Saturday 11th October, 10:30am-1pm
This relaxing half-day retreat will introduce the Buddhist meditations on Loving Kindness.
Normally we see some people as important and worthy of our love, others as the cause of our problems, and most simply as strangers, according to how we relate to them. Through these beautiful meditations we can begin to broaden our love to more and more people, developing Cherishing Love – considering all living beings to be precious and holding them dear.
This mind of cherishing love is the perfect protection from suffering and inner problems, and enables us to remain calm and peaceful all the time.
“The path to enlightenment is really very simple – all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish others. All other spiritual realisations will naturally follow from this”
Eight Steps to Happiness, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Join teacher Traci Finch for two gentle retreat sessions of teachings and guided meditations to uplift your mind and improve your relationships.
Everyone is welcome. Book online or just turn-up on the day!
Schedule
10.00 – 10.30 Registration
10.30 – 11.30 Teachings and Meditations
11.30 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 13.00 Teachings and Meditations
Refreshments are available to purchase from our micro-cafe during the break.
*Please note: Food consumed at the centre must be meat and nut free*
Fees
Non-members: £15
Silver members: £11.25
Gold members: This event is free
Half Day Course Format
These events are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2025
Understanding what samsara is, how it arises and how it influences our experiences in life, good and bad, we can start to develop helpful and positive starts of mind to overcome the problems of this life.
If we are suffering problems, chances are we in samsara. Samsara is not a place, a person or object “out there”, rather it is what Buddha called this state of existence where we have unhelpful and unhappy states of mind and a body which causes problems and suffering. Basically, when our mind is in samsara we’re suffering, one way or another. Even when we’re happy, we often think we are not as happy as we could be.
This is not bad news though! Once we understand samsara, we can put into practice the proven methods to over the problems and suffering we experience. By training our mind through these practical teachings and meditations, we can live a life without suffering and problems. We just need to know what to do and how to do it.
This day course, will explain all of this and enable us to take a new understanding of life and the tools to deal with its woes, with us into our daily lives, to create a happy, freer life.
Book online or just turn-up on the day!
Schedule
Same on both Saturday and Sunday:
10.00am – 10.45am Teachings and Meditations
10.45am – 11.30am Break
11.30am – 12.15pm Teachings and Meditations
12.15pm – 1.45pm Lunch Break
1.45pm – 2.30pm Teachings and Meditations
2.30pm – 3.15pm Break
3.15pm – 4.00pm Teachings and Meditations
Refreshments are available to purchase from our micro-cafe during the break.
*Please note: Food consumed at the centre must be meat and nut free*
Fees
Non-members
Session Ticket: £3.50 per session
Saturday Day Ticket: £12
Sunday Day Ticket: £12
Full Weekend Ticket: £24
Silver Members
Session Ticket: £2.50
Saturday Day Ticket: £9
Sunday Day Ticket: £9
Full Weekend Ticket: £18
Gold members
This event is free – ticket to attend any or all sessions
Weekend Retreats Format
These retreats are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Saturday 25th October 2025, 10am-4pm
Everyone is welcome. No need to book, just turn up on the day!
Where do our problems come from and why do they make us suffer unhappiness? Why do things seem to go wrong so often? Just when things seem to be going right, up pops a problem! We’ve all had these thoughts and experiences, but what can we do about them?
Whatever we do or don’t do, we need to understand that problems arise and we suffer either mentally or physically and that this is actually normal! Appreciating the nature of our life is to experience difficulties at times and even for our happy times and moods to turn a little sour on occasions, we can start to address the real cause of our suffering… our habitual and unhelpful ways of thinking and viewing the world.
During this event, we will explore the nature of our suffering, where it comes from, how we can influence it and how we can through training our mind in meditation, start to prevent unhappy states of mind from arising; no matter what life throws at us. This will be a very practically focused event, giving us the tools to use when we experience life’s up and downs in our daily lives.
Schedule
10.00am – 10.45am Teachings and Meditations
10.45am – 11.30am Break
11.30am – 12.15pm Teachings and Meditations
12.15pm – 1.45pm Lunch Break
1.45pm – 2.30pm Teachings and Meditations
2.30pm – 3.15pm Break
3.15pm – 4.00pm Teachings and Meditations
Fees
Non-members: £25
Silver members: £18.75
Gold members: This event is free
Day Course Format
These events are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Friday 7th November 2025, 7:00pm-8:15pm
Venue: Moresk Centre, Truro
Online booking coming soon. Alternatively, simply turn up and pay on the door! Everyone is welcome.
Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes and most all of us experience some anxiety in our lives; but where does this sense of fear, uneasiness or concern come from? Why do we experience these feelings and thoughts which can cause us so many problems.
During this evening talk, Gen Kelsang Jigme will take us through the process which happens in our mind when we experience anxiety and with clear explanations enable us to use this understanding to see how through training our mind, we can overcome these negative feelings and move forward with a positive and calm state state of mind.
Fees
Non-members: £12
Silver members: £9
Gold members: This event is free
Venue:
Moresk Centre, St Clement’s Street, Truro, TR1 1EQ
Time:
7:00pm-8:15pm
Gen Kelsang Jigme is the Resident Teacher of Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre in Brighton. Ordained as a monk in 1997 by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Gen Jigme has studied, practised and taught Kadampa Buddhism under Geshe Kelsang’s guidance in major Kadampa Centres throughout the UK for many years. He shows a humble, kind example as a practitioner and his clear explanations of Buddha’s teachings give us the confidence to practise them in our daily life.
Saturday 8th November 2025, 10:00am – 3:30pm,
Venue: Ganden Ling KMC, Truro
Online booking coming soon. Alternatively, simply turn up and pay on the door! Everyone is welcome.
Life can be so serious at times, and we become embroiled in the day-to-day trudge of life, carrying our problems around with us like heavy bags weighing us down. And indeed, life can be full of hardships and difficulties but there is an alternative way to approach these problems and to live a life which is lighter, more joyful and peaceful.
On this day course we will explore the role of our mind in creating the experience of being bogged-down in the everyday problems we face, why we try to control our life to be a certain way or for the desired outcomes of our wishes to come true. We will also learn how taking ourselves too seriously combined with trying to control our external conditions and experiences can actually creates the very problems we are trying to avoid.
With this knowledge we will begin to unravel the heaviness in our life, understand the true nature of our problems and to work with them in a positive and productive way, unburdening us from our load, moving towards a live lived lightly and contented.
Fees
Non-members: £25
Silver members: £18.75
Gold members: This event is free
Venue:
Ganden Ling Kadampa Meditation Centre, 9 St Mary’s Street, Truro, TR1 2AF
Schedule:
Registration: 09:30am – 10:00am
Event: 10:00am-3:30pm
Gen Kelsang Jigme is the Resident Teacher of Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Centre in Brighton. Ordained as a monk in 1997 by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Gen Jigme has studied, practised and taught Kadampa Buddhism under Geshe Kelsang’s guidance in major Kadampa Centres throughout the UK for many years. He shows a humble, kind example as a practitioner and his clear explanations of Buddha’s teachings give us the confidence to practise them in our daily life.
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th December
Schedule details to follow soon.
This retreat is a wonderful opportunity to learn to rely on Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification, and practice a special meditation to free ourselves from all of our negative karma.
We spend all our time and energy trying to avoid problems by making changes to our external world. However, our unhappiness and difficulties are not caused by the external world but are the result of the negative karma we have created in the past through our own harmful actions.
By relying on Vajrasattva, all our experiences will be positive, we will have a peaceful, pure mind and will easily remove obstacles to our spiritual development.
Attend all, or as few or many of the sessions as you wish.
Fees
Non-members: TBC
Gold members: This event is free
Silver members: 25% off
Booking details coming soon.
Saturday 15th November, 10:30am-1pm
Our greatest opportunities for personal growth often come from our most painful situations. During this event we will explore how we can take mistakes and errors, and turn them into positives from which to grow. Rather than feeling our usual guilt, upset or shame, we can learn to accept our own limitations, recognise that we are not perfect and do not need to be so. Understanding this we can always strive to do our best, correct our mistakes and take responsibility without the heartache and upset.
Everyone is welcome. Book in advance online or drop-in on the day.
Schedule
10.00 – 10.30 Registration
10.30 – 11.30 Teachings and Meditations
11.30 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 13.00 Teachings and Meditations
Refreshments are available to purchase from our micro-cafe during the break.
*Please note: Food consumed at the centre must be meat and nut free*
Fees
Non-members: £15
Silver members: £11.25
Gold members: This event is free
Half Day Course Format
These events are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Saturday 22nd November 2025, 10:30am – 4:30pm
Please note this event is being held at Luxulyan Village Hall, St Cyriac, Luxulyan, Bodmin PL30 5QA, NOT at our centre in Truro.
Attendance by advanced booking only please.
A day out in Luxulyan! Beautiful meditations in a tranquil setting. A wonderful opportunity to relax and enjoy guided meditations to gain a deep peace, stillness and clarity.
Each session will be guided by Resident Teacher and Kadampa Buddhist Monk, Gen Kelsang Dragden, and will have will have plenty of time to calm the mind, let go of all the busyness and unwind.
The meditations and short teachings during the sessions will be suitable for everyone to enjoy and gain great benefit from and everyone is welcome!
Venue
Luxulyan Village Hall, St Cyriac, Luxulyan, Bodmin PL30 5QA
Schedule
10:30-11:15 Session 1
11:15-12:00 Tea Break (45 mins)
12:00-12:45 Session 2
12:45-14:15 Lunch Break (1hour 30mins)
14:15-15:00 Session 3
15:00-15:30 Tea Break (30 mins)
15:30-16:30 Session 4
Fees & Booking
Non-members £25
Silver & Gold Members £20
To include basic tea, coffee & biscuits during the two tea breaks
Attendance by advanced online booking only
Saturday 6th December, 10:30am-1pm
Everything you need to get started with meditation and why you would want to!
Everyone is welcome. Book online or just turn-up on the day!
Schedule
10.00 – 10.30 Registration
10.30 – 11.30 Teachings and Meditations
11.30 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 13.00 Teachings and Meditations
Refreshments are available to purchase from our micro-cafe during the break.
*Please note: Food consumed at the centre must be meat and nut free*
Fees
Non-members: £15
Silver members: £11.25
Gold members: This event is free
Half Day Course Format
These events are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Sunday 7th December, 10:30am-1pm
Everyone is welcome. Book online or just turn-up on the day!
Guru Yoga is a fundamental and yet, accessible and a practical method, to help us connect with and more importantly, rely upon our Spiritual Guide as we train our minds in the spiritual path. When we practice Guru yoga, we engage in a special method for receiving the blessings* of our Spiritual Guide. Our Spiritual Guide is any spiritual Teacher who sincerely leads us into spiritual paths by giving correct instructions. When we sincerely rely on an authentic and qualified Spiritual Guide or Teacher we will certainly gain progress on our spiritual path.
This event will explain this practice and how we can start to engage with it.
*The transformation of our mind from a negative state to a positive state, from an unhappy state to a happy state.
Schedule
10.00 – 10.30 Registration
10.30 – 11.30 Teachings and Meditations
11.30 – 12.00 Break
12.00 – 13.00 Teachings and Meditations
Refreshments are available to purchase from our micro-cafe during the break.
*Please note: Food consumed at the centre must be meat and nut free*
Fees
Non-members: £15
Silver members: £11.25
Gold members: This event is free
Half Day Course Format
These events are suitable for everyone. No previous experience needed. Everyone is welcome.
Enjoy the benefits of more time than in our evening classes, the opportunity to meet and talk with others and the chance to take some time out in the peaceful atmosphere of Ganden Ling KMC.
Ganden Ling Kadampa Meditation Centre is a member of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU)
We are a Registered Charity in the UK: Charity Number (England) 108517
Our Address: Ganden Ling KMC, 9 St Marys Street, Truro TR1 2AF