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Towards Understanding Wisdom and Compassion in Buddhism - Part 1 with Clive Holmes

The aim of this course is to learn through experience, three central teachings in Mahayana Buddhism to understand its general message. These three teachings are the Four Infinite Meditations, the Six Paramitas or Pathways to Liberation and Tong Len from the Seven Points of Mind Training... click for more info

Start : June 21, 2013
End : June 23, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £63.00

Compassion One Year Training - Module Two with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are re-running this successful and comprehensive training in compassion which is a follow on programme for those who have completed the one year mindfulness training... click for more info

Start : June 21, 2013
End : June 23, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Tree Maintenance Weekend with Clare Carr-Saunders

An opportunity to make a lasting difference to Samye Ling by planting trees as part of our woodlands project... click for more info

Start : June 22, 2013
End : June 23, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling

Certificate in Qigong Part Five with Bob Lowey

THIS COURSE IS ONLY OPEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST YEAR TRAINING... click for more info

Start : June 28, 2013
End : June 30, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Sacred Words of Power with Ani Semchi

Many of the sadhanas we practice include visualisation and recitation of mantras and sacred seed syllables. This weekend course will cover three aspects, all aimed at deepening our understanding of the syllables and helping us to develop the ability to visualise... click for more info

Start : June 28, 2013
End : June 30, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Mindfulness Teaching Skills Module Two with Mindfulness Association Ltd

This teaching skills module is the second of two modules and this second module is only open to those who have completed the first module (15 to 17 March 2013) or who completed the first module last year in 2011... click for more info

Start : July 5, 2013
End : July 7, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Learning to Fly with Hanna Casement

This yoga workshop will continue working on the theme of flowing from within, but we will approach our yoga practice as if we were learning to fly - as in learning to let go of mind patterns that make us feel it is all hard work, and moving towards the place where our practice could become effortless and flowing... click for more info

Start : July 5, 2013
End : July 7, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Training in the Three Levels of Commitments with Drupon Rinpoche

The main reason for giving these Dharma teachings is that whatever vows we have taken, from the vows of a lay Buddhist (Genyen/Upasaka) who has refuge up to the vows of the Secret Mantra Vajrayana, it is obvious that we must know what is to be upheld in each case... click for more info

Start : July 8, 2013
End : July 25, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (suggested donation)

Mindfulness One Year Training - Module One with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are rerunning the very successful one year mindfulness programme, which is a comprehensive training in mindfulness that is suitable for beginners and for those who already have a mindfulness practice... click for more info

Start : July 12, 2013
End : July 14, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Awakening our Potential of Mindfulness and Kindness with Clive Holmes

We may have all the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle but we need to be able to fit them together skilfully to create a complete and harmonious picture. This retreat will explore how mindfulness, compassion and self-compassion, wisdom and insight can all fit together... click for more info

Start : July 13, 2013
End : July 21, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £394

Meditation Practice Retreat with Drupon Rinpoche

This retreat will follow a full retreat schedule which will include both teachings & meditation practice. Drupon Rinpoche will attend all practice sessions and will also give instructions on Shinnay meditation and mind training (lojong)... click for more info

Start : July 26, 2013
End : August 4, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (suggested donation)

Guru Rinpoche Drubcho with Samye Ling Sangha

Dedicated to world peace and especially to the activities of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, everyone is welcome to come and join us in the Temple for these joyous and meaningful prayers... click for more info

Start : August 5, 2013
End : August 9, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling

Tea Party and Open Day with Samye Ling Sangha

We extend a warm welcome to you to attend our annual Tea Party and Open Day... click for more info

Start : August 11, 2013
End : August 11, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling

Shedra Studies Course - "Profound Inner Meaning" by the 3rd Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje with Drupon Rinpoche

The fifth part of Drupon Rinpoche's six year Shedra Studies Course, this course is open only to students who have either:completed all the four previous parts or a three or four year retreat or are definitely committed to doing a 4 year retreat in future. This year Drupon Rinpoche will teach from the 'Profound Inner Meaning' by the 3rd Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje... click for more info

Start : August 12, 2013
End : September 8, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £250 (suggested donation)

Compassion One Year Training - Module Three with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are re-running this successful and comprehensive training in compassion which is a follow on programme for those who have completed the one year mindfulness training... click for more info

Start : August 16, 2013
End : August 18, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Towards Understanding Wisdom and Compassion in Buddhism - Part 2 with Clive Holmes

Part Two of a three part course in which we will learn through experience, three central teachings in Mahayana Buddhism to understand its general message. These three teachings are the Four Infinite Meditations, the Six Paramitas or Pathways to Liberation and Tong Len from the Seven Points of Mind Training... click for more info

Start : August 16, 2013
End : August 18, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £63.00

Introduction to Buddhism with Clive Holmes

We live in a very challenging age of widespread insecurity. Many of us are searching for the kind of guidance that Buddhism can reveal. Buddhism has what we need and has been helping people for over two and a half millennia. Through the practise of wisdom and compassion we can come to realise our own inner wealth and potential... click for more info

Start : August 23, 2013
End : August 26, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £73

Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep - Module One with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We sleep for a third of our lives. Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep allows us to make use of that time and gives us the tools to train our minds, reprogram our habits and to enter into a friendship with every aspect of our psyches, all while we're sound asleep... click for more info

Start : August 30, 2013
End : September 1, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £100.00 per module

Purely Meditation with Samye Ling Sangha

A refreshingly simple weekend of silent sitting meditation at Samye Ling... click for more info

Start : September 13, 2013
End : September 15, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £25.00 Donation Basis (suggested donation)

Bringing Yoga into Focus with Hanna Casement

For this workshop we will be concentrating on the focus of our Yoga practice: why we practice, how we practice and the ways we need to develop our practice... click for more info

Start : September 13, 2013
End : September 15, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Creating the Conditions for Insight Training - Module Two with Mindfulness Association Ltd

This course follows on from our Compassion One Year Trainings and particiants should have completed the Compassion training before joining this training... click for more info

Start : September 13, 2013
End : September 15, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Medical Qigong - Part Two with Bob Lowey

An opportunity for everyone interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine and the health maintaining exercises involved in Qigong, this is the second part of a two-weekend course... click for more info

Start : September 27, 2013
End : September 29, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Towards Understanding Wisdom and Compassion in Buddhism - Part 3 with Clive Holmes

Final part of a three part course in which we will learn through experience, three central teachings in Mahayana Buddhism to understand its general message. These three teachings are the Four Infinite Meditations, the Six Paramitas or Pathways to Liberation and Tong Len from the Seven Points of Mind Training... click for more info

Start : September 27, 2013
End : September 29, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £63.00

Reducing Stress Through Wisdom and Compassion with Clive Holmes

The approach this weekend will be based on there being two kinds of suffering - one is the primary suffering that is inevitable and the other secondary one that is our reactive mind that can make everything much worse. Pain x resistance = suffering or stress... click for more info

Start : October 4, 2013
End : October 6, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Explore your Tiger with Annie Dibble

'Taming the Tiger' is a book that transmits the essence of the teachings of the Venerable Akong Rinpoche on mindfulness and compassion with the emphasis on deepening one's understanding of the mind. It provides the basis for the Tara Rokpa Therapy process as originally taught by him... click for more info

Start : October 4, 2013
End : October 6, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Resilient leadership - Leadership Embodiment Level 1 with Amanda Ridings

This workshop is uses mindfulness of body and posture as a metaphor for cultivating a resilient leadership presence. You may be a leader in your organisation, family or community, or simply wish to enhance your self-leadership - this workshop will be of benefit if you wish to develop a steadier presence in the push and pull of life... click for more info

Start : October 11, 2013
End : October 13, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Compassion One Year Training - Module Four with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are re-running this successful and comprehensive training in compassion which is a follow on programme for those who have completed the one year mindfulness training... click for more info

Start : October 11, 2013
End : October 13, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Meditation Retreat with Lama Zangmo

There are many different methods of meditation but in this retreat we will focus primarily on the fundamental ingredients of all types of meditation that we need to learn to identify and train in; mental qualities like renunciation, mindfulness, relaxation, joy, compassion and faith... click for more info

Start : October 12, 2013
End : October 20, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £394

Mindfulness One Year Training - Module Two with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are rerunning the very successful one year mindfulness programme, which is a comprehensive training in mindfulness that is suitable for beginners and for those who already have a mindfulness practice... click for more info

Start : October 18, 2013
End : October 20, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

Creating the Conditions for Insight Training - Module Three with Mindfulness Association Ltd

This course follows on from our Compassion One Year Trainings and particiants should have completed the Compassion training before joining this training... click for more info

Start : October 25, 2013
End : October 27, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

The Four Preliminary Foundations - Part Two with Ani Rinchen Khandro

The Four Preliminary Foundations, or Four Ways of Changing the Mind, are the essential topics for contemplation which form the basis of the Buddhist view... click for more info

Start : October 25, 2013
End : October 27, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Certificate in Qigong Part Six with Bob Lowey

THIS COURSE IS ONLY OPEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST YEAR TRAINING... click for more info

Start : November 1, 2013
End : November 3, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

November Mindfulness Practice Retreat Weekend - Deepening Loving Kindness with Mindfulness Association Ltd

During this practice weekend, led by Angie Ball, we will revisit some of the material contained in both the Mindfulness and Compassion Courses as taught through the Mindfulness Association... click for more info

Start : November 1, 2013
End : November 3, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100

Vajrayana Deity Practice with Gelong Thubten

This course will provide valuable information on the philosophy behind Tibetan Buddhist deity practices and mantra recitation... click for more info

Start : November 1, 2013
End : November 3, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63.00

Yoga for Meditation with Johnny Glover

With the use of traditional yoga practices from the Bihar School of Yoga this weekend offers practical support and encouragement to those who wish to develop a regular meditation practice... click for more info

Start : November 8, 2013
End : November 10, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Purely Meditation with Samye Ling Sangha

A refreshingly simple weekend of silent sitting meditation at Samye Ling... click for more info

Start : November 15, 2013
End : November 17, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £25 (suggested donation)

Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep - Module Two with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We sleep for a third of our lives. Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep allows us to make use of that time and gives us the tools to train our minds, reprogram our habits and to enter into a friendship with every aspect of our psyches, all while we're sound asleep... click for more info

Start : November 15, 2013
End : November 17, 2013

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £100 (per module)

Yoga - the Practice of Moving into Stillness with Hanna Casement

This workshop takes a deeper look at yoga as a practice of focussing the mind and preparing the body for meditation.... click for more info

Start : November 22, 2013
End : November 24, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Making Friends with Stress with Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten will explain how meditation, mindfulness and the development of compassion can transform life's stressful situations into food for spiritual growth... click for more info

Start : November 22, 2013
End : November 24, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63.00

Long Life Prayers for Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche with Samye Ling Sangha

A day of prayers dedicated to Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche... click for more info

Start : November 24, 2013
End : November 24, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling

Introduction to Meditation with Gelongma Lhamo

This weekend, Gelongma Lhamo takes us through the fundamentals of meditation - from sitting posture to applying meditation in daily life... click for more info

Start : November 29, 2013
End : December 1, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Chenrezig Practice Weekend with Samye Ling Sangha

This weekend offers an opportunity for those who are familiar with the Chenrezig prayers and wish to deepen their practice... click for more info

Start : December 6, 2013
End : December 8, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £25 (Suggested Donation)

Establishing a Regular Practice of Meditation with Clive Holmes

Many people want to meditate and relax but good intentions often falter. It is all very well to talk about the benefits of meditation but unless we actually do it, it is like counting other people's money and calling it our own... click for more info

Start : December 13, 2013
End : December 15, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Christmas Retreat - How Bodhisattvas Transform Emotions with Ken and Katia Holmes

This year's retreat will focus on very practical advice for both living and dying in the peaceful, ethical and compassionate way of the bodhisattva... click for more info

Start : December 24, 2013
End : December 29, 2013

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (suggested donation)

New Year Retreat - How Bodhisattvas Face Change & Death with Ken and Katia Holmes

This year's retreat will focus on very practical advice for both living and dying in the peaceful, ethical and compassionate way of the bodhisattva. This special New Years' module on will teach us how to deal with change and the Mind Training preparation for death... click for more info

Start : December 30, 2013
End : January 4, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (suggested donation)

Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep - Module Three with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We sleep for a third of our lives. Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep allows us to make use of that time and gives us the tools to train our minds, reprogram our habits and to enter into a friendship with every aspect of our psyches, all while we're sound asleep... click for more info

Start : January 24, 2014
End : January 26, 2014

Venue: Purelands Retreat Centre
Price: £100 (per module)

Mindfulness One Year Training - Module Three with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are rerunning the very successful one year mindfulness programme, which is a comprehensive training in mindfulness that is suitable for beginners and for those who already have a mindfulness practice... click for more info

Start : January 31, 2014
End : February 2, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100 (per module)

LOSAR - Tibetan New Year with Samye Ling Sangha

We wish you a very Happy "Losar" - many Tashi Delegs and best wishes for the Year of the Female Water Serpent..... click for more info

Start : March 2, 2014
End : March 2, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling

Annual Nyungney Retreat with Samye Ling Sangha

We begin the Tibetan New Year with this auspicious purification practice of 1000 Armed Chenrezig.... click for more info

Start : March 4, 2014
End : March 20, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £25.00 Donation Basis ( suggested donation)

Mindfulness One Year Training - Module Four with Mindfulness Association Ltd

We are rerunning the very successful one year mindfulness programme, which is a comprehensive training in mindfulness that is suitable for beginners and for those who already have a mindfulness practice... click for more info

Start : March 21, 2014
End : March 23, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £100.00 (per module)

Certificate in Qigong - Part One with Bob Lowey

A six weekend certificated course in Qigong... click for more info

Start : March 21, 2014
End : March 23, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Spring Tree Planting Weekend with Clare Carr-Saunders

An opportunity to make a lasting difference to Samye Ling by planting trees as part of our woodlands project... click for more info

Start : April 12, 2014
End : April 13, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling

Spring Tree Planting Weekend with Clare Carr-Saunders

An opportunity to make a lasting difference to Samye Ling by planting trees as part of our woodlands project... click for more info

Start : April 26, 2014
End : April 27, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling

Spring Tree Planting Weekend with Clare Carr-Saunders

An opportunity to make a lasting difference to Samye Ling by planting trees as part of our woodlands project... click for more info

Start : May 10, 2014
End : May 11, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling

Certificate in Qigong - Part Two with Bob Lowey

A six weekend certificated course in Qigong... click for more info

Start : June 13, 2014
End : June 15, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

Certificate in Qigong - Part Three with Bob Lowey

A six weekend certificated course in Qigong... click for more info

Start : November 7, 2014
End : November 9, 2014

Venue: Samye Ling
Price: £63

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