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EAST will meet West in a truly zen style as 750 practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism will converge on Killarney for a retreat course next spring. The three-day marquee event will unfold over the weekend of April 21-23, 2017, on the spectacular grounds of the Killarney Racecourse and will bring together visitors from around the world for a special course on what is considered to be the crown jewel of Buddha’s teaching, The Great Seal or Mahamudra.

The guests are all members of Diamond Way Buddhist meditation centres of the Karma Kagyu tradition and the course will be led by the teacher and meditation master, Lama Ole Nydhal.

This is the second time this course has been brought to Killarney following on from a course held at the Killarney Plaza Hotel in 2014, hosted by members of the local Diamond Way group working closely with Mary Hartnett and others of the Kerry Convention Bureau.

Delegates are expected to arrive in the region in the days before the event to avail of additional opportunities to explore the region while staying at a variety of accommodation providers in the Killarney Valley. See http://www.diamondway.ie/en/centers/Killarney/ for more details.
 

 
Above: Organisers from left, Kay Woods, Hidden Ireland Tours, Mike Buckley, Chairman, Kerry Convention Bureau, Bríd Lucey, Killarney Race Course, Con Moriarty, Hidden Ireland Tours and local organising Diamond Way Buddhist meditation group, Mary Hartnett, Kerry Convention Bureau, Barry Lynch, local organising Diamond Way Buddhist meditation group, Kate O'Leary, President, Killarney Chamber of Tourism & Commerce, John Buckley, Chairman, Board of Directors, Killarney Race Course.
PICTURE: VALERIE O'SULLIVAN