Pilgrimage & Retreat to India January 2023 : Information Meeting

You can join IN PERSON or ONLINE.

Next January, Lama Samten and Tenzin Gawa (Jason) will fly to South India for a Meditation retreat in Gajang Kongpo Monastery, together with a visit the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in North India, like Bodhgaya and Sarnath. You are welcome to join us. We ask certain essential prerequisites, in order to take full advantage of this spiritual journey. The best preparation would be to have followed the Courses given at Paramita Centre : Calm-Abiding Meditation Course and Lamrim (Buddhist Philosophy) Course; or else, if you already studied and practiced Buddhism since a while. You can see here the video of our retreat at Gajang Kongpo monastery in 2017.

Contact : contact@paramitacentre.org

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Here is a preview of what our pilgrimage could be (preliminary itinerary:

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Day 1 : Departure from Toronto

Day 2 : Arrive in Mumbai 

Day 3 : Flight to Hubli 

Day 4 : Rest & meet the monks in Gajang Kongpo Monastery 

Day 5 to 11th : Retreat at Gajang Kongpo Monastery 

Day 12 : Flight to Varanasi Day 

13 : Visit Sarnath and Varanasi 

Day 14 : Take minibus to Bodhgaya 

Day 15 : Visit Bodhgaya and its surroundings

Day 16 : Visit the ruin of Nalada University, Rajgir and Vulture peak

Day 17 : Visit the place where Buddha practiced ascetic life and received the milk and rice pudding from Sujata near Falgu River 

Day 18 : Night train to Delhi  

Day 19 : Visit Delhi 

Day 20 : Fly Back to Toronto