Annual Time Space Knowledge Retreat Europe by Jack Petranker
Based on the book Knowledge of Time and Space by Tarthang Tulku
In searching for ways to speak to the West after leaving India and Tibet, Tarthang Tulku began with an inquiry into the interplay of time, space, and knowledge. In this retreat, we follow out that inquiry, exploring three short chapters from the book Knowledge of Time and Space, an illuminating, but little-studied, celebration of our human being.
The retreat is held in the beautiful Neu Plaue Retreat Center in Germany. It is in person only.
This retreat is a co-production of Nyingma Centrum Nederland, Neu Plaue Retreat Center and Center for Creative Inquiry, Berkeley, California.
Content retreat Arising Freely in Awareness
We place the self and present experience at the center of what is real. Could there be another way of knowing and being that returns time to the center, that touches the body of time directly? Could there be a way for fuller awareness to know time anew?
Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Time and Space
The body of time is the truth of our lives, yet when we look closely, we realize that time is deeply mysterious. Not understanding time, means not understanding who we are and what we could become.
In the ‘feel’ of open space . . . the mind can enjoy more beauty, accepting
a standing invitation to ‘enter’ a different realm in which there is nothing
for the mind to do. Within the ‘feel’, the display of personality becomes
the play of freely manifesting patterns.
Space is the realm of appearance, where beauty manifests and meaning takes form. When we turn into space into the empty container for what exists, we turn our back on our own power and joy.
Within the realm of symbols and meanings, the fundamental symbol is the self . . . Tied to the projects and projections of the self, the world appears fully as world: an intricate structure too subtle to be fully apprehended . . . In inescapable intimacy, self and world take form together, shaping a way of being and giving content to what is.
Instructor
Jack Petranker
Jack Petranker is Director of Mangalam Research Center, and former Dean of the Tibetan Nyingma Institute in Berkeley. A direct student of Tarthang Tulku since 1980, Jack holds degrees from Stanford, Yale, and University of California, Berkeley. He is author of When It Rains, Does Space Get Wet? and the editor of many books in the TSK series.
Practical information
Time: Tuesday, September 16 – Sunday, September 21, 2025
Place: Neu Plaue Retreat Center, Germany
Language: The retreat will be conducted in English.
Costs:
- € 495,- including on-site lodging in shared rooms with shared bathrooms (12 places available);
- € 595,- including lodging in single rooms in guesthouses nearby, and shared transportation to and from the retreat facility.
Prices include all meals.
Please register before September 2 2025
Location retreat Arising Freely in Awareness
The retreat will take place in Neu Plaue, near the city of Brandenburg, west of Berlin.
It is about 20 minutes by car from the local train station, pick-up at the station will be arranged.
The center is on 20.000 sq. meters (5 acres) of land.
Additional accommodations are available nearby, and the price will change accordingly.
The center has a garden, meadows, fields.
Retreat schedule (CEST) Retreat Arising Freely in Awareness
Tuesday, September 16
| 16:00 – 18:00 hrs | Check-in and Register |
| 18:00 – 19:00 hrs | Welcome dinner |
| 19:30 – 21:00 hrs | Opening Session |
Wednesday, September 17, until Saturday, September 20
| 07:00 – 07:45 hrs | Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga (optional) |
| 08:00 – 09:00 hrs | Breakfast and clean-up |
| 10:00 -11:30 hrs | Morning session one |
| 11.30 -12.00 hrs | Tea break |
| 12.00 – 13.00 hrs | Morning session two |
| 13.00 – 14.00 hrs | Lunch and clean-up |
| 14.00 – 16.30 hrs | Private practice or free time |
| 16.30 – 17.45 hrs | Afternoon session |
| 18.00 – 19.00 hrs | Dinner and clean-up |
| 19.30 – 21.00 hrs | Evening session |
Sunday, September 21
| 07:00 – 07:45 hrs | Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga (optional) |
| 08.00 – 09.00 hrs | Breakfast and clean-up |
| 10.00 – 11.45 hrs | Closing session |
| 12.00 – 13.00 hrs | Closing lunch |