Meditation Programmes

Meditation makes us relaxed and our minds calmer and more focused.

Why practice meditation?

Because it helps to manage stress, which has become a serious health concern in modern society, due to its hectic pace, and our inability to cope with it. Stressful life makes us unhappy, tired, impatient, and leads us to face more and more complex problems, which can be mental, physical and emotional depressed.
Meditation makes us relaxed and our minds calmer and more focused. Even a simple breathing meditation can help us to overcome stress, as it helps to understand our own mind and transform our negative attitudes to positive, disturbed minds to be peaceful, and un-happiness to be happy. Overcoming negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts are the purpose of Buddhist meditations. This is a profound spiritual practice one can enjoy throughout the day, not just while seated during meditation.

One Day Meditation Program

Meditation under Ti Ratana Community Centre presently conducts one-day and three-day programs. One Day program is more suitable for novices as it starts with an introduction to Buddhism, theory and practice meditation, and continues with question and answer session. The program starts at 8.30 am and ends at 4.30 pm. Guided meditational retreats are conducted both in Sinhala and English languages.

We also conduct a 3-hour program on the 1^st Sunday of every month from 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm.

3- Day Meditation Program

3 – Day Meditation Program is composed of short daily lessons, organized over 3 days. Each with its own unique themes, goals, and insights. The program is self-paced, and techniques are presented in a way that both secular and spiritually-minded people can get connected. No particular belief or worldview is required for following the lessons.
Each day opens with an inspiring quote, followed with a daily lesson, and finally, further resources are provided to deepen one’s knowledge and clear any doubts.