Program Overview Amsterdam

Welcome to Maitreya Institute Amsterdam!

We don't have special Covid measures anymore, but we request anyone with possible Covid-related symptoms to follow classes online.

From 2022 onwards, registration for activities will only be done through the website. More information: amsterdam@maitreya.nl.

Now that everyone is welcome to come to the center again, we will change the recommended donation for online classes as of 1 April. It will become the same as the donation for classes onsite. If you sign up before April 1 for the rest of the season, you can still take advantage of the reduced amount (50% for online classes). The amount of the recommended donation should never interfere with your participation! If this change is a barrier to you, please contact us at amsterdam@maitreya.nl.

Next season, we will offer additional options for people who want to take the classes online at other times.

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Our program is now also available through Google Agenda. You can acces it here.

At the bottom of this page you can also scroll through the calendar.

Courses

• Compassion bootcamp - Sunday May 15, 2022 with Ven. Losang Gendun
• Wisdom bootcamp - Sunday February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1 and June 5, 2022 with  Ven. Losang Gendun
• Stages of Meditation - Wednesday May 11 and 25, June 8 and 22, 19.00 - 21.30 hrs, online only. With Geshe Sonam Ngodrup and Ven. Khedrup.
• Discovering buddhism taster / refresh evenings - Monday May 16 and 23, June 6 and 20, 20.00 - 21.30 hrs, with Annelies van der Heijden. (English) Click to hear what students Rebecca and Eleftheria would like to share about their experience with this course or read these student testimonials.

Meditation

• Guided morning meditations - Monday to Friday 07.30  - 08.00 hrs - online (Mon: English; Wed: English; Tu/Thu/Fri: Dutch)
• Guided meditation with Annelies van der Heijden - in English, Monday evening (May 16 and 30, June 6 and 20), 19.00 - 19.45 hrs (English)

Retreats

Practice together

• Pujas and recitations - dates according to the Tibetan calendar, in Amsterdam sometimes different
• Mantra rolling - with Ven. Jan Bijman
• Green Tara Practice morning - Saturday May 28, 10.00 - 12.30 hrs, with Annelies van der Heijden.

Secular

• Building Emotional Resilience -  May 2 and 9, with Claudia van Zuiden (in English)
• 5 Tibetan Yogas for Vital Life - April 25 and May 30, with Claudia van Zuiden (in English)

Creative

• Thangka painting

Special events

• Bodhisattva Vows ceremony - June 26, with Ven. Losang Gendun