Events
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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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Trees, Leaves, Shrubs and More
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaHave you ever wanted to learn about identifying trees and shrubs? Join Eckhard Druschke for a relaxing getaway in the beautiful Groot Marico Bushveld for a weekend of walks & talks on tree and shrub identification. Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. Kahlil Gibran Bring your walking shoes and binoculars, field [...]
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Echos from an Empty Sky – Meditation Retreat with Dónal Creedon
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South Africa“All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass.” ~ W.B.Yeats This year we will continue to explore the human condition, particularly our common experience of disillusionment and disappointment in life. According to the Buddha, the source of trouble is self-grasping and in particular the afflicted mind (kliṣṭamanas). The Sanskrit word [...]
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Taming the Wild Monkey Mind with Lama Zangmo
Tara Rokpa Centre Tara Rokpa Centre, Groot Marico District, North West Province, South AfricaAn 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 [...]
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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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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. [...]