A wabi-sabi retreat in the Netherlands. Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic, which finds beauty and truth in our simple, ordinary experiences. The Dharma teaches that everything changes, nothing is ever complete and real satisfaction seems always out of reach. These are the harsh truths of human life. And yet… there is a beauty in being human.

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - Enlightenment is the state of 'being awake'. But how exactly do we wake up from our own illusions? The Buddha referred to these illusions as 'fetters', and described how they bind us to suffering. He also showed us that we, like him, could see through them, one by one.

Rivendell Retreat Centre, UK - Enlightenment is the state of 'being awake'. But how exactly do we wake up from our own illusions? The Buddha referred to these illusions as 'fetters', and described how they bind us to suffering. He also showed us that we, like him, could see through them, one by one.