by Erika 7 October 2023 Die trane die rol oor jou Bokkie Die trane die rol oor jou Bokkie (The tears are flowing for your dearest Deer) I have great memories of Rob singing this traditional song in Afrikaans! Dear Rob, thank you for showing us a different way of being in the world. Thank [...]
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 [...]
August 19th, and full blue moon day. I enjoyed watching both the rising of the huge moon over the treetops last night and the setting moon at dawn this morning. Setting moon over Sean's house The full moon often brings weather changes. We had the warmest night after many months at minus 1 [...]
Autumn is approaching with cooler nights and days. I love this time of year, which isn’t as spectacular as Autumn in Europe, but leaves fall from trees, and the long grass turns brownish yellow, thereby creating a fire risk until the summer rains appear in October. The recent bright autumn full moon heralded the increased [...]
It is just past mid-summer and is a day with gentle rain, which is unusual in summer but most welcome. My entertainment for many hours of late has been sitting on my veranda watching birds. There is a tree full of nesting black-headed weavers just beyond my pond. They have built 25 nests so far, [...]
The “middle veld” South African autumn is here. Last night the temperature was zero and in the middle of the day 35. So it's once again a time for putting on and taking off layers of clothing. At this time of year, nature's clever seed dispersal is in full swing, the grass seed-eating birds busily [...]
by the lazy Buddhist Sravasti Abbey is an American Buddhist monastery that came up on my YouTube feed. I watched the welcome video on the home page of their website and there was a sentence that has stayed with me - We try to instil every task with the Buddhist values of non-harming, mindfulness, compassion [...]
I am beginning to think that we are going through a quiet Irish invasion at the Tara Rokpa Centre. It kicked off with a month-long retreat with Dónal Creedon in November and December, then we followed up with Brion Sweeney in April for a bit of mindfulness. In my ignorance (before coming to TRC) I [...]
We are happy to announce that Monica Burr has offered to take over the role of champion of the Friends of TRC. Friends of TRC is the new 'membership' option that we have been rolling out for the past few years. Monica will be keeping an eye on our Friends admin, as well as promoting [...]
This long weekend getaway in the glorious autumnal bushveld will be facilitated by senior Tara Rokpa Therapist Brion Sweeney, from Ireland. The weekend will be structured around the theme of “Mindfulness in Everyday Life”. This will include Tara Rokpa Therapy methods and shiné meditation alongside specific mindfulness techniques given to Tara Rokpa therapists by Akong [...]
