Program Overview Amsterdam
Due to the corona pandemic, we are only presenting programmes online. When you register via a-mail, you will receive the Zoom link, so that you can join in. Our contact information can be found here.
Everyone is welcome for the meditations and lessons via Zoom.
Special events
Saka Dawa Celebration on May 26: Various activities on this special day to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana (passing away) of Buddha Shakyamuni.
Courses
- Discovering Buddhism - Monday evenings - online. New Module 10 (How to develop bodhicitta) starting on May 17 (English)
- Buddhism in a nutshell - half day on Saturdays, every two months (Dutch)
- Basic Program: Tathagatha Essence - Tuesday evenings, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
- Mahayana Vipassana - Psychology of meditation - Thursday evenings, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
- Compassion bootcamp - May 23 and June 20, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch or English, depending on participants)
- Wisdom bootcamp - May 9 and June 6, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch or English, depending on participants)
Meditation
- Guided morning meditations - Monday to Friday 07.30 - 08.00 hrs - online (Mon: Dutch; Wed: English; Tu/Thu/Fri: Dutch)
- Guided meditations - every Monday evening, 19.00 - 19.45 hrs - with Annelies van der Heijden (English)
- Guided meditations - every Tuesday evening, 19.00 - 19.45 hrs - with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
- Guided insight meditation - every Thursday evening, 19.00 - 19.45 hrs, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
Retreats
Weekend retreat with Annelies van der Heijden, June 25 - 27: The Gentle Path to Wake Up.
Practice together
- The Joy of Purification - practice morning with Annelies van der Heijden, Saturday April 24, 10.00 - 13.00 hrs.
- Pujas and recitations - dates according to the Tibetan calendar, in Amsterdam sometimes different
- Mantra rolling - every month, on Sundays, once the centre can physically open again
- Animals ritual - every other month, on Wednesday afternoons
Secular
- The Saturdays of the Compassion and Wisdom weekends are secular events (mostly in Dutch)
- Digital Dharma Café - every week on Saturay, 12.30 - 13.30 hrs - online