We are looking for a Centre Manager at Tara Rokpa Centre. TRC is a peaceful retreat centre, situated on 280 hectares of land. TRC hosts a variety of retreats and events throughout the year, and can sleep up to 60 participants, on three sites. Although our roots are Buddhist, the centre is multi-purpose and offers [...]
The first day of spring was followed by a night where the temperature dropped to -6 degrees. Such changing weather patterns we have to adjust to! We have the welcome energy of volunteers at TRC offering their time and skills. Alex from Austria is a delightful energetic worker, keen walker and gardener, and is busy [...]
Spring is in the air here at Tara Rokpa. The blossom is out and the tiny green shoots are appearing on the trees. Even the swallows have arrived which is always a beautiful sign to me that spring is finally here. Spring is a time of renewal, and the chance to begin a new season [...]
Background The Tikologo Permaculture Site is located within the grounds of the Tara Rokpa Centre. This is a peaceful retreat centre in the Groot Marico District, situated on 280 hectares of land. Although our roots are Buddhist, the centre is multi-purpose and offers opportunities for spiritual, emotional, social and environmental healing. Tara Rokpa Centre was [...]
Patience is not really my thing... which has made the Buddhist quality of forbearance tricky to understand, never mind put into practice. Tai Situpa defined forbearance using three very practical aspects. (https://www.samyeling.org/buddhism-and-meditation/teaching-archive-2/chamgon-khentin-tai-situpa/the-paramita-of-forbearance/) The first is to refrain from hurting those who have hurt us. The second is to cope with whatever suffering we have to [...]
There I was, living at the tip of Africa looking for something, not really sure what, confused by the roots of my German-Indian descent: not at home, nor here nor there, standing on the halfway line between those two worlds. They say Cape Town is one of the most beautiful places on earth and South [...]
Dear friends, In 2014 we, Coen and Megan, arrived at the Tara Rokpa Centre with a will to learn about permaculture and Dharma while also helping where help is needed. With this ambition, and some naivety, a year later we jumped at the opportunity of starting the Tikologo project. Over the following years we have [...]
The volunteer weekend at TRC took place the weekend before Mandela Day. This is a weekend in which anyone is welcome to come to the centre, and join in the fixing and/ or upkeep of the centre, to contribute their 67 minutes in Madiba month. The volunteers undertake some work on Saturday and half of [...]
I have returned to the valley with its hot, dry and sunny days with open blue skies and cold nights filled with stars, after 4 weeks in the lush, green and wet UK. What a contrast! Here the ever present danger of consuming bush fires lurk. As the sun sets and dark creeps in we [...]
By the Lazy Buddhist On Saturday afternoon, I watched a movie that just didn’t achieve it’s potential. The script was iffy and over the top and the iffy bits were over-acted. I really should have stopped, but you know how it is, I kept watching. The gist of the story was about a creative young [...]
