Passaddhi Meditation Centre  

Welcome to the Passaddhi Meditation Centre

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'.
Marjó Oosterhoff was the resident teacher and manager at Passaddhi. She now only gives retreats at other venues.
She seeks to make the wisdom teachings of the Buddha and other spriritual teachers, and in particular their 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 in this tradition.
Nowadays Marjó practises meditation in a less rigid, more open way, influenced by the teachings of Jason Siff, who has authorised her to teach retreats in the spirit of his Recollective Awareness Meditation (RAM), which he has developed many years ago.

Please email Marjó when you would like information about retreats or to request a booking form. Your email address will then be included in the emailing list. You can unsubscribe again at any time of course.

There will no longer be any retreats at Passaddhi. Instead Marjó is guiding retreats in other venues around the country.

 

Self-catering chalet

There is a self-catering chalet on site for personal retreats or as a base for exploring the area, suitable for one person. Only occasionally available from mid May to mid August, with a minimum stay of 2 nights.