Basic Program and Masters Program Retreats

Here you find information about retreats in FPMT centers that offer students of the Basic Program the possibility to fullfill the three-month lamrim retreat requirement. This Basic Program completion requirement can be fulfilled by doing three times one month of lamrim retreat, or in longer stretches; one three-month retreat is recommended as the ideal way to integrate the study of the Basic Program subjects.

For Basic Program Online students the completion requirement is a one-month lamrim retreat.

Masters Program Online students also have a one-month lamrim retreat requirement; they can make use of the below offered options for fulfilling this MP Online completion requirement as well.

*Additions and corrections to your Basic Program retreat as listed here can be made by contacting Education Services.

Three-month retreats at the conclusion of their Basic Program will be offered by:

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Nalanda Monastery, France, Schedule for forthcoming retreats as part of the third Nalanda BP, 2018-2022, to be announced; please contact Nalanda’s Basic Program coordinator if you would like to make use of the exclusive opportunity of completing your BP retreat requirement in a monastic environment. 

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One-month retreats are offered as part of their Basic Program or Masters Program by:

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Institut Vajra Yogini, Lavaur, France, 2018,  January 27 – February 23 
IVY’s yearly month-long lamrim winter retreats offer BP students from all over Europe the opportunity to complete their 3 months of lamrim retreat requirement in the course of their five year Basic Program.

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Nalanda Monastery, France, 2017-2018
6 November – 6 December 2017; 1 March – 1 April 2018; 5 May – 5 June 2018
Preceded on each of the three occasions by a month of lamrim teachings by Nalanda’s Basic Program teacher Geshe Jamphel Gyaltsen,  Nalanda Monastery offers wonderful opportunities in 2017 and 2018 to extensively study and meditate on the lamrim in its inspiring monastic environment. Contact Nalanda’s Basic Program coordinator if you would like to make use of this exclusive opportunity for completing your BP retreat requirement.

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Kalachakra Retreat Center, France; 170 KM from Paris by direct train. December 2017 – January 2018   details to be announced

Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy – one month lamrim retreat offered as part of ILTK’s Basic Program and Masters Program 8 January – 2 February 2018
Please contact ILTK’s education department for details.

De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre , Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is offering a discount rate of $A 125 per week for Basic Program and Masters Progam students who choose De-Tong Ling to do their BP or MP retreat. Cost of food and firewood (in winter) are not included

To facilitate fulfilling the one-month lamrim retreat requirement for Basic Program and Masters Program Online students, FPMT Education Services now provides materials on the Online Learning Center: ONE-MONTH LAMRIM RETREAT – Guidelines and Support Materials. The page is accessible upon request for individual students who have completed the review and final exam but can not attend a group retreat offered in a center, or prefer to do an individual retreat.

For individual three-month and one-year retreats in the context of Basic Program and Masters Program completion, a separate course, PREPARATION FOR LONG RETREAT – Guidelines and Support Materials, is planned to be provided on the FPMT Online Learning Center as well.