All retreat registrations will only be accessible to register approximately thirty days before each retreat’s starting date. You will not be able to register for any retreat until each individual registration form becomes active.
Also Note: Vesak and Kathina are not retreats, but we list them here for your convenience. It is not necessary to register for them if you are only coming for the day. To make overnight arrangements for Kathina and Vesak, please use the Visit Registration form.
If a retreat is listed as “full”, you can request to be put on a “Wait List”, this list will be used as spaces become available. Please submit a Visitor’s Registration form and in Special Needs write that you are requesting to be put on the Wait List and specify retreat, then enter the dates for the retreat
The Lifetime Precepts will be offered at the end of long retreats with the exception of the Year End Retreat Part I and Part II. There may be an occasional change when the monastic leading a retreat decides to offer or decline to offer the precepts.
Dates | Theme | Nights | Teacher | Level | Open |
Batch Full | Introduction to Meditation Retreat | 3 nights | Bhante Seelananda | Beginner | No |
Batch Full | Fall Family Work Weekend Retreat | 3 nights | Monastic Community | Any | Yes |
Batch Full | Seven Factors of Enlightenment Retreat | 6 nights | Bhante Gunaratana | Intermediate | Yes |
Batch Full | Metta Retreat | 6 nights | Bhante Seelananda | Any | Yes |
Batch Full | Kathina Celebration | This is not a retreat. | Yes | ||
Batch Full | Three Characteristics of Existence Retreat | 3 nights | Bhante Gunaratana | Any | Yes |
Batch Full | Thanksgiving Retreat | 4 nights | Bhante Seelananda | Any | Yes |
Batch Full | Year End Retreat Part I | 7 nights | Bhante Gunaratana | Intermediate | Yes |
Batch Full | Year End Retreat Part II | 8 nights | Bhante Seelananda | Intermediate | Yes |
Guide to Levels
Any | Some formal meditation practice through advanced meditators |
Beginner | Beginning meditators ONLY please |
Intermediate | Meditators who have attended two or more short retreats at Bhavana Society or two retreats each lasting three full days at other centers |
Youth Only | Youth-ages 11-19 only. |