Taking Refuge

8:00am 02 November 2019 - 10:00am 02 November 2019

Cost: £0.00

Venue: Samye Ling

Abbot Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche will bestow the Refuge commitment for anyone wishing to formally become Buddhist within the Karma Kagyu tradition.

This will be particularly useful for anyone who has not yet had the opportunity to take Refuge and who wishes to receive empowerment from Tulku Damcho Rinpoche during the following days (please click here for more details).  If you would like to take Refuge please send an email to abbot@samyeling.org.

Programme:

8.00am - 'What it means to take Refuge' by Sangha member

9.00am - Refuge Ceremony with Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

To book this course please select it in the Extras offered on the booking form.

Tariff and Charges Guest Info
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