Become a Compassionate Warrior: A Weekend Retreat with Vidyamala

Compassionate Warrior Training

Led by Vidyamala and team

Become a Compassionate Warrior: A Weekend Retreat with Vidyamala

Drawing on an approach developed by Vidyamala over many years of teaching at Taraloka, this weekend retreat invites you to train as a compassionate warrior — courageous, tender, and open-hearted.

We will explore the core Triratna meditation practices of Mindfulness of Breathing and Metta Bhavana. Together, these form a balanced foundation of awareness and kindness, traditionally likened to the two wings of a bird — both needed for the heart-mind to soar.

Across the weekend, Vidyamala will weave together mind-training approaches from both early and later Buddhism. These methods support us in gently unwinding the knots of suffering within, while also turning outward with intentional kindness as a way to cultivate compassion and love.

Many describe our world as being in a state of “permacrisis” or “polycrisis” with overlapping and ongoing global challenges. How are we to respond?

The Buddha’s answer remains timeless: cultivate wisdom, seeing things as they truly are; and compassion, allowing the heart to break open for ourselves and others. The world urgently needs wise and kind individuals, and this retreat offers a grounded, practical training for our challenging times.

The weekend will include teaching, guided meditations, and devotional practice. Let us come together for the sake of the world. It is more urgent than ever.

This retreat also serves as a taster for a week-long retreat that Vidyamala and team plan to offer in 2027.

Session times

24-26 July, 2026

First daily session (2 hrs): USA & Canada PST 2:00 am | México CST 3:00 am | USA & Canada EST 5:00 am | IE & UK BST 10:00 am | Europe CEST 11:00 am | India IST 2:30 pm | Australia AEST 7:00 pm | New Zealand NZST 9:00 pm

Second daily session (1.5 hrs): USA & Canada PST 8:00 am | México CST 9:00 am | USA & Canada EST 11:00 am | IE & UK BST 4:00 pm | Europe CEST 5:00 pm | India IST 8:30 pm | Australia AEST 1:00 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 3:00 am (next day)

Third daily session (1.5 hrs): USA & Canada PST 11:30 am | México CST 12:30 pm | USA & Canada EST 2:30 pm | IE & UK BST 7:30 pm | Europe CEST 8:30 pm | India IST 12:00 midn (next day) | Australia AEST 4:30 am (next day) | New Zealand NZST 6:30 am (next day)

Attend any or all conversations in Zoom.

This event will be recorded and may be published online for others to access. Only the leader's video will be used except where users consent to appear spotlighted in a public conversation. Private conversations in breakout rooms will not be recorded.