Events
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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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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 [...]
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Training the Heart, Training the Mind
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaJoin 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Christmas & New Year 10-Day Mindfulness and Relaxation Retreat(ish)
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaFacilitated 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, [...]
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Accepting Yourself, Finding Peace
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaCultivating 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 [...]
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Family Easter Camp 2026
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaA family-friendly retreat in nature Easter Camp at Tara Rokpa Centre is traditionally a family affair — and a true “come as you are” gathering. We embrace the idea of family in its broadest and warmest sense: not only parents and children, but also friends, solo visitors, community members, urban tribes, and anyone wishing to [...]
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A Qigong Journey – Five Elements Unfold
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaQigong is a graceful healing art rooted in the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. Through flowing movements, mindful postures, deep breathing and meditative focus, it nurtures the flow of Qi – our vital energy. By balancing and cultivating this life force, Qigong helps us tap into our inner vitality, thereby reducing stress, building stamina and [...]