Hosted By: Dhammarati
Friday, July 17th to Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Online via Zoom - see session times below
Event Description:
🧘♀️ 🧘♂️ Five days of meditation, soulful exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a safe space to go deeper into experience and practice.
A Meditation Home Retreat led by Dhammarati
Anapanasati simply means “mindfulness of in and out breathing.” The Anapanasati Sutta is the longest meditation instruction in the Pali canon. It’s the source text of our familiar Mindfulness of Breathing practice, and it extends the practice, using the breath as a doorway into deepening experience of the satipatthanas — body, feelings, mind, and Dhammas — taking, as Sangharakshita says , mindful positivity into the whole range of human experience.
On this meditation retreat, we’ll explore in our own experience the central sixteen verses of the sutta where the Buddha describes a practical, progressive path from first contact with the breath, to the elements of dhayana, contemplation of the laksanas, and the reflections that support the arising of awakening. In simple and accessible language, the sutta brings together samatha and vipassana practice. Despite its depth, it speaks accessibly to all levels of meditation experience and skill.
Dhammarati is a senior member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and has been studying and practicing this approach to anapanasati for over twenty years.
Attend any or all conversations in Zoom.
This event will be recorded and may be published online for others to access. Only the leader's video will be used except where users consent to appear spotlighted in a public conversation. Private conversations in breakout rooms will not be recorded.
Session Times:
First daily session (2 hrs): USA & Canada PST 2:00 am | México CST 3:00 am | USA & Canada EST 5:00 am | IE & UK BST 10:00 am | Europe CEST 11:00 am | India IST 2:30 pm | Australia AEST 7:00 pm | New Zealand NZST 9:00 pm
Second daily session (2 hrs): USA & Canada PST 7:30 am | México CST 8:30 am | USA & Canada EST 10:30 am | IE & UK BST 3:30 pm | Europe CEST 4:30 pm | India IST 8:00 pm | Australia AEST 12:30 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 2:30 am (next day)
Third daily session (1.5 hrs): USA & Canada PST 11:30 am | México CST 12:30 pm | USA & Canada EST 2:30 pm | IE & UK BST 7:30 pm | Europe CEST 8:30 pm | India IST 12:00 midn (next day) | Australia AEST 4:30 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 6:30 am (next day)
Event Registration:
Register at the link below.
Suggested Donation:
£175 / $350 AUD / $230 / €205 for the whole retreat, or drop in for £30 / $60 AUD / $40 / €35 per day.
Get one ticket and come to any session you wish!
Like all Buddhist Centre events, this retreat is offered by donation rather than charging a compulsory ticket price. We want to do this because we never want money to be an obstacle to taking part in a supportive community, and we know many people are struggling financially. The amount we suggest reflects the huge amount of work and love that goes into putting on events we hope will benefit everyone attending. If you can, please donate today. Thank you!
About the Leader:
Ordained for almost 50 years, Dhammarati helped found Triratna’s International Council, and was Chair of the College of Public Preceptors and the London Buddhist Centre. His designs can be found in books and publicity throughout Triratna. He’s also involved in men’s Ordination training in North America.