by avik.d | Aug 18, 2025 | events
Green Tara Empowerment Several members received the Buddha Green Tara Empowerment online on August 3, in the presence of our teacher Dr Anindya Chatterjee at Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra in Salt Lake. Buddha Green Tara, the female Buddha of active compassion who, as...
by avik.d | Jun 11, 2025 | events
Celebrating Geshe La’s Birthday We celebrated the joyous occasion of our spiritual guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s birth anniversary (June 4, 1931) with a special programme of prayers, guided meditation and music on June 7 at our meditation centre in...
by avik.d | May 28, 2025 | events
Buddha Jayanti 2025 Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra marked Buddha Jayanti — the birth, enlightenment and passing of Shakyamuni Buddha — with an evening of music, recitation, talk and film screening at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur, on May 12. The programme began with...
by avik.d | May 27, 2025 | events
Retreat on Equanimity A weekend retreat on ‘Building the Foundation of an Equanimous Mind’ was held in-person and online at Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra’s meditation centre in Kolkata from March 28 to 31. Under the guidance of Dr Anindya Chatterjee, the participants...
by Amit Sharma | Jan 28, 2025 | events
Retreat on Concentration A retreat on Placing the Mind in Single-pointed Concentration was held at our meditation centre in hybrid mode from December 24, 2024 to January 1, 2025. This weeklong retreat gave us the opportunity to understand the need and develop a...
by avik.d | Dec 23, 2024 | events
Retreat at Segyu Monastery, Kathmandu A group of practitioners from Atish Dipankar Dhyan Kendra gathered for a meditation retreat at the Segyu Gaden Phodrang Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, from November 26 to December 3. Khen Lama Palden, the abbot of Segyu Monastery,...
