Program Overview Amsterdam

From September 2021 onwards, the center will reopen for onsite participation. Because of Covid-19, we request everyone to only register for onsite participation if you're vaccinated, have tested negatively or have already recovered from a Covid-19 infection. We won't check this, but we trust in everyone's sense of responsibility in this. For further explanation about this policy, please see this letter.

Please register in advance for courses at amsterdam@maitreya.nl. Almost all activities are available via Zoom and there are only a few seats available in the center itself. For the Zoom links or to find out whether you can attend in person, please contact us at amsterdam@maitreya.nl.

Special events

Courses

• Discovering Buddhism - Monday evenings - online. New Module 11 starting on September 6 (English)
• Buddhism in a nutshell - half day on Saturdays, every month  (Dutch)
• Basic Program - continuous on Tuesday evenings, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
• Mahayana Vipassana - Psychology of meditation - Thursday evenings, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch)
• Compassion bootcamp - September 12, October 17 and November 28, with Ven. Losang Gendun (Dutch or English, depending on participants)
• Wisdom bootcamp - September 5, October 3, November 14, 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

End of the Year Retreat – Reflections - with Annelies van der Heijden: Friday December 17 till Sunday December 19, 2021.

Practice together

• 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
• Ritual for liberating animals - every other month, on Wednesday afternoons

 

Secular

• The Saturdays of the Compassion and Wisdom weekends are secular events (mostly in Dutch)

Creative

• Thangka painting

• Making Tsa Tsas