UPDATE : 

Lama Tendar will offer a three day retreat before going overseas for the rest of 2024. 

This is a great oppertunity to seek support and guidenance or to comence a new mandala journey.

9 AM - 5 PM

Thurday 17 - Saturday 19th October 2024.

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Lama Tendar teaches the authentic Buddhist Mandala in the Gyuto Monastery tradition, that is originated from an unbroken oral lineage of the Buddha.

The retreat offers a unique way to discipline the mind. It has the effects of practicing calm abiding and insight meditation. It’s a supreme art therapy that removes mental obscuration, purifying mental habitual patterns that hinders the recognition of the true nature of mind.

Confidence and positive energy arise through the joy of drawing and painting the symbols of the mandala. If proper concentration is applied, one hardly notices the passing of time. The process of constructing a full mandala generates a positive shift in the mind of the student that reflects their true inherant buddhanature.

Lama Tendar teaches a wide variety of mandalas, depending on the mental disposition of the individual student. It should be noted that completing a mandala requires a great deal of comittment and may take many months or years to complete.

Starting with the Eight Auspicious Symbols or Avolokitshvara Compassion mandala, we could continue the journey with other mandalas such as Medicine Buddha or Yamantaka mandala.  ( To paint the Medicine Buddha and the Yamantaka mandala, students need to have receive initiation from a fully qualified teacher. ) 

Each mandala, including each symbol of it, is the manifestation of the qualities of the deity. Therefore, painting the mandala is a great offering of positive energy to the universe, it is a great way to generate merits for ourselves and others.

Come and enjoy a five day retreat to assist the deepening in mental tranquillity through meditation and mandala painting fully guided by Lama Tendar.

The contents of the retreat include:

• Meditation generating one’s mind to align to the enlightened mind energy of the deities.
• Explanation of the structure of  the mandala and the meaning of the symbols.
• Painting the chosen mandala fully guided by Lama.

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A list of required art materials is available on the mandala web page,  New starters will also need a large plywood board and archive quality paper or canvas - please contact us to check available supplies prior to starting. Paper and boards are supplied at an additional charge.

New students are encouraged to fully commit themselves to undertaking the full retreat.  A great deal of energy and focus is required from both student and teacher to commence the process of drawing the underlying geometric structure of the mandala.

• New Students - No requirement to bring food to share for lunches, we want to you to focus on getting started on your mandala journey. 

Kitchen facilities are available.

Guest accommodation may be available at the Medicine Buddha Centre for an additoinal daily fee.  bookings are essential, to enquire contact the centre via phone or email at info@tendar.net

This course is not available online via Zoom.