Retreats
Kadampa Meditation Centre Aberdeen offers a range of retreats throughout the year.
Click on the links below to find out more about them.
"✨ Had my first experience at Kadampa Meditation Centre in Aberdeen last night. Highly recommend if you are looking to find peace in your heart, body, & mind ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Knowing if nothing changes, nothing would change. I signed up to a 4 week block “from worry to wisdom” to create the healthy habit of meditating more regularly again.
The class was led by Gen Kelsang Tubchen, she is such a beautiful and kind human. Every word resonated deeply, and I am so thankful for the time and experience.The centre is beautiful, with a warm welcome, and we are so lucky to have this healing space in Aberdeen."
Monday morning class
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"Class tonight was inspiring and very thought provokingConcentration is centre to happinessThank you"Thursday evening Concentration Series
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"Gen Tubchens teachings are amazing and have certainly changed my life HUGELY
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Member
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"It was a great event, thank you for arranging this. Was nice to meet new people too."
Free Talk
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"I liked the presentation of the teachings, which were very clear and relatable to daily life."
Saturday course
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"It was a good balance of teachings and meditations. The teachings helped to go deeper with the meditations"
Saturday course
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"Thank you for an inspiring and empowering session. The teachings and analogies were very relatable to modern life and although it takes energy to challenge yourself to really meditate it is such an enriching exercise. Looking forward to the remaining 5 sessions. 🙂"
Banchory class
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"Thank you so much for the class yesterday . It was amazing ! Gen Tubchen has an amazing natural teaching ability and already from this first class I feel a shift in me x
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Banchory class
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"It was better than I expected. I really enjoyed it!"
Banchory classes
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"I really liked the understanding of the mind not just being in the head, and the root mind being at the heart. I had an image of a tree with the roots at the heart and all the other thoughts and feelings growing out from the roots like the tree."
Banchory classes
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"I haven't been this relaxed in a long time!"
Banchory classes
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"Beautiful setting. Deep and powerful teaching. A perfect balance of silence, community, learning & self-reflection time. Highly recommend."
Just Be Retreat
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"Thank you for another great meditation xx"
Simply Meditate
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"Lovely food, well organised, friendly atmosphere."
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"I like the way the retreat was structured and the information given to us step-by-step. I never felt overloaded. The instructions were clear. I liked the long breaks between sessions."
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"A wonderful opportunity. The location is wonderful & Gen Tubchen's teachings were delivered with expertise & gentle grace. A warm & welcoming group and a safe space to practice. Thankyou."
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"Amazing retreat in a beautiful location with lovely people. Inspiring teachings that were easy to follow but also gave you enough space to deepen your own practice."
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"Really enjoyed and benefitted from Gen Tubchen's teaching. Wonderful location, very calming. The food was plentiful and delicious. Huge thanks to the volunteers who made this such a successful retreat."
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"An excellent retreat in a perfect spot. Food was delicious and the people amazing! Can't wait til the next one!"
Ocean of Peace Retreat
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"Thank you so much for the empowerment - it was beautiful and amazing. Really felt like I had Avalokiteshvara at my 💖 and still do when I 'tune in."
Empowerment weekend
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"With Foundation Program on Monday nights, I feel like I have arrived home. It’s a lovely group and it’s great getting to know everyone 👏"
Study class
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"Thank you for a wonderful weekend with beautiful people and profound insights
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Stable as a Mountain Retreat participant
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"Since the first day I entered KMC Aberdeen I have had nothing but care, kindness, non-judgement and acceptance offered to me. The meditation classes have been instrumental in seeing me through an extremely busy and stress-filled time as a NHS community healthcare worker.
I have become much calmer, relaxed and able to communicate more effectively with my patients, due to the excellent teachings at the meditation classes."
member
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"Thank you for a wonderful retreat. I enjoyed very much. A few brief glimpses of my very subtle mind, but most of the time just gently seeking, and abiding in peace at the heart, which has been truly lovely. A great way to start the year."
Calm mind, Calm New year retreat
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"Just to say thank you again, the teachings were very clear, and I felt blessed and really able to focus."
Calm mind, Calm New year retreat
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"Just wanted to say how meaningful the meditations were this weekend. I felt amazingly peaceful and it has given me a real boost and reinvigorated my practice."
Calm Mind Retreat participant
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"I enjoyed Gen Tubchen’s teachings on Decluttering the Mind. It was especially powerful for me being able to attend in person with others in the meditation room for the first time after a whole year of practising online at home."
Member
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"Thank you for the class tonight, a pleasure and inspiration as always 💖"
Foundation Program Student
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"Hugely refreshing to watch and learn. I've been feeling really positive and peaceful lately, no matter what's been happening. Still working on my anchor, and definitely getting there."
Online class participants
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"Thank you for a wonderful empowerment and retreat. May this kindness be the cause of the precious Kadam Dharma to be made available to all in the north of Scotland and bring peace and happiness to all."
Avalokiteshvara Tantric Empowerment weekend
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"It gives so much more purpose and reason to meditate to be able to feel how it benefits yourself and others."
Course participant
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"Very profound experiences with excellent guiding into an amazing stillness of mind. Never before so deep!"Tranquil Abiding Retreat participant
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"I wanted to thank you so much for the teachings today and the past week. I am finding the meditations very helpful and feel there may be a flicker of light in what has been a very difficult time."
Transforming Pain Course
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"It has been such a joy to participate, and very helpful for my practice – once again thanks."
Tranquil abiding Retreat
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"Just wanted to thank you for these precious retreat days. I enjoyed every minute."
retreat participant
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"Very grateful for the work you are doing! It's certainly made a huge positive difference to my lockdown experience
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subscriber
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"The retreats are incredible! Crystal clear teachings and meditations given with empathy and heartfelt engagement. The most profound topics explained in such a way that I want to say thanks, thanks, thanks for all!"
Retreater
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"Thank you so much for the retreat. It has opened up previously closed doors and came at a great time of year."
Retreat participant
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"Although it was online I still felt as if I was in the class. It was so peaceful and considering the latest lockdown I feel in a very positive state of mind which I think helps everyone I come into contact with."
course participant
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"Thank you so much for the 3 Yogas Retreat which I'm still going through fairly slowly. It is great to have access online to such deep guided meditations."
Retreat participant
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"It has been a wonderful year for me regarding my Dharma practice through being able to take part in so many online courses. I feel a great amount of gratitude for this when so many people have struggled and lost so much this past year."
Member
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"Thankyou for a beautiful and meaningful retreat, I feel a wondeful sense of peace and understanding, also a new sense of determination to continue and deepen my Dharma studies."Retreat participant
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"Thank you for a truly wonderful Retreat. As always, so beautifully taught. The meditation tonight was perfect, it all came together so well. I cannot wait for our next retreat!"
Member
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"Firstly let me say just how much I enjoyed doing the retreat. Everything was done with such depth and precision. Very many thanks for putting it together so amazingly."
Retreat participant
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"I’ve just finished listening to the Inner Strength course & I do not know where to start to explain how beautiful & meaningful I found it. Thank you!"
Member
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"I have had the good fortune to be able to listen to Buddha's teachings on Emptiness during the last 4 weeks with Gen Tubchen culminating in the retreat "Abiding in the Peace of Wisdom". These very profound teachings were given in such a way that for the first time in 5 years of studying dharma I am starting to understand a little bit more this subject on Emptiness. The live classes and recording on-line was a huge success and everyone who put together this event should be very proud. I look forward to joining more classes on-line in the future."
Ian C Tomlinson
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"The online daily & weekend classes have made such a difference in helping me make Dharma a part of my every day life & my understanding. I feel an immense amount of gratitude towards all the wonderful teachers for sharing their wisdom with us. Thank you All "🙏💙
Monthly subscriber
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"Thank you for the beautiful teaching"New participant
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"Thank you for the teachings and opening up an authentic way of life. ❤️🙏"
Monthly member
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"I find myself applying the teaching regularly in my daily actions and interactions and with very little effort I seem to glide through situations which previously were big stumbling blocks."
Subscriber
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"So wonderful to have this opportunity to deepen our wisdom and practice through these online classes. So grateful for having the opportunity to access these wonderful scientific methods to transform our lives!"
On-going Member
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"Love being reminded that our natural state of mind is peaceful and calm and it’s just delusions getting in the way & polluting our inner experience.🌤 How we can learn how to abide with peaceful states of mind and possess the secret of happiness!"
subscriber
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"Loved Saturdays teaching. I like all the different aspects of patience. There’s a lot more to it than we think.🤔 Thankyou again for the profound teachings and beautiful meditations.💜🙏"
Subscriber - How to Solve our Human Problems Saturday Class
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"Have to share that I really love the online access. I can practice at times when the world is absolutely silent such as the very early hours or late in the evenings. I am extremely grateful for a wonderful teacher and the method of teaching. Thank you 🙏"
Subscriber
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"There is a heart full of peace and gratefulness to have had the grace to experience these very deep, systematic and clearly expressed teachings from Gen Tubchen! A longed for change in my closest relationships happened. I can never repay all this grace and love. Thanks helping me to pursue the path in the right direction!"
Tranquil Abiding Retreat
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"Thank you so much! I was so looking forward to the retreat as I loved the teachings leading up to it. I learnt so much and improved my meditation technique over the weekend. 🙏"
Special Event - Concentration Course & Retreat
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"Even if you are a newcomer to the idea of retreat, as I was, Gen Tubchen's guidance is rock solid. I was hugely inspired by her to do the best I could. It was a very uplifting experience and has helped me to deepen my ability to concentrate since the retreat."
Special Event - Retreat
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"Thankyou for a wonderful retreat experience. Really benefitted from the step by step guidance. Felt very connected to everyone even though we were separate and just felt “right.” Questions I had were answered and any doubts soon left me. Felt encouraged, very peaceful and totally reassured throughout.
Can’t wait till next one. Thankyou so much. 🙏💜💕"Tranquil Abiding Retreat
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"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the work you put in to providing us with such a fantastic retreat. I learnt so much that I know will really help me with my meditation and I feel very inspired to continue to work on my concentration now that I have received such clear instructions on how to do it. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to join this retreat and can't thank you enough for all your wonderful teachings and guided meditations. I hope I will have the opportunity to join you again for your next retreat."
Special Event - Tranquil Abiding Retreat
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"Thank you sincerely for the weekend online retreat which was interesting and insightful."
Special event - Tranquil abiding retreat
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"I have just finished my last session from the weekend retreat. What an immense journey. Thank you Gen Tubchen for your teachings and guidance. 😊🙏"
Special event - Retreat
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"What an insightful and encouraging retreat! It really helped me let go of old conceptions around how to meditate and incorporate much more qualified ways of going about it. Very enjoyable. 💞
Even though we were not physically in the same place, a special retreat environment arose in the heart. Thank you everyone for making this retreat possible."
Special Event - Retreat
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"Thank you Gen Tubchen for providing us with a wonderful Retreat. This was all very new to me and I enjoyed the whole experience from actually not engaging in any of the usual rubbish like listening to news, cooking, shopping, driving etc to the most peaceful meditations. Your guidance was simply beautiful. Thanks again ❤️🙏"
Concentration Retreat on the Root Mind
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"Just finished the last session of the retreat. It was wonderful & I managed to make it work around my busy, noisy house & family. I felt very held through the meditations, even though it wasn't live, just incredible really. Thankyou 🙏🧡"
Retreat on Tranquil Abiding
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"I finished the concentration course today. I really liked the analogy of being under the water, and contemplating external distractions as the waves that dissolve in the calm sea, and internal distractions as bubbles that dissolve into the surface, was a very good way to help me in the seek/find/hold process. Thank you so much for another wonderful teaching, Gen Kelsang Tubchen, it is such a delight to watch and see your engagement with the teachings, especially when you talk about concentration 💚💚💚 Looking forward to the weekend retreat on concentration!"
Special Event - Concentration Day Course
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"Thankyou Gen Tubchen for another weekend of fantastic teachings🌞🙏💜"
subscriber
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"Thanks for my first ever class today. It's given me a lot to think about. I really liked the classes today, particularly the second session on acceptance and patience."
new participant
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"Very much enjoyed today’s course. I am definitely finding what you said about regular meditation to be true for me. That we can develop more space between perception and reaction. I feel like I take more time and don’t rush to react the same and this allows me to mostly react in a better way. Also really enjoyed the meditation on trying to accept things as they are right now. 💕 Thankyou 🙏"
Monthly subscriber
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"I have enjoyed today's morning sessions. This is exactly where I was needing to go with my meditation right now."
Concentration Course Special Event
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"Wonderful week of simply meditate classes. Learning how to hold the object was so effective and I really felt my meditation becoming so much more meaningful. I think this is what I have needed, that bit more structure to it. I'm looking forward to practising this technique more with the courses at the weekend and Retreat next week.😀"
Concentration training
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"This week's Simply Meditate theme of concentration was of enormous benefit. Just booked the retreat too. Hugely grateful to Gen Tubchen for giving us this opportunity to deepen our concentration."
Sharon Kerr - Simply meditate class
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"Thankyou for another week of beautiful meditations and teachings."
subscriber
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"Thank you Gen Tubchen for the most beautiful meditation today. I really felt the love. I feel so strongly more than ever, to abandon this self cherishing and self grasping. I actually feel as if I'm starting to waken up bit by bit. Wonderful feeling. 💕❤️🙏 xx"
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"Wow. Loved today's teaching. Not the easiest topic but put in such a simple and logical way that even the most cynical person would have to give more thought. Thankyou Gen Tubchen, I could listen to these teachings all day long. 💜💙🙏"
Subscriber - weekend class
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