Mahamudra: How to Realise Your Own Mind - Guided Retreat | Fri 6 - 9 June 2025 - Dandenong Ranges
In the Sutras and Mahamudra scriptures Buddha says: “If you realize your own mind you will become a Buddha; you should not seek Buddhahood elsewhere.” There is nothing more powerful than the mind.
Beauty and ugliness, good and bad, happiness and suffering – all depend upon mind. Everything we see, hear, smell, taste or touch with our sense awarenesses, or perceive with our mental awareness, is created by mind. How? Through imputation. An object only exists because the mind imputes it. This is true of everything. The world, enjoyments, houses, cars, bodies, speech and we ourself all develop only through being imputed by mind.
Mind is therefore the creator of all things, including the entire world.
Join us at Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia to enjoy a profound retreat with visiting teacher Kelsang Monlam. Through gaining a deep experience of the mind itself in mahamudra meditation we can tap into the power of the mind, experience an inner peace we had never previously imagined possible and create a pure world born from that stillness.
Teacher.
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Kelsang Monlam is the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Adelaide and has been teaching since 2008. Monlam presents Buddha’s teachings in a light and practical manner, and inspires us through example to incorporate Buddha’s teachings into our daily life. |
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Event Information.
Address: KMC Australia | 25 McCarthy Road, Monbulk
Meals: Lunch and dinner are included in the retreat booking. If you have booked accommodation, breakfast will also be included.
- All meals served are vegan with some non-vegan options such as yoghurt available on the side.
- We cannot guarantee allergen free meals and it is not possible for us to cater to individual dietary requirements. Our meals mainly use ingredients which are wheat free or gluten free, however there are times that the meal will contain traces of wheat or gluten, or the side dish is, for example, bread.
Accommodation: If you book accommodation, please note the following is included:
- Single Ensuite, Single, Pre-Erected Tent Twin, and Double Room: all linen and towel provided.
- Dorm Rooms: A sheet and pillow with pillow slip is provided. You will need to bring your own sleeping bag and towel.
- Camping: you will need to bring everything.
Shuttle: Belgrave station shuttle available If you need a pick-up or drop-off service, $15 per person per trip. To book please contact us here.
Bookings close: 24 hours prior to the event starting. To join the waiting list for accommodation if sold out, please contact us here.
Retreat Timetable.
| Friday 6th June |
| Registration | 5.30pm |
| Dinner | 6pm |
| Introduction | 7.30pm |
| Saturday 7th June |
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Session One | 9 - 10.15am |
| Session Two | 11.30am - 12.45pm |
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Lunch | 1pm |
| Session Three | 4.30 - 5.45pm |
| Dinner | 6pm |
| WFJ w/ Tsog (optional) | 7.30 - 8.45pm |
| Sunday 8th June |
| Session One | 9 - 10.15am |
| Session Two | 11.30am - 12.45pm |
| Lunch | 1pm |
| Session Three | 4.30 - 5.45pm |
| Dinner | 6pm |
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Session Four | 7.30 - 8.45pm |
| Monday 9th June |
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Session One | 9 - 10.15am |
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Session Two | 11.30am - 12.45pm |
| Lunch | 1pm |