2026-05-18T00:00:00+02:00
  • Taming the Wild Monkey Mind with Lama Zangmo

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    An untamed mind is compared to a wild elephant being led by a crazy, wild monkey of distraction. The untamed mind can do a lot of damage, as we can easily observe in daily life. So, how do we go about taming our wild, monkey minds? Lama Zangmo will talk about the benefits and the common [...]

  • Exploring the Mind/Body Connection

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Do your emotions affect your body?

  • The Twelve Links

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    "We all want to find happiness and be free from suffering. The twelve-part process of dependent arising shows how actions underlain by ignorance propel us from one rebirth into another, keeping us trapped in suffering, and how through understanding reality correctly we can break this cycle." Geshe Sonam Rinchen   Join us for a transformative [...]

  • Training the Heart, Training the Mind

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Join Us for a 3-Night Retreat in the Heart of the Bushveld during this full moon weekend. Reconnect with your innate wisdom and compassion during this 3-night Buddhist retreat at the serene Tara Rokpa Retreat Centre, nestled in the tranquil Bushveld region of South Africa. Guided by Lama Zangpo, this retreat will offer a deep [...]

  • Returning Home – Meditation Retreat with Dónal Creedon

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    'We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.' T.S. Elliot 'Little Gidding' The journey home is a theme that runs through many traditions, legends and stories. The home can be an actual place, our native [...]

  • Listening to Our Hearts

    Join Alan Muller and Anton Krueger for a transformative retreat focused on the deep connection between mindfulness and compassion. Drawing from a rich array of dharma teachings, Alan will explore the essential Buddhist practice of compassion—how it arises from mindful awareness of suffering and fuels our wish to alleviate it. Alan's talks will be woven [...]

  • Christmas & New Year 10-Day Mindfulness and Relaxation Retreat(ish)

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Facilitated by Anton Krueger In this holiday retreat, we’ll explore exercises from the Mindfulness-Based Living Course designed by Rob Nairn and Mindfulness UK, which will provide a foundation for our daily practice. Beyond this, we’ll decide together about making space for other practices such as Green Tara and Chenrezig, guided relaxation with Pippa, gentle walks, enquiry sessions, [...]

  • Accepting Yourself, Finding Peace

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    Cultivating inner peace through self-acceptance and self-forgiveness with Vera Hey. "The path is not to seek for love but merely to seek and find all the barriers within ourselves that we have built against it". Rumi Many of us built an inner prison of beliefs about our deficient self. The biggest threat to our happiness [...]

  • The Journey to Awakening

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, South Africa

    From Friday evening, 12 June to Tuesday 16 June 2026 (Public Holiday), the Tara Rokpa Centre warmly invites you to a five-day Buddhist Dharma Retreat dedicated to teachings, contemplations, and meditations from Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa. Beginning on Friday evening and concluding on the public holiday of 16 June, this retreat offers a [...]

  • A Mindful Weekend

    Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa

    To be confirmed. During this three-day long weekend retreat, we’ll be exploring techniques from the mindfulness toolbox such as relaxation, meditation, reflection, gentle yoga, and walks in nature. Your Facilitator: Vera Hey is a mindfulness practitioner and an experienced mindfulness facilitator. She uses the insight and awareness gained from her mindfulness practice in her personal [...]

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