Sea to Sky Retreat Centre

06/26/2025

Peace Vase on the move! Thank you dear Bindu.

06/14/2025

Forest Clean Up: Work-as-Practice June 6-8.

In a world plagued by conflict, working in harmony to be productive and to support each other is precious now more than ever. So thank you all you wonderful people for coming together - please keep coming back!

And now as long as space endures,
As long as there are living beings to be found,
May I continue likewise to remain
To drive away the sorrows of the world.

06/11/2025

05/28/2025

Bear meets Buddha

03/05/2025

02/16/2025

Hello dear ones. We are delighted to share with you that registration is now open for the first retreat program of 2025. Bruce Ashton will be leading this weekend retreat and invites you all - new and experienced meditators alike - to join us for a weekend of “Touch and Go”. Happening at SSRC this spring April 18-20. Please email us at ssrc@siddharthasintent.org to get in touch. Or visit the website and explore the registration form https://siddharthasintent.org/events/touch-and-go-2/

Image by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

01/10/2025

Check out some of SSRCs non-human visitors! Seldom are these wild and beautiful mammals seen!

12/06/2024

Thank you Dear Carlos Marcondes Junior for your most recent translation of the SSRC Sustainability Plan. First translated by you into Português earlier this year and now, most recently, into Español!

SSRC Sustainability Plan now available online in English, Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese!

Sea to Sky Retreat was designed consciously to be in balance with the supporting natural resources. The path of sustaining balance is laid out in a  Sustainability Plan  which is re-statused on Earth Day of each year.  Click on the links below for Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese translations:

11/30/2024

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Gratitude to Volunteers

11/01/2024

More Work-as-Practice Oct 25-27 2024 Photos!

10/31/2024

Milking the Painted Cow

TARTHANG TULKU

“Over time [SSRC] has developed its own way of practicing, its own path. The heart of this path is work.

For students of Dharma ready to study the operation of Samsara and challenge the patterns of illusion mind, work reveals the mind in action. At first students may think of their jobs simply in terms of producing results, but as they cope with the challenges that work involves – time pressure, lack of knowledge, frustration, negative emotions – students begin to develop the clear sense that they are on a path. The discipline of getting up early, working late, and staying focused throughout the day lets them watch the rhythms of the mind, day in and day out. Working with mindfulness and a strong focus on doing their best, investigating through their work who they are and how their minds function, they are following the path of inquiry laid down in the ancient Sūtras and Śāstras. Without emphasizing formal study, initiations, or ceremonies, they are connecting with the lineage of realization.

By responding to the challenge of producing results, students learn that the mind can be changed. Using their hands and heads, they see what it is like to discipline the mind and to care. They see how commitment turns frustration into patience; how concentration turns confusion into clarity. Focused on action and on being productive, they can confront emotional ups and downs, challenge unwanted patterns, and develop endurance, flexibility, and stability. Those who enter [SSRC] start for personal reasons, but those who stay develop a love for this way of working and the way of life it supports.”

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Work-as-Practice Photos October 25-27 2024