We are delighted to share that Donal Creedom will once again be offering a month-long Buddhist meditation retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre. The provisional dates are 14 November to 12 December. Further details about the retreat theme and booking information to follow. Retreat Participation Guidelines This Buddhist meditation retreat is particularly suitable for those with [...]
Green Tara is one of the most beloved meditation deities in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. She embodies the compassion and enlightened action of all the Buddhas, swiftly helping to liberate us from fear and guiding us on the path to awakening. Traditionally, she is depicted with her right leg bent, ready to spring into action, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
'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 [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]
It is almost a year since Rob passed away. He was instrumental in establishing and growing Tara Rokpa Centre into the mature retreat centre it is today. In the early days of TRC, it was Rob, in support of Akong Rinpoche's vision for TRC, who interpreted Rinpoche's vision, and provided ideas and the drive, who [...]
In November 2012, during his month-long retreat at Tara Rokpa Centre, Mark Borchers (in collaboration with Erika van Greunen, Rob's South African editor and publisher) interviewed Rob for a series entitled 7 Questions for 7 Teachers on the integration of Buddhism into the West, as well as into Africa. Although these interviews were done more [...]
by the Lazy Buddhist This question has come up twice recently, and it is something that many of us are struggling with. Firstly, in a question and answer session with Dónal, and then in an article Gelong Thubten wrote on Lama Yeshe Rinpoche’s recent visit to some of the UK Samye Dzongs. The gist of [...]
