By Nolan Stevens The words Tara Rokpa Centre (TRC), are words often mentioned within the South African Buddhist community. For a practicing Buddhist but newbie like myself to this community, I had often conjured up images of a hidden spiritual Utopia whenever those three words were uttered. Which is why when news of a Lama [...]
by the lazy Buddhist During the recent visit of Lama Yeshe Rinpoche and Lama Katen to South Africa, they both spoke about the importance of being a good person. So what is a good person, particularly from a Buddhist perspective? There’s a lot of guidance out there for anyone one on the Buddhist path, the [...]
A Valentines’ weekend workshop By Dorcas B. Molefe The workshop was facilitated by Dharma teacher, Dr Ava Avalos, at one of the few places with clean air and clean water; a place of luxurious shades of green, on the weekend of 15 to 17 February, 2019. Dr Avalos’ profound teachings were based on Zen Buddhism, [...]
Shew, I cannot believe that January has come and gone. We have had an action packed New Year so far, with Lucy's Think Tank group and her New Years Intention setting work shop. We have been blessed with some delightful volunteers. Ira from Johannesburg and Susanne from Germany, are helping me to get the herb [...]
Planting of a cherry tree in the food forest in memory of Susan As most of you know by now, our friend Susan died on Wednesday 23rd of January 2019. On Sunday 10 Feb, a cherry tree was planted in memory of Susan in Tatjana's food forest at TRC. Susan loved cherries - they reminded [...]
“By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn". ~ Latin Proverb ~ Happy 2019 to everyone I have not yet seen, and Tashi Delek! Last was Losar, the start of the Tibetan New Year! In the Tibetan/Chinese calendar, we are just stepping into the year of the Earth Pig. This is a time [...]
These have been a major focus of my life of late. I have been involved with relocating from the straw bale house, in which I have lived for about 13 years to my new life right eco home designed and project managed by Coen. The new house is on the permaculture side of the property [...]
by the Lazy Buddhist Dharma terms are shape-shifters! I bandy around words like karma, Bodhisattva and compassion for years, when all of a sudden, something shifts and a whole new world of meaning opens up. Recently I’ve had ...how can I put this... an abundance of opportunity to discover how much easier it is to [...]
…on retreat with Dónal Creedon at TRC – December, 2018 It always feels like there’s a lot of time on one of Dónal’s retreats. There’s an air of lightness and ease, It’s only in retrospect that you realise just how many hours of practise you’ve chalked up. I’ve been on a fair number of retreats [...]
Drama for Life, a department of the University of the Witwatersrand School of Arts, launched a Think Tank in early January on African Contemplative Practices - a research platform supported by Mind and Life with South Africa's African Healers, Sangomas, Arts Therapists, Neuroscientists, Artists and Mindfulness practitioners. The group congregated at Tara Rokpa Retreat Centre [...]
