BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1778@anukampaproject.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260131T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260131T180000 DTSTAMP:20260126T161722Z URL:https://anukampaproject.org/events/anukampa-grove-afternoon-retreat-ja n-2026/ SUMMARY:Anukampa Grove Afternoon Retreat Jan 2026 (with Ven Canda) DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\nJoin us at our beautiful new monastery for a rel axed day of meditation\, discussion and tea with Dhamma friends!\n\nWe wou ld like to invite you to practice with us in the tranquil Anukampa Grove B hikkhuni Monastery\, which is just 5 miles from Oxford\, from 14:30 until 18:00pm. Please arrive and settle in quietly at 14:00\, so we can start wi th some Dhamma teaching at 14:30.\n\n \;\n\nThis retreat is offered on a donation basis and we gratefully receive all contributions towards our running and other expenses at your discernment.\n\n \;\n\nIMPORTANT:\n \n1. Numbers are limited\, so please request your invitation early.\n\n2. Anukampa Grove is located in Boars Hill\, Oxford. Be sure that you can mak e this trip before applying. You can check and plan your journey ahead by google map\, entering "Boars Hill\, Oxford" if you plan to drive. If you a re coming by public transport\, it is 5 miles from Oxford railway station\ , about 50 mins including 15 mins bus ride and 35 mins walking\, OR\, 30 m ins taxi ride from the train station to the monastery. We will let you kno w the exact location\, which bus to take\, also will send you a lift and s hare spreadsheet so participants can arrange to share a ride if they wish. \n\n3. Parking space is limited to 8 cars\, and it is illegal to park on t he street. If you must drive\, please ensure you receive approval for park ing in advance.\n\n4. We will reply once we have gauged numbers and send y ou complete information at that time\, including our precise location\, wh at to bring\, etc. Please do not contact us beforehand\, as we do not have enough admin support to reply individually!\n\n5. If you need to cancel a fter registering\, please make sure you let us know so we can release your space.\n\n6. If you decide to apply for the waiting list\, please ensure you are available to be called at short notice in case of any cancellation s. We keep our waiting list small\, so if you are no longer available\, pl ease email us to withdraw your name from the list. This will help us avoid unnecessary calls.\n\n \;\n\n~ Thank you for your consideration ~\n\n  \;\n\nWe are really excited to see you here!\n\n \;\nSupporting A nukampa\nAnukampa Grove Bhikkhuni Monastery provides the only opportunity where\, for the very first time in the UK\, women can train towards full b hikkhuni ordination and the monastery runs entirely on voluntary donations . We welcome you to donate towards our running costs and the Sangha's requ isites after the retreat\, or via our website here.\n\n \;\n\nNOTE\n\n 1. After submitting your request\, within five minutes you should receive an email confirming that we have received it. Please check your junk mail inbox if you do not receive it. We advise you to add our email address boo kings@anukampaproject.org as a contact\, to prevent our emails going into your junk folder.\n\n2. If you do not receive it within an hour\, please c ontact us at bookings@anukampaproject.org. Please be aware that emails tha t we send to non-Gmail\, Hotmail or Outlook email account outside the UK ( e.g. .pl\; .gmx etc)\, are often rejected as 'undelivered' for unknown rea sons. Please therefore contact us from a Gmail\, Hotmail or Outlook email account where at all possible\, to save disappointment.\n\n \;\n\nHeal th and community care: Please do not attend if you feel ill (e.g. if you h ave any symptoms of Covid or any other viral infections).\n\n \;\n\n~ IMPORTANT !! ~  To ensure you see our most up-to-date page and bookings availability\, YOU MUST REFRESH your browser by pressing F5 OR click the ↺ reload sign on the address bar.\n\nTHIS EVENT IS FULL AND NO LONGER TA KING WAITING LISTS. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://anukampaproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2 024/07/Anukampa-Grove.jpg CATEGORIES:2026 LOCATION:Anukampa Grove\, Boars Hill\, Oxford\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Boars Hill\, Oxford\, Unite d Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anukampa Grove:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR