Day Retreat:
Equanimity, restlessness, & distraction

With Guest Order Member Saddhanandi

Saturday 12th September 2026 (10am - 4pm)

Open to all who have completed a course and are familiar with how we practice

Join us for a special day retreat at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre with guest Order Member, Saddhanandi.

Equanimity is not some passive uninterested state of mind but one of energy, combined with contentment, metta and clarity. We'll use this day to explore this mental event through meditation and discussion. 

Unfortunately, our ability to achieve the calm, insightful balance of equanimity is habitually hindered by our preference towards restlessness and distraction. A preference we tend to believe is passively happening to us rather than being driven by us.

So we'll use discussion and reflection to explore and understand the nature of these two very familiar mental events that have their own particular character and make such an impact on our lives. 

Saddhanandi is a guest Order member who lives at Adhisthana retreat centre in Herefordshire, as part of the Dharma teaching team. This day is a unique opportunity to study the Dharma with a very experienced and skilled Order member, who knew Sangharakshita personally and has a long lived experience of integrating his teachings into her life.

Please bring vegan food to share for lunch!

HOW TO BOOK

We run everything at the Nottingham Buddhist Centre on a donation basis - we want our events to be available to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. We ask for a donation at the time of booking if possible, as we’re completely reliant on your generous donations to keep our doors open to all.

We’d suggest a donation of £58/£48/£38 - or whatever amount you can and would enjoy giving. 

If you are unable to give even a very small amount, you are still very welcome. Please email info@nottinghambuddhistcentre.org and we'll book you on.

(Please note: any donation made is a donation to the centre and not payment for an event. If for some reason you can’t make the event, you’re warmly welcome to join any other suitable event)