The next retreat will start on September 13th, 2024, led by Khenpo Karma Wangyel. Gangteng Rinpoche will come and bless the retreat center and five practitioners entering the retreat on the 28th-29th of August 2024.
Even if you were to practice day and night with unflagging diligence for a full twelve years and still fail to have even one good dream, you must never lose heart. Recognizing that this is due simply to the strength of your own obscurations, you must be confident that neither your teachers nor the teachings will ever let you down.
(Dilgo Khyentse’s Rinpoche’s advice to three-year retreatants)
INTRODUCTION TO SAMTEN LHÜNDRUP GATSEL, THE DELIGHTFUL GROVE OF SPONTANEOUS CONCENTRATION
First time in the West, Gangteng Tulku will establish a retreat center for his students in Europe and elsewhere in a small village of Umbusi in the middle of Estonia. The first batch of retreatants will start in September, 2024 (follow the updates on our website).
The retreat center will consist of individual retreat huts focused on 3-year retreat, as well as individual retreat huts for shorter retreats (outside of the three-year retreat area). Gangteng Tulku has instructed Sanghas to focus on building the first center of this kind in Estonia, followed by several others in Europe.
Retreat Center’s name is Samten Lhündrup Gatsel, The Delightful Grove of Spontaneous Concentration.
Detailed information about the construction works (check the news)
Fundraising campaign to collect the necessary funds has started and is ongoing.