losang dragpa buddhist retreat

[rachelsdad]

am thinking of spending a day at their retreat in todmorden for a de-stressing time.has anybody been to this place ?

[RATTER15]

I cant see you are going to learn a lot in a day, they cannot destress you, you need to learn to do that yourself. My partner carakeel and I have a few Buddhas around the house, we give them gifts and they return the favour by giving us peace and tranquility, we aren't Buddhists but enjoy the relaxation and peacefulness that exude from our Buddhas.


Get yourself a Buddha and spend some time getting to know him, look after him and he will look after you, we prefer the Thai Buddhas.

[dot.hawkes]

They have a Buddist centre in Tod? By the eck. Whereabouts is it? Mind I havn't been to Tod since May so i must have missed it.

[RATTER15]

Dot, I have been to a couple of these Buddhist retreats, they are usually in a private house, A big private house though!!

[dot.hawkes]

ooo I want to know where, bet it is up Cross Stone eh?

[curlyfilm]

mmmm big private houses and buddhism ?

just practise karmha.......works for me

[dot.hawkes]

ooo I want to know where, bet it is up Cross Stone eh? No it's at Dobroyd behind the Railway Station. U must go up past the pub where my grandparenmts had their wake, near the station, Queens Hotel.

[dot.hawkes]

Just read about Dobroyd castle and the woman he built it for was a Stansfield, two of my great uncles married standfield sisters in Tod. Small world, not related to Gracie or Lisa though.

[curlyfilm]

hello dot, did i say i think your great xxx

[RATTER15]

That's one heck of a retreat, I just been looking at it as well.
I do know of one in North Devon on a similar but smaller scale. I had to go there to kill the moles in the lawns!! and went to another one on Dartmoor to kill the rats and mice!!not really in the true spirit of Buddhism lol

[RATTER15]

Dot, you say you must have missed it!! was that monumental castle like structure hiding on the day you went there lol

[sunflower71]

aww I so need to go to this place but its too far away from me

[dot.hawkes]

Oh I knew about Dobroyd Ratter, but only cos my folks are from Tod and Hebden, back when they were alive it wasn't owt to do with Buddism lol

[RATTER15]

Sunflower, there are Buddhist retreats all over the Country, you will find one close to you I'm sure, probably not quite as grand as losang dragpa though, where abouts are you?

[Theland]

Ratter - you give a lump of clay or wood some gifts? And they ... er ... give you something back?
Oh! I see. Have you eaten too much muesli?