The Vajra Mind Retreat in Italy

Individually guided meditation programs with weekly interviews. Teachings on the topic of the Western Mystical path. Readings and commentary from St. John of the Cross’s manual of meditation called the Ascent of Mt. Carmel forms the core of this retreat’s teaching and meditations. Also teachings on the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions of meditation, faults and pit-falls in meditation and teachings clarifying the nature of true meditative realization. Wongkur of Chenresig.

We have found an excellent retreat house in a beautiful, peaceful location in IL CASTELLANO http://www.ilcastellano.info 7 bedroom farmhouse, with 2 additional rooms, 3 bathrooms, teaching area, large kitchen.There is a small wood at the back of the house, which is filled with a wide variety of Mediterranean trees. It is part of the property, and so would be for your exclusive use. There is also an ancient footpath which takes you the 8 km to San Ginesio (click this link and then type San Ginesio, a beautiful walk which leads to an equally beautiful medieval town, with breathtaking views of the Sibillini Mountain range. We have options for this retreat.#1 short term retreat, anytime between October 5th and Jan.5th. The cost is unknown for a short term retreat, but most likely $40 CAN/day for Accommodation, $15/day for food, a donation towards Lama Mark’s expenses, your personal travel expenses and Dana for Lama Mark.Please feel free to contact me about a 1 week, 2 week or however long you can come to Italy for a retreat. We have another farmhouse which is separate from the one described above, which will create an environment for short term retreats away from the deep retreat itself.#2 93 days in length from October 5th to January 5th. TOTAL COST: Roughly the total cost per person for the length of the retreat including accommodation, food and expenses for Lama Mark would be approximately $6500 CAN ($70/day)not including your personal flight cost and Dana for Lama Mark * The total cost is based on 7 people and will shift if we have more people in retreat. If there are 9 people in the retreat, which the farmhouse has the capacity for, then all the above costs will change slightly (lower), and they would also change if the exchange rate from Euros to CANadian dollars changes. We need to know who is serious about this retreat so that we can reserve this house, another house for Lama Mark and plan for this retreat.please email for more information or registration.