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Guhyapati

Guhyapati

Guhyapati has been exploring the interface of dharma practice, social change, and ecology since the 1980’s. He was ordained as a Dharmachari in the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1994. In
the early 2000’s he founded the Ecodharma Centre in a remote valley in the Catalan Pyrenees, where he still lives today. He has pioneered education, training, and retreats that integrate
Buddhism, ecology, and activism. From 2016 his organizational focus turned towards the Ulex Project, which he set up and nurtured into a thriving collective that provides learning for social
movements across Europe. Seeking to honour the bodhisattva principle of the inseparability of transforming self and world, his ongoing practice seeks to articulate a radical approach to
dharma and ecology that is robustly situated in our times.

 
 

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  • Aikido and Meditation

    11 October 2026 – 17 October 2026

    With: Ivan Tröscher, Jörg Kretzschmar

    In this program we bring together the living traditions of Aikido with the Shambhala “warrior” meditation tradition introduced in the West by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

     
  • Silent Mindfulness Retreat

    18 October 2026 – 25 October 2026

    With: Mathias Pongracz

    Open to all who are ready to commit to a transformative week of mindfulness in silence.

     
  • Maitri: Transforming confusion into wisdom

    25 October 2026 – 1 November 2026

    With: Tessa Racine

    Let us explore the teachings of the five wisdoms to see how we can balance them in our lives and transform confusion into wisdom. Open to all, no meditation experience necessary.

     

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