Residential Retreat
28-Day Satipatthana Retreat
with Patrick Kearney
January 17 - February 14, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
Patrick teaches satipaṭṭhāna, the way of mindfulness, in the lineage of Mahāsī Sayādaw. He emphasises the cultivation of a felt continuity of awareness by tracking the elemental flow of experience that lies beneath our habitual concepts and reactions. As we become intimate with what is already present we discover the radical simplicity of the practice, […]
Three-week Vipassana Retreat
with Ariya Baumann
March 7 - 30, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The practice of vipassanā meditation leads to a profound understanding of reality and ultimately to complete liberation. Through 'seeing clearly' (vipassanā) all experiences and processes in body, heart and mind, false views and concepts are exposed and right view is established...
Three-week Vipassana Retreat
with Sayādaw U Vivekananda
April 12 - May 2, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
Due to the especially high demand for Sayadaw's teaching, registration for this retreat will be by ballot. Click through to register for the ballot. The ballot will be drawn 27 June.
Seeing clearly, finding freedom
with Jill Shepherd
May 9 - 18, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
This nine-day retreat for experienced meditators will focus on deepening insight into the three universal characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not-self, because directly experiencing the truth of these three characteristics is the key to living our lives with more ease, peace, and freedom.
Foundations of Buddhism & Meditation
with Danny Taylor
June 6 - 8, 2025
BMIMC & The Buddhist Library (Camperdown)
This integrated process is for people interested in the foundations of Buddhism and its relationship to meditation & life. It consists of three events, starting with a weekend at BMIMC, and two afternoon (half-day) sessions in Sydney. Meditation will be central but explored in its Buddhist context as a foundation for living. The format will allow us to experiment with integrating meditation into our everyday lives while appreciating the Buddha’s core messages. This process is open to complete beginners and more experienced meditators.
The Way of Insight
with Patrick Kearney
September 12 - 21, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation centre
In this nine-day retreat we will practise mindfulness and explore its application to the discovery of insight. For the Buddha, “insight” means seeing into the three universal characteristics of impermanence or change (anicca), pain or dis-ease (dukkha) and not-self (anattā)...
Long Weekend Retreat
with Michael Dash
October 4 - 6, 2025
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre
The focus of this retreat is on realistic and practical understanding of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation with an emphasis on personalising the practice and using it in everyday life.