Retreat Facilities
🌟 Retreat facilities are now being developed
at Land of Arya Tara 🌟
You can be part of this sacred development!
Why build a place for retreat?
A Protected Environment for Deep Practice
A retreat place offers something ordinary life cannot:
silence
simplicity
seclusion
freedom from distraction
These conditions allow practitioners to engage in meditation and Dharma study at a depth that is impossible in daily life.
Retreat environments act as containers for transformation—where the mind can settle, heal, and open.
Support for Individual Awakening
For practitioners, retreat provides:
clarity of mind
emotional healing
insight into the nature of mind
strengthened compassion
deepened discipline and joy in practice
Retreat centers offer the conditions that make profound personal transformation possible.
Preservation of the Dharma
Retreat spaces help ensure that:
the teachings are not only studied but internalised
current and future generations can experience authentic meditative practice
deep lineages have a home where they can be transmitted
A retreat place safeguards the living continuity of the Dharma, not just its texts.
Collective Benefit and Community Strength
Building a retreat place strengthens the sangha:
shared purpose
shared effort
shared inspiration
It becomes a spiritual home for the community—a place to gather, practice, celebrate, and grow. For small groups, it creates identity and cohesion.
Why sponsor a place for retreat?
Inspiration for One’s Own Path
Sponsoring a retreat facility can awaken:
The aspiration to do retreat oneself
Confidence that diligent practice is possible
Courage to take personal vows and commitments more seriously
A more regular meditation routine
The physical place externalises the practitioner’s inner aspiration—you help build it outside, and something builds inside you at the same time.
A Source of Ongoing Merit and Blessings
A retreat centre continuously generates:
meditation
mantra recitation
prayers
virtuous actions
Anyone who contributes to its creation shares in that ongoing merit for as long as the place exists. It becomes a constant generator of positive karma that benefits both the living and the deceased.
Peace for the World
A retreat centre radiates calm into its surroundings. Its influence benefits:
the local environment
the wider community
the world through the intentions and practices generated there
Even people who never visit are touched by its presence.
A Physical Anchor for the Sacred
Sacred spaces help practitioners:
feel grounded
connect with lineage
experience blessing
develop faith and devotion
A retreat place becomes a landmark of meaning—a reminder of what is truly important.
Legacy
A retreat centre is a gift to:
future practitioners
future teachers
future generations who may not yet exist
It becomes a lasting offering of compassion and wisdom to the world.
You can help build this special Place of Retreat!
