Mindfulness
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Meditations from the Three Vehicles
It is said that the Buddha taught eighty-four thousand different methods to tame the minds of sentient beings because there were so many types of people with diverse temperaments and karmic tendencies. He taught the Dharma in three waves or Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma to suit the capacities of his students. These waves, [...]
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A Courageous Heart
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaOur minds are naturally perfect but because of our obscurations and afflictions, we have forgotten our true pure nature. The noble Tara is the embodiment of the swift and courageous compassion of all of the Buddhas, and by invoking her energy, she can swiftly liberate us from our fears by connecting us to our intrinsic courageous [...]
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Easter Weekend Getaway
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaA Long Easter Weekend Get Away in Restorative Nature with Trish Swift, Sharon Benatar, and Pippa Cope This weekend is open to all - families, individuals, friends, teens, and kids are welcome. There will be separate activities for adults and children/teens in the mornings, and combined activities or free time in the afternoons and evenings. [...]
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Making Friends with Ourselves – A Mindfulness Retreat
“She looked her demons right in the eye and said “don’t you worry…” we will become the best of friends.” – N.R. Hart We all have our “demons”. They are parts of ourselves that we don’t approve of, don’t accept, don’t like, deny, hate, fight, and do our best to conquer. What if we were [...]
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ZenPen – Writing, Being and Meditation
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaJoin us for A Writing, Being, and Meditation Retreat with Dorian Haarhoff for a weekend, with the option to extend your experience to the following Tuesday for A Stream of Words Retreat. We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us to see their own images, and so live for [...]
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Exploring the Mind/Body Connection
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaDo your emotions affect your body?
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Footprints: EASTER CAMP 2025
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaFootprints “The impression left by a foot on the ground.” What impressions have your feet made throughout your life? If we look around - we are living in a world of war, climate change and uncertainty. The fast pace of life and our addiction to technology have brought about a loss of connection to ourselves, [...]
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Cultivating Equanimity and Gratitude with Vera Hey
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaCultivating Equanimity and Gratitude in a Reactive World. "Between the stimulus and the response there is space, and in that space is your power and freedom, that space is the hope of humanity!" Viktor Frankl What is Equanimity? It is a non-reactive, mindful presence; it is inner balance and ease. It is our inner refuge. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]