Upcoming Retreats

2023 – Blue Mountains, Australia
November 4th to 12th, 2023 9-Day Natural Samādhi Retreat Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna With Bhante Ānanda & Ven. Mettānanda

2024 – Kandy Mountains Retreat, Sri Lanka
January 6th to 17th
10-Day Natural Samādhi Retreat
Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna
With Bhante Ānanda
Sandun Arana, Kandy Mountains, Sri Lanka

2024 – Mahabodhi, Bangalore, India
February 19th to 29th, 2024
10-Day Natural Samādhi Retreat
Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna
With Bhante Ānanda
Mahabodhi Meditation Center, Bangaluru

2024 – Himalayas – Kalimpong
March 4th to 7th, 2024
4-Day Introduction to Natural Samādhi Retreat
Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna
With Bhante Ānanda
Kalimpong, West Bengal, Himalayas

2024 – Retraite d’Avioth, France
Retraite de méditation de la sagesse tranquille à Avioth en France, enseignée par Bhante Ananda dans la méthode TWIM, hébergée par TWIM.be













Past Retreats

Entering the Dhamma – Online Retreat
May 20th to May 28th 2023 Summary Guided Online Retreat: Open Heart & Natural Samādhi Natural Samādhi is the original teaching


Knuckles Forest Retreat, Sri Lanka
Natural Samādhi: Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna
A 10-Day – Loving-Kindness Meditation retreat with Bhante Ānanda
Natural Samādhi is the original teaching of the Buddha on how to develop mental collectedness


Easter Retreat, California, US
This TWIM residential retreat spans Easter Holiday weekend. It will be led by Delson Armstrong, Rachael O’Brien, and Venerable Bhante Ananda. They offer clarity in teaching meditation as described in the


Pali Department, University of Mumbai
Dates: February 15th to 25th 2023 Location: Sonawane Farm, Karjat, Maharashtra Teaching: 10-Day Residential Retreat for the Pāli Department of


Kalimpong Retreat, West Bengal
9-Day Retreat – Natural Samādhi: Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna January 31st to Feb 8th Buddha Pāda Center, Kalimpong, West



Entering the Dhamma – Online Retreat
Dec 26th to Jan 6th 2023 Summary Guided Online Retreat: Open Heart & Natural Samādhi Natural Samādhi is the original teaching
A Meditator's Story


Dear Bhante Ānanda,
At the end of a workshop at the meditation center, all participants had to draw a card which had something written on it to help and guide us at that time and for the future. My card said “love” and I thought it was such a good fit because of the Metta meditation and the retreats that I was able to do here.
This was just two days after you generously agreed to teach and guide me even after the retreat and during our stay in the months to come. I was overjoyed to be in this wonderful and lucky position since this was exactly what I had been wishing for for a long time before my trip to India – to practice TWIM and loving kindness meditation for an extended period of time under the guidance of a teacher. I had even asked to serve and stay at Dhamma Sukkha before coming to India but that wasn’t possible.
Now, the conditions and circumstances here with you were even better and more beautiful than what I could have ever wished and hoped for. I was able to learn this beautiful teaching of yours, have amazing and inspiring conversations and spend a lot of fun times together. I feel like I was able to make so much progress here and learned such a great amount from you from the time we had together.
After spending some time with you and practicing with your guidance it soon became clear to me what that card in the workshop was telling me. Of course, it told me to cultivate love for myself and others but it also directly pointed me towards you. Because what you represent for me is love. A living manifestation of unconditional love in this universe and in my life. When I was with you I felt like everything is okay, your smile always assured me that I am loved, that I can love myself. In your presence I felt like being in that ocean of love that I can tap into now. Your presence is pure love and I am sure you will continue to spread this amazing gift and help so many people with it.
Bhante, I want to thank you so much for your loving kindness and compassion towards me during all this time. Thank you for taking me in under your wings and showing me this amazing teaching through your beautiful books, videos, translations, retreats and interviews. Thank you for being there for me, asking me so many times if everything was okay and always uplifting my mind just at the right time when I needed it. Thank you for the fun times we spent, our trips to town, our walks, and the many jokes we made.
Thank you for being my wise friend.
Thank you for everything.