. Tentative Schedule:   8 Jan 2025 Wednesday 9 Jan 2025 Thursday 10 Jan 2025 Friday  11 Jan 2025 Saturday 12 Jan 2025 Sunday 5:15 Wake – up 6:00 Guided Sitting Meditation – Slow Walking – Reading Discourse Outdoor Sitting- Breakfast  Five Mindfulness Trainings Transmission 7:00 10 Mindful Movements – Walking Meditation 8:15 Breakfast Formal Breakfast 9:15 Working Meditation 10:30 Lecture Lecture: 5 Mindfulness Training Presentation Lecture Question & Answer Closing Circle 12:30 Lunch Lunch (Picnic) Farewell – Happy Continuation of the practice at home 13:45 Total relaxation 15:00 Registration – Check-in Dharma sharing 16:30 Break the Ice Break/ Consultation 17:00 Hiking Prepare for Performance 18:00 Dinner Dinner in family 19:30 Orientation – Receiving families Sitting Meditation,  Sharing & practicing Touching the Earth Beginning Anew Presentation Bon fire 21:30 Rest – Noble Silence (until after washing breakfast dishes) Language: English […]

•  2024-11-24 12:00 - 2024-12-10 12:00
•  台灣
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每年約十一月期間，香港梅村會在台灣舉辧禪修活動。今年除了香港法師，我們亦請到泰國及越南中心的法師參加，我們一行十一位，包括泰國梅村資深的佛法老師法念法師，是一行禪師最早期的弟子，曾擔任禪師的侍者長達10多年，我們常常聽到梅村的「叩鐘偈」便是由法念法師主唱，在youtube的點擊率高達240萬次，而泰國梅村更是目前梅村亞洲最大的僧團，常駐出家眾有數百位。 香港梅村的法鐘法師，是第一批常駐於香港的法師，從當時只有在尖沙咀一個不到20坪的修習空間，深耕10多年，至今香港梅村每年修習的人次數千人，法鍾法師更是現任香港梅村的主持 除了本土台灣朋友參加外，今年我們亦希望邀請其他東南亞國家的朋友參加 這是台灣11，12月禪修營的資訊，歡迎大家參加及推介給朋友 真正的幸福–邁向內在和平 11/24台北公開講座，報名：https://www.accupass.com/event/2408291619191809075174 ⚘️覺醒之道 (Path of awakening) 11/28-12/2宜蘭礁溪五日禪，報名：https://www.accupass.com/event/2408040059231673737890 ⚘️真愛帶來療癒 (True Love Heals) 12/7-12/10高雄四日禪，報名：https://www.accupass.com/go/pvretreat2024kh   台灣禪營小組聯絡方式 電子信箱：pvtreats@gmail.com Line@帳號https://https://lin.ee/VyuGMDE

•  2024-10-23 15:30 - 2024-10-27 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  HK$2,500

The theme of the retreat is Coping with Loneliness.   The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Loneliness belongs to the social well-being aspect of health. Physical, mental and social wellbeing inter-are with each other. Illness in one aspect affect other aspects. Loneliness happens to people of all ages and social groups. It often refers to having no one to talk to, to share, to lean on in times of need. It is also a mental state, as in “feeling lonely”. Loneliness is different from being alone. One can be alone but not feeling lonely, but one living with others (like spouses, siblings, friends) can feel lonely. It seems like there is no one that understand us. Loneliness increases the chance of heart disease and mental disorders like fear, anxiety and depression. Learning how to connect with ourselves, to understand ourselves is a way of coping with loneliness. The famous friendship of Bo Ya (伯牙) and Zhong Ziqi (鍾子期) illustrated how important it is to have bosom friends who understand us (note 1) .We often looking for that bosom friend outside of ourselves, but the dearest friend, the soulmate who understands us is no other than ourselves (知音). Living in the present moment, being aware of our body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness is essential in the process of getting to know ourselves, as taught in the “Discourse of Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone” (note 2) . Knowing ourselves will help us to know others, to connect to others so we can have a healthy social wellbeing. The sangha practice walking meditation in Ngong Ping In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn teachings and practices of mindfulness, to cultivate peace and happiness, inspiration and insight, which already existing in us. We will practice mindfulness as a way […]

•  2024-07-31 16:00 - 2024-08-04 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
•  HK$2,500.00

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh taught how to invite the small bell at the Day of Mindfulness for Educators, Education University of Hong Kong 2013 (photo by Kelvin Cheuk)   The theme of the retreat is The Way Out is In, which guides us to go back to ourselves, to look deeply into our body, feelings, emotions, and thoughts. Looking deeply from within, we can see causes of challenges that we are facing and find ways to cope and overcome them. This retreat is open to those who are involved in teaching and training, including teachers, school counsellors, trainers and staff of formal or informal educational and trainings organizations. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) held a Day Of Mindfulness for Educators at Education University of Hong Kong (formerly Hong Kong Institute of Education) in 2007, 2010 and 2013. As an effort to bring mindfulness into education, Thay and the Plum Village Sangha established the Wake-Up School initiative and set up a structured mindfulness training program for teachers. The objectives of the Wake-Up school is to help educators take care and cultivate peace and happiness within themselves in order to help their students and colleagues to do the same. A detailed Wake-Up School program was written in the book “Happy Teachers Change the World.” In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn teachings and practices of mindfulness to stop and calm ourselves, to look deeply from within, to cultivate peace and happiness, which already existing in us. We will practice mindfulness as a way of life, where everything we do like breathing, walking, eating, smiling …. is an act of mindfulness. We will enjoy the beautiful sky, the trees, the walking path, the flowers around us. We will listen to Dharma talks and participated in group sharing on how to live fully in the present moments, to deal with negative emotions, and to cultivate togetherness, making our presence […]

•  2024-07-17 15:00 - 2024-07-21 14:00
•  Lotus Pond Temple, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island
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“Be there for each other, Listen to each other” Children and Teens are welcomed to join with parents This retreat is for all who would like to explore the practice of mindfulness and learn ways to deal with their everyday circumstances in life. We might all know that there are so many things in life that make ourselves and people around us unhappy and stressed. We are just so busy and we don’t have time to take good care of ourselves or to even pause to look back at ourselves and the situation we are facing. Often times, when we encounter something unpleasant, we would find different means to run away from it, but according to the Buddha’s teachings, this is not a good solution. We can see that most problems we are facing now come from our lack of mutual understanding and love in communication amongst family members, colleagues, etc …Whether we are married or single, it seems that we are facing the same things. Let’s explore together the practice of mindfulness and learn how to cope with problems with more calm and clarity, bringing more positive values to our relationships in daily life. In this retreat, we will have the chance to learn teachings and practices of mindfulness to cultivate peace and happiness, inspiration and insight, which are already existing in us. We will practice mindfulness as a way of life, where everything we do like breathing, walking, eating, smiling …. is an act of mindfulness. We will enjoy the beautiful sky, the trees, the walking paths, and the flowers around us. We will listen to Dharma talks and participated in group sharing on how to live fully in the present moment, to deal with negative emotions, and to cultivate togetherness, making our presence a precious gift to our partner, family members, and friends. Through different practices of mindfulness in this retreat, we have opportunities to be present […]