Taming the Tiger

7:00pm 02 October 2026 - 04 October 2026

Cost: £63.00

Venue: Samye Ling

Bookings for this course will open on 1st August 2026.  To book your place on the course with accommodation, please send an email to bookings@samyeling.org

“Refrain from all harm
Bringing benefit to others”     Shakyamuni Buddha

Taming our mind is the teaching of the Buddha.  This weekend course will focus on Taming the Tiger, a book written by Akong Rinpoche. His gift to Westerners, a culturally attuned set of teachings and meditations to help us understand & tame our minds.

The weekend is suitable for newcomers & for those who have previously participated in a Taming The Tiger weekend and who wish to continue deepen their study & practice.

The weekend is presented by Brion Sweeney. Brion is a Tara Rokpa Therapist, trained by Akong Rinpoche, for over thirty years, to present this work. Brion has worked as a psychiatrist since 1980 and psychotherapist since 1986, his chosen speciality being the Psychiatry of Addiction.

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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