What are the roots of authentic compassion?

Saturday 3 August - Sunday 4 August, 10:00am - 4:30pm

Lama Jampa will teach from the rich treasury of Buddhist thought and also lead sessions of meditation on love and compassion.

For full details and booking please see the local website.

A teaching for ‘those who want to master the dharma’

Monday 29 July - Thursday 1 August , 10:00am - 4:30pm

This brilliant text of the renowned scholar Sonam Tsemo (1141-1182) is for the best of the dharma students - those who want to master the dharma in its entirety and who have the curiosity to learn the details in the teachings to such an extent that their confidence in Vajrayana becomes unshakable. The text is like a treasure grove in which the detailed refutation of the wrong views, done almost with a surgical precision, is interwoven with an extraordinary inspiring description of the teachings and origins of the tantras .

For booking and further details please visit the local website.

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa (Part 3)

Saturday 6 July 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 7 July  10.30am – 1.00pm

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa is the key manual of study and practice in the Kagyu tradition. It gives a complete explanation of the Buddhist path from its starting point to the achievement of enlightenment, and is relevant to anyone who has a serious interest in Buddhism. Buddha nature, precious human life, impermanence, karma, suffering, loving kindness, compassion and the six perfections are among the topics covered in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.

Gampopa (1074 - 1153CE)  was the principal student of the great yogin Milarepa and is one of the most highly revered Tibetan Buddhist masters..

The Initiation of Amitabha

Sunday 7 July 2.30pm to 4.30pm

While anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism is welcome to attend the teaching, the initiation is open only to those who have taken refuge, i.e. made a formal commitment to Buddhism.

For schedule and booking information see the centre's website.

Saturday 10.30am-4.30pm

The Three Visions

This important text is an explanation of the first part of Lamdre, the path and its fruit
His Holiness Sakya says of the text: 
"For those fortunate practitioners who want to achieve liberation, this text is like a staircase, an excellent medicine which eliminates the suffering of living beings, and a valuable object which surpasses even the wish-granting jewel."

Sunday 10.30am

Initiation of White Ganapati

Ganapati is a key Vajrayana wealth deity. Receiving such initiations and the instructions for practice contained in them empowers us to bring about the supportive and harmonious conditions so important for progress in dharma. This particular lineage of Ganapati was brought to Tibet by this he great master Atisha and preserved in the Kadam and Sakya traditions.

For further information please visit the local website

Friday 14 June 6.30-8.30pm

General Dharma Talk

Lama Jampa will give an introductory talk to the main course in nearby Vignolla .

Saturday 15 - 16 June 10.30am-4.30pm

The Four Limitless Meditations

What is meant by wisdom? How does real compassion express itself? What is called voidness in Buddhist terminology and what are the clever means on our path? Lama Jampa Thaye will explore these questions and in particular question and deepen our understanding of the Four Limitless Meditations.

For further information please visit the local website.

The Three Visions

Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May, 7:00-9:00pm

This important text by Konchok Lundrub (1497 - 1547) is an explanation of the first part of Lamdre, the path and its fruit.

His Holiness 41st Sakya Trizin says of the text: 
"For those fortunate practitioners who want to achieve liberation, this text is like a staircase, an excellent medicine which eliminates the suffering of living beings, and a valuable object which surpasses even the wish-granting jewel."

Wisdom in Exile

Saturday and Sunday 9:30 am – 12:00 noon and 2:00. – 4:30 pm

Lama Jampa will teach on topics affecting everyone following the path of the Buddha with particular focus on helping people in the West to overcome common obstacles to practice.

For further information please go to the local website

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation

9:30 am – 12:00 and 2:00 – 4:30 pm

This text is the key manual of study and practice in the Kagyu tradition. It gives a complete explanation of the Buddhist path from its starting point to the achievement of enlightenment, and is relevant to anyone who has a serious interest in Buddhism. Buddha nature, precious human life, impermanence, karma, suffering, loving kindness, compassion and the six perfections are among the topics covered in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.

Gampopa (1074 - 1153CE)  was the principal student of the great yogin Milarepa and is one of the most highly revered Tibetan Buddhist masters.

For further information please go to the local website

White Tara Initiation"* and Tri (Instructions for Practice)

Saturday 13 April 10:30am - 4:30pm

Sunday 14 April 10:00am - 1:00pm

This is a rare opportunity to receive the extraordinary teachings of the Moon River Flow White Tara. This system of practice is the principal Vajrayana means of achieving longevity. The course will begin with the initiation and tri (instruction) of White Tara by Ngawang Legpa.

Please note:

* In order to attend this teaching you must have made a formal commitment to the Buddhist path through taking refuge. If you would like to take refuge beforehand please contact the centre.

For further details please see the local website.

The Rays of the Stainless Vajra Moon by Jamgon Kongtrul

Lama Jampa will continue with teachings on the Buddhist view of the ultimate nature of reality using this famous guide to the Great Madhyamaka composed by the nineteenth century master of the Rime movement, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.

‘Most people interested in Buddhism start with sitting meditation, which is the tool for achieving a settled and flexible mind. This, however, is just one side of Buddhist meditation. The other side is meditation on the view or how things really are. When the two of these are combined, we can radically transform our lives. Rays of the Stainless Vajra Moon provides us with essential methods for uncovering the reality of existence, the reality of our mind – which is naturally pure and endowed with the qualities of wisdom and compassion.’

For information please visit the local website.

Patterns in Emptiness

Saturday and Sunday 10:00am - 4:30pm

In connection with his forthcoming book ‘Patterns in Emptiness’ Lama Jampa will reference texts from across the Buddhist canon in order elucidate the teachings on emptiness and interdependent origination.

‘All phenomena have an existence on a relative level but according to Buddhism are devoid of existence proper to the ultimate level.  This is called the emptiness of phenomena.  This reality is extremely difficult to achieve, but it is only this that determines our access to liberation from the cycle of rebirths. 
This emptiness, however, is not a nothingness, it only defines what does not exist: an existence in itself. 
This emptiness therefore refers to the notion of the interdependence of phenomena, to their composite aspect, whatever they may be.’

See the local website for further information.

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa

Saturday 23 February 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 24 February  10.30am – 1.00pm

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa is the key manual of study and practice in the Kagyu tradition. It gives a complete explanation of the Buddhist path from its starting point to the achievement of enlightenment, and is relevant to anyone who has a serious interest in Buddhism. Buddha nature, precious human life, impermanence, karma, suffering, loving kindness, compassion and the six perfections are among the topics covered in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.

Gampopa (1074 - 1153CE)  was the principal student of the great yogin Milarepa and is one of the most highly revered Tibetan Buddhist masters.

The Initiation of Amitayus

Sunday 24 February 2.30pm to 4.30pm

While anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism is welcome to attend the teaching, the initiation is open only to those who have taken refuge, i.e. made a formal commitment to Buddhism.

For schedule and booking information see the centre's website.

The Four Dharmas of Gampopa

Saturday 9 February 11:00am - 1:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Sunday 10 February 11:00am - 1:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm

This is an explanation of Gampopa’s four-line teaching which provides an overview of the path of mixed sutra and tantra. It begins with contemplation of the four thoughts, progresses through the preliminary, development and completion practices of Vajrayana, and culminates in Mahamudra and Dzokchen, the supreme meditations of the Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

For further details please see the local website.

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa

Saturday 1 December 10.30am – 4.30pm

Sunday 2 December  10.30am – 1.00pm

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation by Gampopa is the key manual of study and practice in the Kagyu tradition. It gives a complete explanation of the Buddhist path from its starting point to the achievement of enlightenment, and is relevant to anyone who has a serious interest in Buddhism. Buddha nature, precious human life, impermanence, karma, suffering, loving kindness, compassion and the six perfections are among the topics covered in the Jewel Ornament of Liberation.

Gampopa (1074 - 1153CE)  was the principal student of the great yogin Milarepa and is one of the most highly revered Tibetan Buddhist masters.

The event on 1 and 2 December will cover the first part of this major text. The teaching will continue in 2019.

The initiation of Chenrezi from the Chikshe Kundrol.

Sunday 2 December 2.30pm to 4.30pm

While anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism is welcome to attend the teaching, the initiation is open only to those who have taken refuge, i.e. made a formal commitment to Buddhism.

For schedule and booking information see the centre's website.