Padmasagara
Padmasagara comes from Yorkshire and discovered Buddhism in Leeds in 2011. He was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 2016 and given the Buddhist name “Padmasagara”, which means “Ocean of Lotuses”.
For 6 years (2017-2023) he lived at Padmaloka Retreat Centre and led retreats there as part of the men’s ordination team.
He now lives in Berlin and teaches Buddhism and meditation at the Buddhistisches Tor Triratna centre in Kreuzberg.
He’s particularly interested in the connection between the body and the imagination, and explores this relationship in his own meditation practice and through his teaching style.
He is currently training to be a teacher of the Alexander Technique and also enjoys mythology, storytelling, music and poetry.
Events with Padmasagara
Entering Indra’s Net: Practising with ImageMay 1 - 8, 2026
The intriguing image of Indra’s Net depicts a vast net with a jewel woven into each knot. Every jewel reflects every other jewel in an infinite myriad of singular images. In our minds many images arise, but how do we engage with image in a way that is opening and creative rather than constricting and proliferating. How do we incline to images that liberate and resource us as opposed to images that entice and fool us. With our meditation firmly grounded in right view, embodied awareness and metta, we can open up to the potency of image. On this retreat…
Meditating on the Bahiya SuttaAugust 7 - 14, 2026
In the Bahiya Sutta of the Udana we not only find an inspiring story of one person’s spiritual quest and awakening, but also a simple yet profound guide to meditation. The Buddha instructs Bahiya: “…as regards things seen, heard, sensed or cognised, there will be in the seen only the seen, in the heard only the heard, in the sensed only the sensed, in the cognised only the cognised.” In other words, the Buddha invited Bahiya to remain present with what is, without overlaying, projecting or reading anything whatsoever into his experience. On this retreat we’ll cultivate clarity, metta and…