International Training
We offer international training with our partners. More details are below. These will take you to an external website, where you can find more details on the training offered. They are listed in date order.
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The Paramita With Maura Sills (Online)
The Paramita or Perfections of Wisdom are natural qualities of our being nature. They are to be reclaimed and uncovered rather than be learned. These qualities are part of our ethical, authentic nature. As we orient to them it opens us up to non dual consciousness and more synchronicity and easeful way of being in our world.
The seminars will combine meditation, talks and experiential practices.Dates and time
The seminars will be held on Zoom on the following Tuesday evenings from 6.30 pm to 8 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), which corresponds at 7.30 pm to 9 pm CET:
The final seminar is on March 25th 2025
The link below will take you to an external website with more information and how to book.
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May Retreat Day with Maura Sills
Core Process Gathering (Scotland) warmly invites you to an In-Person
MAY RETREAT DAY With Maura Sills
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A day of reconnection with inherent and Infinite Goodness, to enter the deep flow of wellbeing in and through us, connecting us to and nourished within the benediction of the great emptiness.
There will be times of silence, meditation, co-enquiry and experiential practices, talks and dialogue.
DATE: On Sunday, 25th May, 2025 from 10am to 5pm (Arrival from 09.30am)
VENUE: Santosa Café-Studio, 21 Albert Street, Edinburgh EH7 5LH
A simple vegan/vegetarian lunch will be provided
COST: £65 (+dana for Maura on the day)
Please note: Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Payments will be non-refundable. The studio we will use is downstairs and we regret there is no lift.
HOW TO BOOK: Please request a place by emailing Joanna on
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A Kum Nye Training With Maura Sills (Residential In Italy)
We are linking each of our four five-day Retreats to the Seasons including the Elemental Qualities and how they manifest in our embodied presence, including particular Qualities of Being. Earth Element can open us up to how the body holds fear and the opportunity to transform this and connect with courage.
The Paramita, essential qualities of heart support the enquiry in these Retreats. During this Training we will include practices from Kum Nye and Mindfulness that help us cultivate generosity; discipline; patience; diligence; concentration and wisdom. The Buddha spoke about ten perfections or parami. Later these were described as six perfections within Mahayana Buddhism. Whether ten or six, these qualities were recognized as needing to be cultivated in order to become fully self- awakened.
You need to feel comfortable with silent retreats.This training is a Foundation for those wanting to teach Kum Nye, or to further their experience with Kum Nye.
Date and venue
The Training is made of 4 five-days Retreats 2024 in Northern Italy in the lovely surroundings of Maguzzano Abbey on Lake Garda in Via Maguzzano 4, Lonato (BS) from 4 pm of the first day to 12 am of the last day:
– from Wednesday 15th of October to Sunday 19th of October 2025;
– from Wednesday 13th of May to Sunday 17th of May 2026;
– from Wednesday 14th of October to Sunday 18th of October 2026;
– from Wednesday 12th of May to Sunday 16th of May 2027.
The link below will take you to an external website with more information and how to book.
NOTE - you can also just apply to do the single training that takes place in October 2025 - PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SINGLE RETREAT.
Guidelines for Dana
Dana means “generosity” and “giving” in Pali, the language in which the Buddha’s teachings were originally recorded. The Buddha regularly emphasised in his teaching the value of generosity and sharing what we have with others, as an essential practice of cultivating happiness and wellbeing.
Dana is a foundation principle underlying the running of Retreats, and also at other Insight Meditation centres and Buddhist monasteries, around the world. This follows a two and a half thousand year-old tradition in the transmission of the dharma.
In order to make this opportunity to practice as accessible as possible, Karuna Dartmoor seeks to keep costs to a minimum. The charge you paid to attend this retreat covers only the ongoing costs of running the centre, including: food; heating; electricity; water; administration etc. The teachers serve and support your retreat out of kindness and generosity: they are not paid for the work they do.
As your time here comes to an end, you have the opportunity to support the teachers who have supported your retreat.
The Buddha encouraged dana and generosity, in recognition of our interdependence, and as a wholesome practice which helps release the heart and mind from greed and negativity. In receiving with gratitude, and giving with generosity, we become more fully conscious participants in the interconnected web of life that supports us all.
Take it as a practice: there is no expected “right amount”, so please listen to your heart and give what you are moved to offer, while also respecting your practical circumstances. Your dana ensures the continued transmission of the dharma teachings, and their accessibility to all who wish to receive them.
The Directors and Teachers at Karuna Dartmoor deeply appreciate and thank you for your kindness and generosity.
Thank you.