Retreat Center 'Tarini Dvori' for Mahayana Buddhist Studies, Meditation and Retreat
The Croatian Buddhist Society Padmasana holds its activities on a spacious estate in a peaceful, tranquil and forested environment, at the location of Marija Magdalena, a settlement near the town of Zaprešić.
The estate is used with spacious buildings adapted for staying in quiet retreat, for meditation practices, spiritual teachings and Tibetan medical yoga.
The estate provides opportunities for various activities in nature, participation in outdoor workshops accompanied by the sound of birdsong and periodic seminars in which members spontaneously socialize.
The estate is surrounded by forest land which will be arranged for further dharma activities aimed at awakening the dormant sense for nature and the spontaneity of life.
Activities at the center 'Tarini Dvori' with a weekly program under the guidance of resident teachers:
- buddhist study of Mahayana Sutra texts together with practice in the preliminaries
- recitation of Sutrayana texts
- practice in Buddhist tantra of the generation stage
- annual retreat for permanent members
- weekend physical activities in maintaining the center and clearing the forest terrain
Occasional activities:
- visits and teachings by eminent teachers from the Mahayana tradition
- departure of society members on pilgrimage to sacred places and hidden caves of secret hermits (siddhas) in the Himalayan massif of India and Nepal