Passaddhi was a small meditation centre outside Adrigole on the Beara Peninsula in the southwest of Ireland. Passaddhi overlooks Bantry Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and is situated on a quiet hillside between Hungry Hill and the Sugarloaf Mountain. In 1996 Marjó Oosterhoff and her husband built it as their family home, and from 1999 to 2019 meditation retreats took place at the house.
Passaddhi means 'peace and serenity'. The chalet onsite is available for personal retreats. Marjó will be available from time to time to give meditation guidance.
Marjó Oosterhoff was the resident teacher and manager at Passaddhi. She now only teaches at other venues.
She seeks to make the wisdom teachings of the Buddha and other spriritual teachers, and in particular awareness and compassion meditation practices, available to as many people as possible, whether they are Buddhist or not.
Marjó has practised meditation (both vipassana/insight and metta/loving kindness) for many years, in monasteries and meditation centres in Burma and Thailand, as well as in Buddhist retreat centres in the West. In 1995 her Thai and Burmese teachers authorised her to teach meditation retreats.
Silent Retreat: 25-31 August: Awareness and Compassion practices
Teach Bhride, Tullow, Co. Carlow
Cost: a non-refundable €100 deposit to keep your place. Costs for food and accommodation are on a donation basis.
Marjó's guidance is also on a donation basis, if it's possible to give.
We start at 7 pm on Aug 25th, and finish with lunch on August 31st.
Open awareness practice is non-directive, non-selective and non-prescriptive. We will let the mind wander where it wants; with kindness, interest and permission seeing where it takes us and understanding what it wants to show us. And, also using an 'anchor' or 'perch' if needed, e.g. the breath, sensations in hands or feet, or sounds.
Bookings with Marjó on marjo.metta@gmail.com or 086 8787040.