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Help support our vision!

Give Dana (Donate)

At Samadhi, we aim to provide a sanctuary of serenity, welcoming all people who wish to explore meditation and Buddhism. Your donations make an invaluable contribution to the running of Samadhi and to the goal of the future Samadhi Retreat Centre. Learn more about the Buddhist tradition of dana.

Offer Dana

While our weekly classes are offered freely, you are welcome to offer dana. Dana is a Buddhist tradition where we offer from the heart in a spirit of gratitude and generosity. Your generosity is greatly appreciated and all money goes directly into supporting our activities and fundraising for the Samadhi Eco Retreat Centre.

Optional Donation - This donation will support fundraising for the Samadhi Eco Retreat Centre.

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I want to Gift Aid my donation and any donations I make in the future or have made in the past 4 years to the Samadhi Retreat Centre (Charity number: 1207744)..

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What is The Samadhi Project?

The Samadhi Project is our vision for an eco-retreat centre and community in the South of Wales.

The purpose of the retreat centre is for it to be an inspiring and welcoming place for like-minded people to gather, visit, or live together, learning about meditation, Buddhist psychology, contemplative training, and sustainable living. It will also be a place for those who wish to devote themselves to full-time retreat, on a short or long-term basis, providing an ideal, harmonious, and secluded environment for this.

At the heart of the centre and community’s values will be the pursuit of an ethical way of life, living in harmony with each other and our environment, in an environmentally sustainable way (i.e. recycling and conserving water, utilising solar energy, growing our own food organically, eating plant-based.)

What are donations used for?

In the absence of any wealthy investors, in order to realise our vision for a retreat centre for the benefit of all, we need to raise funds. Donations we receive help support our activities, including our yearly programme, and go towards this vision for a retreat centre. When the time is right, the funds raised will be used to locate and acquire a suitable piece of land, and then, for the process of converting or building various structures and buildings (such as private meditation huts, shared meditation spaces, our main building, accommodation, etc.) We will also raise funds to sustain the first working visitors and members of the community before we can support ourselves.

Why donate to The Samadhi Project?

By donating to The Samadhi Project you are helping to realise our vision for a more peaceful and harmonious world, one where we prioritise collective wellbeing rather than materialistic pursuits. In Buddhism, there is a concept known as ‘kalyāṇa-mittatā’ (in Pali). It is the concept of spiritual or ‘admirable’ friendship within a community, of a supportive group relationship based on shared ethical values and goals. We want to attract and bring together people who bring out the best in each other and whose values align.

Our hope is that this centre will not only help many people directly, but that it will arise as an inspiration for others. Over the many years that we hope it will flourish, thousands upon thousands of people may visit and benefit from the practices they learn and the skills they develop there, benefitting themselves and their own lives but that of those around them.

We are so grateful for your support for this humble project, and we look forward to welcoming you to the Samadhi Eco Retreat Centre as soon as we can.