About Samadhi
Our Mission
Samadhi, a registered charity in the UK, is a non-sectarian organisation led by David (Dorje Gyalpo) and Manu Oromith. It combines both our visions—David’s for helping others through meditation and Buddhist psychology, and Manu’s for sharing yoga and promoting a better relationship with our environment.
Our work as a charity and community is rooted in the aspiration to cultivate genuine wellbeing—eudaemonic happiness—and to assist others in that journey. Our teachings follow that of Lama B. Alan Wallace, our Spiritual Patron, and integrates traditional wisdom from the Buddhist tradition, modern applications of contemplative practice, and insights from neuroscience and Western psychology.
We run in-person retreats and online classes on meditation, Buddhism, and yoga. We offer training in shamatha (tranquillity) and vipashyana (insight) meditation, yoga, and a programme of core Buddhist teachings. These practices may be of interest to those exploring and following the Buddhist path as well as those seeking greater mental and emotional balance. Our offerings also include a podcast, several online programmes, a community group, and weekly group practice and discussion sessions.
In March of 2025 we took over operations from The Contemplative Consciousness Network (CCN), you can read more about this development here.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and levels of experience and value diversity in all its forms. We are an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-friendly organisation.
At Samadhi, we are committed to:
Supporting mental and physical wellbeing
Through the promotion of practices found in the Buddhist tradition, including meditation, mindfulness, and yoga.
Advancing education
In meditation, mindfulness, and other contemplative practices aimed at bringing about inner and outer transformation
Sharing Buddhist wisdom
Sharing the principles of Buddhist teachings and promoting the study and practical application of those principles.
Establishing a Retreat Centre
Creating an inspiring and welcoming place for like-minded people to gather, share, and practice
The CCN
In March of 2025, the CCN (Contemplative Consciousness Network) opted to close and transfer all its assets to Samadhi.
Our Spiritual Patron - Lama B. Alan Wallace (PhD)
We are delighted that Lama B. Alan Wallace, PhD, graciously accepted the role of official spiritual patron of Samadhi. As a renowned scholar, practitioner and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and a prominent voice in the interface with science, Lama Alan’s support of our vision and work is something we’re honoured to have.
Lama Alan is the root lama of our co-founder, David Oromith, and has authorised him to teach, a responsibility David holds with deep gratitude and respect. Read more about Lama Alan on his website.
The meaning behind the word:
Sam - a - dhi
Meditation is not just something we do to ‘switch off’ and relax. One particular type of meditation found in the Buddhist tradition is called shamatha meditation. Shamatha can be described as an array of practices through which we train our attention and develop deep states of concentration (samadhi). Eventually, we may achieve a state which is blissful, luminous, and nonconceptual. Once we have reached this very advanced concentrated state of mind, our mind is very balanced, flexible and serviceable, and when combined with vipassana practice, can bring about radical and irreversible transformation.
Coming from the Sanskrit, the word samadhi is often translated as ‘single-pointed attention,’ ‘unification of mind,’ or simply ‘concentration,’ but in the context of the three higher trainings, it can be seen as the wider cultivation of mental balance and wellbeing.
Shamatha and Vipashyana
One of our primary emphases is the training and cultivation of shamatha and vipashyana. As discussed above, the purpose of shamatha is to achieve advanced states of samadhi, or meditative concentration, where one is able to focus unwavering attention on a single object.
An often overlooked part of the path, the Buddha strongly emphasised the importance of achieving shamatha in order to achieve personal liberation. The transformative power of Buddhist meditation occurs when we’ve cultivated the stability and vividness of shamatha, and then put it to use through the practices of vipashyana (insight practice). It was this union that the Buddha asserted provides liberation from suffering.
Meditation Classes
& Retreats
Meditation classes, day courses and retreats, helping you to deepen your experience of meditation & Buddhism.
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The Samadhi
Podcast
Free bitesize talks and guided meditations that help you become happier, more peaceful and positive.
Listen to The Samadi Podcast >
Supporting Your
Practice
Sharing information, texts and sources that will help guide your own personal practice.
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The Samadhi Eco Retreat
Centre
Samadhi has a vision to create 'Samadhi Retreat Centre' - a self-sustainable, eco community and retreat centre.
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