Eight Steps to Happiness
Day Retreat
@ Buddha Land KMC, Keighley
Saturday 30 May, 9.30am – 3.45pm
with visiting teacher Gen Chitta
In-person & Livestream
A meditation retreat inspired by Geshe Langri Tangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind cultivates compassion, humility, and resilience through guided practice and reflection.
A day-long meditation retreat inspired by the Eight Verses of Training the Mind by Geshe Langri Tangpa offers a gentle yet profound journey into compassion, humility, and inner transformation. Through guided meditations, silent reflection, and teachings, participants explore practices for cultivating selflessness, embracing challenges as opportunities, and extending kindness to all beings. The retreat creates a supportive space to observe the mind, soften habitual reactions, and deepen awareness. Rooted in timeless wisdom, this experience encourages letting go of ego-centered patterns and nurturing an open heart, leaving participants with practical tools to integrate patience, resilience, and compassion into everyday life.
Our Retreats are a perfect way to both relax and develop internally. They are suitable for everyone from complete beginners to experienced meditators.
Refreshments are available in our World Peace Café during the course.
The cost of the Meditation Day Retreat is £20 (Monthly Members £6, FP Monthly Members £6).
Our monthly membership programme offers access to all our weekly classes as well as discounts on courses for only £20 per month – Learn more.
Teacher
The Retreat will be taught by Gen Kelsang Chitta, the Resident Teacher of Belfast Kadampa Meditation Centre. Gen Chitta is a student of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for 17 years, and has been guiding classes and retreats in Northern Ireland for the last 10 years. Gen Chitta offers gentle meditation guidance and clear wisdom of ancient Buddhist practice in a way that is suitable for everyone of any age, background or belief.
Schedule
Schedule
9.30am – 10.45am – Session 1 guided meditation
11.45am – 1.00pm – Session 2 guided meditation
2.30pm – 3.45pm – Session 3 guided meditation
4.15pm – 5.30pm – optional Wishfulfilling Jewel with tsog
In-Person
Livestream
This course is available to stream for monthly members who live in our catchment area. It will be streamed from our Keighley Centre taught by Gen Chitta, a visiting teacher.
Location
Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre, 1 Lawkholme Cres, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD21 3NR, UK.
Map
Location
Buddha Land Kadampa Meditation Centre has a raised ground floor cafe/shop and a first floor meditation room. Entrance to the ground floor is via 6 steps.
The centre is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am til 4pm (9.30am on Saturdays).
Getting there
The Centre is situated on Keighley War Memorial Square between Abbey National and Speaks Work Wear. It is opposite Keighley Bus Station and the Airedale Centre.
It is 5min walk from Keighley Train Station.
Parking is readily available during the day either in the town centre car parks or in unrestricted street parking which starts about 5min walk away from the building. After 6pm and on Sundays town centre car parking is free. There are disabled parking bays oposite the building and alongside Abbey National.
