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Samye Ling Visual Guide

Information about the various parts of Samye Ling




Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.


Daily Timetable

Daily Timetable

6.00 - 7.00am Tara Prayers

7.00 - 8.00am Breakfast

8.00 - 9.00am Meditation session

10.00 - 12.30pm Teaching session during courses

12.30 - 1.30pm Lunch

1.30 - 3.00pm Mahakala Prayers

3.00 - 5.30pm Teaching session during courses

5.00 - 6.00pm Meditation session

6.00 - 7.00pm Supper

7.00 - 7.45pm Chenrezik Prayers

(Sundays: 7.00 - 8.00 Amitabha Prayers, 8.00 - 8.30 Chenrezik Prayers)

10.00pm Temple Closed and quiet time.


Weekend Courses

Friday (course arrival day):

1.30 - 6.00pm Course Registration

6.00 - 7.00pm Supper

7.00 - 8.30pm Course time

Note: Class times may vary in some courses.

Course leaders will advise tea breaks and variations in the timetable. Courses take place in the back or the middle sections of the temple or the back of the new dinning room. Prayers, Dharma teachings and initiations are held in the shrine room.

All guests are welcome to attend prayer and meditation sessions if they wish.