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Autumn Ordination Retreat 2026
From 1st to 29th September.
Triratna ordination retreats are by invitation only.
Special Retreat – The Secret Valley : Men’s Mountain Meditation Retreat @ Guhyaloka
From Sat 3rd to Sat 10th of October 2.026
In a world full of noise, distraction and endless demands on our attention, sometimes the most radical thing we can do is leave it behind. This retreat is an invitation to travel together from the familiar into the unknown — leaving the familiar and crossing into the Spanish mountains to hike up to Guhyaloka: the Secret Valley. Hidden in a secluded valley near Alicante, surrounded by pine forest and mountain slopes, Guhyaloka supports a deeper mind like no other place. Beautiful, off-grid and far from ordinary life, it offers the rare conditions in which we can stop, listen to the quiet and discover our potential when the usual distractions fall away.
Led by Dayanatha and Bodhimati
Guhyaloka Winter Meditation Practice Retreat
Sunday 20th December 2.026 – Sunday 3rd January 2.027
Join us in the stillness and tranquility of the secret valley during the shorter, darker days of winter. We will be making the most of these magical conditions to go deeper in our meditation practice on this silent retreat. You can join us for one or two weeks. Open to all men practicing within the Triratna Buddhist Community with a daily meditation practice and some retreat experience.
September 2027: Order Insight Retreat
From 6th of September to 4th October
This Retreat is fully booked. But if you want to give a try, we will put you in our waiting list!
This is a one month, mostly silent meditation retreat for Order members with a good level of meditation experience.The retreat will be based on the Order Insight retreat.
Led by Satyaraja
Guhyaloka For the Ages
We are currently undergoing a major renovation of the retreat center due to outdated facilities and the challenges of climate change. If you would like to support us in this process
you can find all the information at the following link:click here
Our Activities
Solitary Retreats
About Guhyaloka
Although one can see the Mediterranean from some parts of the property Guhyaloka is situated in a very secluded mountain valley in the province of Alicante in Spain. The community members have chosen to live a simple life away from the business of the world and modern social life and at the same time to provide facilities for men who also want to leave their normal world behind for anything from one to twelve weeks, so as to deepen their spiritual practice. This can be done either alone in one of our four solitary cabins, or with others by joining the community for a while, or by coming on one of our other type of retreats.
An important function of Guhyaloka is to host the annual Ordination courses during which fifteen or so men, after several years’ training, join the Triratna Buddhist Order.
Guhyaloka is for men only but at Akashavana, which is also in Spain, there are similar facilities for women to engage in intensive retreats, especially when they are ordained.
Uttaraloka
Uttaraloka is a “forest hermitage” in a neighbouring valley. Manjuvajra, a long time member of the Triratna Buddhist Order lives there as caretaker and invites others to join him to live a simple life as part of a small community away from the ‘world’ – the complexities and distractions of normal life.