How Much Does it Cost to Come on Retreat?

We don't ask you to pay to come on retreat

It's a long-standing tradition in Buddhism that, as far as possible, anyone passing on the Buddha's teaching does not charge for it. Another long-standing tradition in Buddhism is to give 'dana'. Dana actually means generosity. A couple of years ago was our twentieth anniversary of buying Taraloka and we decided then to see if we could run the place on the basis of dana. The treasurer was a little apprehensive ~ after all, can you do cash-flow projections if you don't give people a definite rate to pay for a retreat?

It turns out that the answer is yes. It has worked out very successfully for us. We do ask you to send a non-returnable deposit of £30 for a weekend (£50 for longer retreats). But apart from that we don't ask you to pay anything.

What we do is make a dana appeal at the end of the retreat. We'll give you some suggestions about what we need to cover our running costs but whatever you can give is fine with us. If you can give more, that enables us to share your donation with others who can't pay very much. That way everyone can come which is what we want!

We are a registered UK charity so if you are a taxpayer you can fill in a Gift Aid Form for your donation. This increases the value of your donation at no extra cost to yourself.