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Easter Retreat Programme

Easter Retreat Programme

Programme

for

Samye Ling Easter Weekend Course

25th to 28th March 2016

with

Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

and

Clive Holmes

 

Friday 25th March

2.00 - 6.00 pm

Arrival and registration

5.15 – 6.00 pm

Chenrezig Prayers in the Temple (optional)

6.00 - 7.00 pm

Supper in Dining Room

7.00 – 8.30 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes in the Temple

8.00 - 10.00 pm

Tibetan Tea Rooms will be open

10.00 pm

Quiet time

 

Saturday 26th March

6.00 - 7.00 am

Green Tara Prayers (optional)

7.00 - 8.00 am

Breakfast

8.00 - 9.00 am

Silent Meditation

10.00 - 11.00 am

Teaching & Meditation by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

11.00 - 11.30 am

Break

11.30 - 12.30 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 - 3.00 pm

Time for relaxation or help with lunch clear up

3.00 - 4.30 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes

4.30 – 5.00 pm

Break

5.00 – 6.00 pm

Teaching & Meditation with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

6.00 – 7.00 pm

Supper

7.00 - 7.45 pm

Chenrezig Prayers (optional)

8.00 - 10.00 pm

Tibetan Tea Rooms will be open

10.00 pm

Quiet time

Sunday 27th March

6.00 - 7.00 am

Green Tara Prayers (optional)

7.00 - 8.00 am

Breakfast

8.00 - 9.00 am

Silent Meditation

9.30 - 10.30 am

‘What it means to take Refuge’  by Clive Holmes

10.30 – 11.00 am

Break

11.00 – 12.00pm

Refuge Ceremony with Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

or

11.00 – 12.00 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes for those not taking Refuge

(in the Lecture Hall)

12.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 – 3.00 pm

Time for relaxation or help with lunch clear up

3.00 - 4.30 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes

4.30 – 5.00 pm

Break

5.00 – 6.00 pm

Teaching & Meditation with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

6.00 - 7.00 pm

Supper

7.00 - 8.30 pm

Amitabha and Chenrezig Prayers (optional)

8.00 - 10.00 pm

Tibetan Tea Rooms will be open

10.00 pm

Quiet time

  

Monday 28th March

6.00 - 7.00 am

Green Tara Prayers (optional)

7.00 - 8.00 am

Breakfast

8.00 - 9.00 am

Silent Meditation

10.00 - 11.00 am

Teaching by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

11.00 - 11.30 am

Break

11.30 - 12.30 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes

12.30

Lunch

1.30 – 2.00 pm

Time for relaxation or help with lunch clear up

2.00 – 3.00 pm

Teaching by Clive Holmes

  The Samye Ling Shop will be open from 9.15am to 5pm daily
 including lunchtime

 The Tibetan Tea Rooms will be open daily from 9am to 5pm
On Friday, Saturday & Sunday it will also be open from 8pm to 10pm

The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche