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CURRENT - Boundless Mind, Retreat with Geshe Losel - 5th, 6th & 7th Dec 2025
Date: Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, & Sunday 7th December 2025
Time: Arrive Friday evening, closing Sunday after lunch
Format: Residential, Onsite
Overview
This retreat invites us to explore the vast and luminous nature of mind through the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of consciousness. We will look at how awareness functions on different levels – from everyday sensory and conceptual thought, through subtler states of clarity and stillness, to the profound clear light mind at the heart of our being. Alongside this exploration, the retreat will offer practical methods for transforming negative emotions and cultivating positive qualities such as patience, joy, and compassion. Through guided meditation, reflection, and teaching, participants will discover how the mind’s natural qualities provides both resilience for daily life and a pathway towards awakening.
Learning points include:
Understanding the levels of consciousness in Tibetan Buddhism.
Methods for recognising and transforming negative emotions.
Practices for cultivating positive states of mind.
Accessing deeper stillness, clarity, and resilience.
Opening to the boundless, compassionate potential of mind.
Schedule
Friday 5th December 2025
Arrive from 5pm
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Welcome & Evening Introduction
Saturday 6th December 2025
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch & Afternoon Break
1:30pm-2:30pm - Karma Yoga
2:30pm-3:30pm - Afternoon Break
3:30pm-6:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Teaching / Discussion + Q&A
Sunday 7th December 2025
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch & Break
2.00pm-3.30pm - Teaching & Meditation
3:30pm - Course Ends
About the Teacher
Geshe Tenzin Losel was born in mid-20th century Britain. He first met Buddhist teachings in England thanks to the exceptionally kind efforts of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa, reaching out to westerners. He left for India in 1990 for further studies and received full ordination as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1994. He is one of the handful of Westerners trained for two decades in the traditional Tibetan way as a geshe. While a student at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, he attended many public teachings by His Holiness there. In 2006 he received his geshe degree from Drepung Loseling, the monastery where the late Geshe Damcho, founder of Lam Rim Wales also trained. After returning to Britain to care for his parents in their last years, he moved in 2018 to Nalanda Monastery in France. As well as teaching, he has been involved in translating vinaya materials, which deal with ethical conduct and vows, especially for monastics. In fulfilment of Geshe Damcho’s request to him to teach in his centres, he is now associated with Lam Rim Wales and Lam Rim Bristol.
Translations
Tsongkhapa's Praise for Dependent Relativity (2011, Wisdom Publications)
A Glowing Light of Scripture and Reasoning, Lamp Illuminating the Essentials of the Four Seals that Authenticate the View by Gen Lamrimpa Ngawang Phuntsok. (2019). Free Download >
A Mirror Making All Things Clear, A Presentation of Signs and Reasonings by Geshe Tsultrim Namgyel. (2019). Free Download >
Who Should Join?
Anyone interested in meditation, religious life, and inner development, Buddhist practitioners of all levels.
Lunch & Refreshments
We are pleased to provide complimentary refreshments throughout the day and a two course vegetarian lunch included in your booking. Please advise of any dietary requirements on the booking form.
Why Not Stay Over?
Want a break or live far away, why not stay overnight at Lam Rim the day before? Stay over details here >
Tickets & Donation
Everyone is welcome to attend Buddhist teachings freely with no donation. However, the Centre does rely on donations to stay open, which are gratefully received. We offer two main rates to enable as many people as possible to attend our teachings. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you are able. Your generosity is vital in supporting the Centre.
Standard Rate - This includes a donation to help sustain Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, and to cover costs and teacher expenses.
Basic Rate - This covers the very basic costs of running this course.
Support Rate - Contact us via lamrimwalesmanagers@gmail.com if the above rates are too high for you where we can discuss further subsidised options.
Donate Onsite - If you prefer to donate cash or use card onsite, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register.
Donate via BACS - If you prefer to donate via BACS, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register. Then follow the instructions for BACS donation >
Important on Booking: Our online system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.
Date: Friday 5th, Saturday 6th, & Sunday 7th December 2025
Time: Arrive Friday evening, closing Sunday after lunch
Format: Residential, Onsite
Overview
This retreat invites us to explore the vast and luminous nature of mind through the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of consciousness. We will look at how awareness functions on different levels – from everyday sensory and conceptual thought, through subtler states of clarity and stillness, to the profound clear light mind at the heart of our being. Alongside this exploration, the retreat will offer practical methods for transforming negative emotions and cultivating positive qualities such as patience, joy, and compassion. Through guided meditation, reflection, and teaching, participants will discover how the mind’s natural qualities provides both resilience for daily life and a pathway towards awakening.
Learning points include:
Understanding the levels of consciousness in Tibetan Buddhism.
Methods for recognising and transforming negative emotions.
Practices for cultivating positive states of mind.
Accessing deeper stillness, clarity, and resilience.
Opening to the boundless, compassionate potential of mind.
Schedule
Friday 5th December 2025
Arrive from 5pm
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Welcome & Evening Introduction
Saturday 6th December 2025
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch & Afternoon Break
1:30pm-2:30pm - Karma Yoga
2:30pm-3:30pm - Afternoon Break
3:30pm-6:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
6:30pm-7:30pm - Supper
7:30pm-8:30pm - Teaching / Discussion + Q&A
Sunday 7th December 2025
8:00am-8:30am - Morning Meditation
8:30am-9:30am - Breakfast
9.30am-12:30pm - Teaching & Meditation, with Refresher Break
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch & Break
2.00pm-3.30pm - Teaching & Meditation
3:30pm - Course Ends
About the Teacher
Geshe Tenzin Losel was born in mid-20th century Britain. He first met Buddhist teachings in England thanks to the exceptionally kind efforts of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa, reaching out to westerners. He left for India in 1990 for further studies and received full ordination as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1994. He is one of the handful of Westerners trained for two decades in the traditional Tibetan way as a geshe. While a student at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, he attended many public teachings by His Holiness there. In 2006 he received his geshe degree from Drepung Loseling, the monastery where the late Geshe Damcho, founder of Lam Rim Wales also trained. After returning to Britain to care for his parents in their last years, he moved in 2018 to Nalanda Monastery in France. As well as teaching, he has been involved in translating vinaya materials, which deal with ethical conduct and vows, especially for monastics. In fulfilment of Geshe Damcho’s request to him to teach in his centres, he is now associated with Lam Rim Wales and Lam Rim Bristol.
Translations
Tsongkhapa's Praise for Dependent Relativity (2011, Wisdom Publications)
A Glowing Light of Scripture and Reasoning, Lamp Illuminating the Essentials of the Four Seals that Authenticate the View by Gen Lamrimpa Ngawang Phuntsok. (2019). Free Download >
A Mirror Making All Things Clear, A Presentation of Signs and Reasonings by Geshe Tsultrim Namgyel. (2019). Free Download >
Who Should Join?
Anyone interested in meditation, religious life, and inner development, Buddhist practitioners of all levels.
Lunch & Refreshments
We are pleased to provide complimentary refreshments throughout the day and a two course vegetarian lunch included in your booking. Please advise of any dietary requirements on the booking form.
Why Not Stay Over?
Want a break or live far away, why not stay overnight at Lam Rim the day before? Stay over details here >
Tickets & Donation
Everyone is welcome to attend Buddhist teachings freely with no donation. However, the Centre does rely on donations to stay open, which are gratefully received. We offer two main rates to enable as many people as possible to attend our teachings. Please consider paying at the highest rate that you are able. Your generosity is vital in supporting the Centre.
Standard Rate - This includes a donation to help sustain Lam Rim Buddhist Centre, and to cover costs and teacher expenses.
Basic Rate - This covers the very basic costs of running this course.
Support Rate - Contact us via lamrimwalesmanagers@gmail.com if the above rates are too high for you where we can discuss further subsidised options.
Donate Onsite - If you prefer to donate cash or use card onsite, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register.
Donate via BACS - If you prefer to donate via BACS, please select this ticket option and complete the booking form register. Then follow the instructions for BACS donation >
Important on Booking: Our online system uses PayPal to take donations. If you do not have a PayPal Account you can pay as a Guest. Please click the link ‘Try Another Way’ , then follow instructions for ‘Pay by Debit or Credit Card’.