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Drupon Rinpoche's Meditation Retreat

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From 1st to 10th July, Drupon Rinpoche led an intensive meditation retreat in Samye Ling Temple. Read more

Update on Temple Access

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From 10th August, The Temple will be open to visitors and guests between 9am and 5pm daily. Read more

Access to the Temple during Drupon Rinpoche's Courses

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Drupon Rinpoche is teaching daily in the temple throughout July and August. Read more

Four Hundred Million Mantras

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Chamgon Khentin Tai Situpa has requested that all students of Akong Tulku Rinpoche work together to recite One Hundred Million of each of the following mantras: Read more

Mindfulness and Compassion Conference June 2014

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There are a limited number of day tickets for sale for our Mindfulness and Compassion conference in June with the Mindfulness Association.  The price is £125 per day. Read more

Buddhist Cosmology

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By Ken Holmes "Speak to dreamers in the language of dreams"Khenpo Tsultim GyamtsoThe Buddha said this world is like a dream or a conjuration. Read more

Guru Rinpoche

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Sceptics with an everyday, dualistic perception of the universe will consider the 'Most Precious Teacher' (Guru Rinpoche) as the historical founder of Buddhism in Tibet who has been deified by legend, so rich is his biography in miracle and the extraordinary. Read more

Quotes

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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