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If you would like to make a one off or regular monthly payment to Rokpa Trust (Kagyu Samye Ling) please use the Paypal Donate button below. Read more

Refuge Ceremonies in Samye Ling in August 2022

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Opening the Grounds from the 17th March

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Tibetan New Year - 3rd March 2022

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You can listen to Lama Yeshe Rinpoche's New Year message here: https://youtu.be/UtxneLckOkg Read more

Meditation with Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

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Lama Rinpoche will be leading another monthly meditation session on Sunday 28th November at 8am UK time and everyone is most welcome to join. Read more

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Located in a peaceful valley on the banks of the river Esk in Scotland, Kagyu Samye Ling was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West.  It is a centre for wisdom and learning within the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and is open to people of all faiths and none.  You are welcome to come for day visits, short stays or to participate in our meditation retreats and courses available throughout the year. Read more

Re-opening of Samye Ling Main Temple - 15 November 2021

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Dear Dharma brothers and sisters, Read more

Job Vacancy at Lothlorien

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Lothlorien is a therapeutic community for people with mental health problems, situated in a quiet rural setting in South West Scotland.  It has been run since 1989 by Rokpa Trust, the Charity which includes all branches of our organisation in the UK. Read more

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