Friends from our Diamond Way Buddhist centers are always welcome for courses and other events at Karma Berchen Ling. By tradition, our program spreads over three seasons with three main events: the prostration retreat, the summer course and the 8th Karmapa retreat.
(First) 8th Karmapa Retreat
4 – 10 April 2025
We warmly invite you to a meditation course on the 8th Karmapa with Robi Szilagyi from Hungary. The course will take place in April, a month during which the Czech sangha has been caring for KBL for many years.
Please register as usual via the link in the main menu!
8th Karmapa Retreat
14.04. – 20.04. 2025
Dearest friends!
We warmly invite you to a meditation course on the 8th Karmapa at the Karma Berchenling retreat center in Greece. The course will take place in April, a month during which the Czech sangha has been caring for KBL for many years.
Dates:
• April 14 – April 20, 2025
Course on the 8th Karmapa with Patricia Schaffrick from Germany
Program and running the centre:
We expect at least four meditation sessions per day and an evening lecture or questions and answers.
If the weather is nice, meditation by the stupa will also be an option.
This course is organized for the international sangha and will be in English. Participants will take part in running the course and meal preparations.
Families with Children:
The second retreat will be open to families with children. However, the number of families is limited. Please contact us in advance at julu108@gmail.com to confirm availability before purchasing tickets. Parents are kindly asked to ensure that children are not disturbing during meditation sessions.
Prices:
• Accommodation and meals: 17 euros/day
• Program contribution: To be announced
• Shuttle service: 20 euros/person/one way
Registration:
Please register at www.berchenling.org.
We look forward to sharing this wonderful time with you in the beautiful and wild nature of the Greek mountains.
Your KBL Team!
72h Prostration Retreat
Dear Friends,
“A wise man may avoid blood and tears on his way to enlightenment, but there is no way around the sweat. Only conscious and one-pointed meditation creates the cracks in the fortifications of our egos that make the mind’s timeless essence shine through. Hard work is unavoidable, especially with prostrations. This practice creates the good impressions necessary for our growth and changes our body from a difficult master to a useful servant.” Lama Ole Nydahl
We would like to invite you to the 72-hour retreat on the practice “Taking Refuge and Developing the Enlighten Attitude” occurring every spring in Karma Berchen Ling Retreat Center in south Greece.
Program:
Coming soon . . .
Meditation Course
Dear Friends,
We warmly invite you to visit KBL in May 2025. During this time, the Polish KBL sangha will be hosting the center. We would love to spend time with you in this powerful place, meditating, enjoying the presence of friends from different countries, and supporting the centre’s activities.
- We will start on May 5th by preparing the center for the meditation course with Karol Ślęczek.
- The course with Karol will take place from May 11th (Sunday, evening session, 9 PM) to May 17th (Saturday, morning session, 8 AM), 2025.
- The course program includes four daily group meditation sessions (8 AM, 11 AM, 4 PM, 8 PM), lectures, and Q&A sessions after the evening meditation.
- The course is open to students of Lama Ole practising in Diamond Way Centers.
- Meditation sessions and lectures will be held in English (with possible translation into Polish).
- After the course, we encourage you to stay at KBL, continue your practice, and enjoy the wonderful time while supporting the centre’s current activities with friends.
Costs
- Accommodation and meals before and after the course (May 5th – 11th and after May 18th): 17 EUR/day
- Course contribution (May 11th – 17th/18th): To be announced
- Shuttle service: 20 EUR/person/one way
If you want to help by preparing or during the course with Karol Ślęczek or have any questions regarding the course, please contact us at: agnieszkakadziela@o2.pl
Registration:
Please register at www.berchenling.org.
About Karol:
Karol Ślęczek (born in 1956) is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He has been involved with Diamond Way Buddhism since 1978. He is one of the founders and a longtime chairman of the Buddhist center in Kraków. Karol is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Diamond Way Buddhist Association of the Karma Kagyu Lineage in Poland. Since 1988, he has been teaching Buddhist philosophy at universities in Europe, the Americas, and Australia. He has travelled extensively with Lama Ole around the world. He currently lives in Kraków.
We look forward to sharing this wonderful time with you in the beautiful and wild nature of the Greek mountains.
Yours,
KBL Team
Summer Course
16 – 24 August 2025
Coming soon . . .
8th Karmapa Retreat
04.10 – 11.10. 2025
Dear friends
It has been a tradition for many years to end the course – year at KBL with an 8° Karmapa Retreat. This year, it will be guided by Michaela Fritzges. It starts on Saturday, 04.10.2025 evening and ends on Saturday, 11.10.2025 morning. In four sessions per day, there will be enough time for in-depth meditation and will be given explanations on the 8° Karmapa Meditation. The prerequisite for participation is to have completed the first Ngöndro. Please register at: https://registration.dwbn.org/center/kbl_retreat/