Live | September 15 – 20
Annual TSK Retreat Europe with Jack Petranker
How to Be More Fully Alive – based on the book Dynamics of Time and Space
We know that our lives unfold in time, but that is a limited way of seeing.
We are not in time-we are time.
Because we do not see this, we lose the opportunity to be free. We tell a
story that unfolds in time, and that story becomes our identity. Now we are
trapped by the past-a frozen, rigid way to live.
In this retreat, we will ask what it means to be time. We will explore how
the past takes over our lives, and how to break free of the limits it sets.
Working with passages from Chapters 10 and 11 of Dynamics of Time and Space,
we will experiment in our moment-to-moment experience with ways to base our
lives on a future that is never shaped in advance-a realm of perfect
freedom.
Jack Petranker is the main editor of Tarthang Tulku’s extensive book series on ‘Time Space Knowledge’ – the undogmatic vision that opens up all aspects life for us.
The Time Space Knowledge Vision (TSK) – together with Kum Nye Tibetan Relaxation – were the two most important entrances to the teachings when the European Nyingma Centers opened their doors in the seventies of the last century.
Both studyfields are crisply alive and more relevant and supportive than ever in these challenging times.
For the sixth time the Annual Time Space Knowledge Retreat will take place in september 2026 in the lovely German countryside near Berlin.
Both seasoned and new TSK students are very welcome to attend.
All it takes is a sincere and open interest to investigate the fabric and fabrication of our everyday realities.
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.
At the edge of the future, time sparkles; in the richness of feeling
and energy, time glows. When we find such special places and learn to let
them expand or deepen, we discover time coursing through our bodies and
illuminating our minds: a dimension wholly inseparable from our own
being.
Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space
Instructor
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 15 – Sunday, September 20, 2026
Place: Neu Plaue Retreat Center, Germany
Language: The retreat will be conducted in English.
Lodging: Onsite rooms available
Costs:
Shared room € 495,- including all meals;
Single room € 595,- including all meals
Location retreat How to Be More Fully Alive
The retreat will take place in Neu Plaue, near the city of Brandenburg, west of Berlin.
It is about 30 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.
The center has a garden, meadows, fields.
Beautiful, calm, peaceful, surroundings in the heart of the countryside with delightful rustic forest walks. Lovely fresh food from the garden, cooked very creatively!
Excellent teachings from Jack who makes TSK, which can be challenging, accessible and relevant to everyday life.
A wonderful opportunity to get away from the hustle & bustle and open your mind to a new way of seeing/experiencing life.
Fran Burns
Retreat schedule (CEST) Retreat How to Be More Fully Alive
Tuesday, September 15
| 16:00 – 18:00 hrs | Check-in and Register |
| 18:00 – 19:00 hrs | Welcome dinner |
| 19:30 – 21:00 hrs | Retreat Opening Session |
Wednesday, September 16, until Saturday, September 19
| 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 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 | Retreat Closing session |
| 12.00 – 13.00 hrs | Farewell lunch |