medicine buddha retreat
3-Day Immersive Retreat | October 4 – 6, 2025
About the Retreat
“Normally, people think that Medicine Buddha is for healing but it’s not only that! You can use the Medicine Buddha practice for ANY purpose, ANY problem, ANYTHING. The Medicine Buddha practice is so precious.”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
This retreat is the perfect opportunity to spend time developing a relationship with the Medicine Buddha deities and their qualities in ourselves. The retreat will include teachings and meditations on:
- awareness of suffering and its causes;
- how to develop compassion for self and others;
- and visualising healing energy.
The main part of the retreat consists of the Medicine Buddha sadhana practice with mantra recitation sessions for visualizing healing, as well as positive outcomes, for ourselves, others, and the environment.
Benefits of the Medicine Buddha Practice
- Our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, explains: “Any living being who hears the name of Medicine Buddha never gets reborn in the lower realms – that’s the benefit of just hearing the name, the mantra of Medicine Buddha. This is due to the great compassion of the Medicine Buddhas.”
- It is very powerful for purification – it purifies any broken vows or precepts.
- It is very powerful for healing sickness.
- And not only that, it is also very powerful for success.
meet our retreat leaders
Venerable Dekyi
A very popular teacher at Vajrayana Institute, Venerable Dekyi met the dharma in 1992 and realised immediately that there was no other way for her to live. She was ordained a year later. Ven Dekyi has studied the Buddha dharma in depth, taught at a number of FPMT centres including Tushita, Dharamsala. She has a broad understanding of secular life and the dharma. She completed many of the topics of the Basic Program at Chenrezig Institute before moving to Vajrayana in 2019.
Wai Cheong Kok
Wai Cheong Kok is from Singapore. He has been teaching meditation and Buddhism since 1996, with a special interest in making available the benefits of meditation to a wider audience. From 2006-2015 and starting from 2020, he has served as a senior teacher at Vajrayana Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist Centre affiliated to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). After studying Dharma for several years, Wai Cheong set out to deepen his understanding of spiritual practice by finishing the FPMT Masters Program at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in Italy from 1998-2004 completed with a four-month solitary retreat in New Zealand.
residential options
Deepen your retreat experience by staying at Vajrayana Institute.
Immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of Vajrayana Institute, where comfort, convenience, and mindfulness merge seamlessly.
Accommodation for the retreat is limited. Be sure to get in quick and book your stay today!
retreat package
3 day medicine buddha retreat
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guidance and support from our experienced retreat leader
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catered lunch
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retreat materials
3 day medicine buddha retreat + 2 nights shared accommodation
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guidance and support from our experienced retreat leader
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light breakfast
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catered lunch
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retreat materials
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1 nights shared accommodation
3 day medicine buddha retreat + 3 nights shared accommodation
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guidance and support from our experienced retreat leader
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light breakfast
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catered lunch
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retreat materials
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2 nights shared accommodation during retreat
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1 night accommodation the evening prior
