These are some of the people and Courses that have taught
at Rokpa Cardiff
Rokpa Cardiff would like to thank them all for their time and effort

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GELONGMA ANI KUNZANG

Ani Kunzang is a fully ordained Buddhist nun, and has completed a four year closed retreat. She is particularly well versed in Tibetan Buddhist ritual, and will cover the chanting, ritual instruments and music of the Sadhana,
which is done regularly at the centre. She will also give further instructions on the playing of the musical instruments for the various Pujas done in KSDL.

GENERAL CHANTING AND MUSIC INSTRUCTIONS
Day: Monday
Date: 10th March 08
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

GENERAL CHANTING AND MUSIC INSTRUCTIONS
Day: Tuesday
Date: 11th March 08
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

TIBETAN CLASS (Part 2)
Day: Wednesday
Date: 12th March 08
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

GREEN TARA
(how to chant in the Palpung style, as well as play musical instruments - over 2 evenings)
Day: Thursday and Friday
Date: 13th & 14th March 08
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

KONCHO CHIDU (Long Guru Rinpoche) : PART 2
instructions on how to do the practise
Day: Saturday
Date: 15th March 08
Time: 10pm - 4.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

KONCHO CHIDU (Long Guru Rinpoche) : TSOK PUJA
(Preparation for TSOK puja will be in the morning - this will include Torma making and the Puja will be in the afternoon)

Day: Sunday
Date: 16th March 08
Time: 10pm - 4.00pm
Venue: 100 Moorland Road, Splott
Cardiff CF24 2LP

GREEN TARA TORMA MAKING

Sunday
6th April 08
time: 5.45 - 8.30
Venue: 17 Princes Avenue Caerphilly



MARCH



ANI SEMCHI
Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th,
5.30pm - 9.00pm

DRAWING THE DEITY

Ani Semchi is a fully ordained Buddhist nun and has studied thanka painting for many years with master painter Sherab Palden Beru, and currently paints and teaches in Samye Ling and associated centres.
This course is an easy approach to drawing, which is suitable for anyone - no previous experience necessary. After this course you may never see Chenrezig in the same way again... Please bring a drawing pad (A4 or A3), pencil, sharpener, eraser, ruler and some coloured pencils.

4 evening sessions - £40 (£32 if paid in advance)




GELONG KARMA JIGA

Saturday 27th & 28th October 2007
Each day - 10.30 - 12noon / 1.30pm - 3pm
THREE YANAS OR LEVELS OF BUDDHIST PRACTICE
PART 1

The Twyn Community Centre
Caerphilly
(In the Visitor Centre Car Park opposite the castle)

Foundation, Altruism and Fruition
please book in advance if you would like a personal interview with Gelong Jiga
(interview start time 3pm)

Chairman of Rokpa Trust
Abbot and Retreat Master of Kagyu Samye Ling
Executive Director of The Holy Island Project

PUBLIC LECTURE

OPENING HEARTS AND MINDS

Friday 12th October 2007 at 7pm

St John's Church
The Hayes, Cardiff

followed by 'a welsh musical offering'

Donation £7

please send cheques payable to:

Samye Foundation Wales
100 Moorland Road
Cardiff CF24 2LP

Or Click Below to pay by Credit Card or Paypal:

Please print out your paypal email for your ticket to save us on postage.

A Short Biography

Born in 1943 in Kham, East Tibet, Lama Yeshe spent his formative years in education at Dolma Lhakang Monastery where his brother Akong Tulku Rinpoche was Abbot. After escaping from Tibet in 1959, Lama Yeshe continued his education at the Young Lamas Home School in Dalhousie, India before leaving in 1967 to serve as Private Secretary to His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim.

In 1969 Lama Yeshe joined Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in Scotland where they had founded Kagyu Samye Ling. Five years later he accompanied H.H. Karmapa on a tour of the United States. At this point, he and Lama Tenzin Chönyi, were asked to establish and run Karma Triyana Dharmacakra Centre in Woodstock, New York, which is H.H. Karmapa's main seat in America.

In 1980 he took full ordination as a Gelong monk from His Holiness on the auspicious date of the anniversary of Lord Buddha's Nirvana and Parinirvana. Following his ordination Lama Yeshe entered a long-term solitary retreat, under the guidance of the Abbot of Karma Triyana, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. In 1985, at the request of his brother Akong Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe returned to Scotland to continue his retreat at Samye Ling Purelands Retreat Centre and in 1989 became Retreat Master with responsibility for the western practitioners who were in the cloistered four year retreat.

Despite his heartfelt wish to remain in retreat for twenty years, towards the end of 1991 Lama Yeshe was obliged to return to the world to take responsibility for the running of Samye Ling and also to direct The Holy Island Project. Since its acquisition in April 1992, under Lama Yeshe's guidance, and with financial and sometimes physical help from supporters around the globe, Holy Island has become the site of the Centre for World Peace and Health, which offers accommodation for up to 60 people as well as the magnificent Peace Hall.

Built with sustainable environmentally-friendly materials wherever possible, the Centre was opened to the public in May 2003. It now hosts regular courses and retreats during the summer months when the island is easily accessible, and has become renowned for its tranquility and beauty, as well as the excellent vegetarian food!
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the island, previously existing light-house cottages have been renovated to become a long-term retreat house for women where the first traditional Buddhist three-year, three-month retreat on Holy Island was completed in March 2006.

As the first and largest Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Europe, Samye Ling is home to an increasing number of resident ordained sangha and lay practitioners. The centre also continues to attract thousands of visitors who come to tour the beautiful
temple and grounds or to attend one of the many courses on offer. In 1995 the title of "Abbot" was conferred upon Lama Yeshe and his first action as Abbot was to establish the Samye Sangha Foundation to help the monks and nuns become self-supporting.

In November 1998 he received the "Sasana Kirthi Sri" award at the International Sarvodaya Bhikku Congress in Sri Lanka. This makes him the first Tibetan Lama to make such a connection with the Theravadin community, an important step in inter-faith relations. Since he was a young boy, Lama Yeshe Losal has received teachings from many of the highest Kagyu Lamas,
including extensive teachings and initiations from his root guru H.H. the 16th Karmapa, and also teachings from The 12th Tai Situpa, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Gyaltsap Rinpoche, and the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche. More recently, he received teachings from Tulku Urgyen who supervised his 49 day Bardo retreat of solitude and darkness in Nepal. In 1997 Lama Yeshe was able to complete a second 49 day Bardo retreat on Holy Island in the specially built retreat-master's cabin there. Lama Yeshe's teaching is always very practical and down-to-earth, and he prefers to rely on the spoken word and a direct relationship with his students. But many of them who live far away and can spend little time with him have repeatedly requested him to write
something they can use when he is not there. To fulfill their wishes, and to provide something simple and easy to understand for non-Buddhists who are interested in meditation and how to apply it to their everyday lives, he published his first book, "Living Dharma" in 2000. This has been well received in many countries and has been translated into French, German, Finnish and Spanish.
In August 2003, on the occasion of his 60th birthday celebration, Lama Yeshe was awarded the title
"Rinpoche" in honour of his commitment to establishing a strong ordained Sangha in the West, and as recognition of his achievements as Abbot, not to mention his inspiration and example to many thousands of friends and students around the world.
His participation in inter faith dialogue at home and abroad continues. On Holy Island in August 2003, he hosted a visit of the Religious Leaders of Scotland and has forged lasting friendships with several of his fellow faith leaders.
In February 2002, for example, he was attended the European Parliament in Brussels as the guest of the Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Later that year, during the celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee he was invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace where he was able to meet the Queen and other members of the Royal family, presenting Her Majesty with a traditional silk scarf and Tibetan thanka.

Rokpa Trust has many parts including Samye Ling, The Holy Island Project and numerous charitable projects both at home and overseas. Lama Yeshe Losal is the Trust's indefatigable Chairman whose energy and inspiration fuel its far reaching activities which benefit so many people in so many ways.



JUNE 2007

DONAL CREEDON



The Bodhisattava Project

Friday 3pm 1st June to 8pm Friday 8th June 2007

The Bodhisattva project is a essentially an open inquiry into and quest for love, beauty, and truth. The course, suitable for Buddhist and non Buddhists,
is grounded in the Mahayana tradition but also makes use of contemporary material from a variety of sources.Traditionally the bodhisattva is someone who serves the light at the centre of all beings.
He or she is committed to awakening to the most profound level reality while responding to the world through compassionate being and action.
The work on this path involves cutting through the deadening habits which obstruct awakening and as well as developing a radical optimism based on direct understanding rather than on naive wishful thinking. The aim is to constanly open to the actuality of our lives without rejecting that which is painful or unpleasant. In that way one can learn to live fully with a heart that is noble, affectionate and free of fear.

A list of what to bring and directions to Southerndown will be sent out by email once you have booked. To secure your place please send
£20 non-refundable deposit to 100 Moorland Road, Cardiff CF24 2LP

Spaces are limited - Please book early.
No single rooms available - 2-3 beds per room
People can come just for the day at £20.00 for the day (No accommodation)

Full Suggested Donation for retreat To be confirmed

Weekend Retreat - Meditation For All

Friday evening 8th June, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June 2007

In Southerndown, near Bridgend





AKONG RINPOCHE

will be visiting Cardiff to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of
Samye Ling Monastery.

Travelling with monks and nuns from Samye Ling, Akong Rinpoche will arrive on 18th March 2007 and will be with us until the 21st.

The Venue is:
ST MICHAEL'S COLLEGE, Cardiff Road. Llandaff

This is the proposed Itinerary

JANUARY 2007

Mon 29th Jan to Wed 31st Jan 2007

TARA INSTRUCTIONS

over 3 evenings as follows

Monday 29th Jan
Tuesday 30th Jan
Wednesday 31st Jan

7.10pm - 8.45pm each evening

We would like as many of our group as possible to learn the pujas so we can all be ready for Akong Rinpoche's visit in March when we will be able to take part in the pujas with him.
Pujas we are hoping to cover will be Guru Rinpoche, Medicine Buddha, Chenrezig and Tara - the Programme still has to be finalised with Rinpoche.

Chenrezig practise will start at 6.30pm every evening before the teachings for those who want to attend.
Please bring TARA texts, a notebook, and red and black pens and a pencil to mark your text.
Coloured pencils may be useful as well. Texts will also be available for purchase.

Ani Kunzang has offered to teach people to play Tibetan musical instruments, if anyone has any. If interest is shown we could also brush up on our Tibetan during the afternoon on the 30th and 31st.
We appreciate that these are working days and may be difficult for most people. Ani Kunzang will also be available in the afternoons on those days if people would like to join her for meditation.

The cost for each evening session will be £12.50

Please send your cheques to
Rokpa Cardiff, 100 Moorland Road, Cardiff CF24 2LP

FEBRUARY 2007

24th, 25th & 26th NOVEMBER 2006

ANI KUNZANG



17 Princes Avenue, Caerphilly, CF83 1HR
Contact: 02920 881632

Friday 24th November 2006

START 6.00pm: Chenrezig Puja
START 7.00pm: Guru Rinpoche Puja
Saturday 25th November 2006
10am - 4pm

Explanation and Instructions of Chenrezig Sadhana including the instructions on the 7 branch prayer.
Sunday 26th November 2006

10am - 12noon

TARA PUJA

Organsising the Tara texts
Understanding and Practising Shi-nay or Tranquility and Calm Abiding
Learning to Meditate This session is suitable for beginners and those with some meditation experience





GELONG KARMA JIGA


14th 15th October 2006
CHAPTER ARTS
First Space

BEGINNERS DAY - LEARNING TO MEDITATE
Saturday 14th October

"EXPERIENCE HOW OUR MIND WORKS
BASED ON THE TEXT BY 3RD KARMAPA"
Sunday 15th October :
An Introduction to Conscious Living
A course in three parts : Part 2






6th 7th 8th 9th October 2006
Going Deeper into the Elements with Clive Holmes - Southerndown

18th Dulmo Choje Tulku Rinpoche

18th Dulmo Choje Tulku Rinpoche
28th & 29th August 2006

5pm : Monday 28th August 2006
Guru Rinpoche explanation and Empowerment

5pm: Tuesday 29th August 2006
Dharma Talk followed by Chenrezig Empowerment

The Manor Park Country Hotel
Thornhill
Cardiff
CF14 9UA
Tulmo Choje Tulku Rinpoche
He was born in the Pal area of the kingdom of De-ge, in 1945. He was enthroned at the age of five at Damkar Lhundrup Dechen Chokhor Ling and proceeded with his studies and training for his high responsibilities. He went on to receive teachings, empowerments, scriptural transmissions and explanations from some thirty eminent masters and tulkus of the Nyingma and Sarma schools, such as Kartse Kongtrul Rinpoche, Gyalse Tinley Kunchap, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Drupchen Kanor, the third Jamgon Kongtrul and so forth.
Tulmo Chojay Tulku Rinpoche has been instrumental in restoring, preserving and nurturing the precious and sacred doctrine of the Buddha in general and especially its manifestation as the Karma Kamtsang practice lineage. He has helped the sangha to establish itself and flourish by ordaining novices and those of full commitment and whenever and wherever possible he has bestowed a wealth of empowerments, scriptural transmissions and instructions on the general sangha and reincarnate lamas.



8th 9th 10th & 11th SEPTEMBER 2006

WEEKEND 'GURU RINPOCHE RETREAT' IN SOUTHERNDOWN with

Friday 8th : START 2pm, Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th

If you have musical instruments such as bell & dorje, drum, damaru .... please bring them.






Weekend in Southerdown
(venue to be confirmed)

Ani Kunzang is a fully ordained Buddhist nun, who has completed a four-year closed retreat. She is particularly accomplished in Tibetan Buddhist ritual & music, which she teaches at all the Samye Dzong Centres in Europe. She also gilds and paints statues at Samye Ling.

FRIDAY EVENING 17th , SATURDAY 18th and SUNDAY 19th MARCH 2006

The weekend will cover:
Friday evening : Learning Tibetan.
Please bring your own writing materials
Saturday 10 am - 4pm : Chenrezig Sadhana
Instructions for those who wish to learn the Chenrezig Sadhana.
This practice is one of the main weekly practices of our centre and represents compassion.
Explanations will be given on the story of Chenrezig chanting, visualisation, mantra and offerings of this profound compassion practice. It is not essential to have had the empowerment in order to do this sadhana.

Saturday evening - Om Mani Padme Hung
(How to draw the letters in Tibetan - please bring coloured pencils, as well as paper)

Sunday 10 am - 4pm : Guru Rinpoche Sadhana and Tsok Puja
Instructions for those who wish to learn the Guru Rinpoche Sadhana & Tsok. Explanations will be given on the story of Guru Rinpoche, chanting, visualisation, mantra, musical instruments and offerings. It is essential to have had the empowerment in order to do this as your main practise.

GELONG KARMA JIGA

DEALING WITH STRESS ON A DAILY BASIS

Gelong Jiga is a warm, humorous and insightful teacher. The day will cover techniques you can use daily in the office to help deal with those stressful moments! You will be able to integrate this into your everyday life - at home and work.
Gelong Jiga is a Buddhist monk from Scotland and gives regular workshops to organisations in Dundee and the Scottish Highlands and runs courses for business people called the Discovery Experience. Suitable for all.

Friday 21st April 2006

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10th and 11th December
10.00 am To 4.30 pm
CHAPTER ARTS
CANTON
CARDIFF (FIRST SPACE)

A practical course using methods which can be used within the framework of your daily and working life. Each session will include meditation and Interactive teaching. Gelong Jiga is a senior monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland and has studied with the greatest of Tibetan Masters while at Samye Ling.

Balancing our lives, developing wisdom and compassion
(all through the approach of the five elements)

DEALING SKILLFULLY WITH STRESS ON A DAILY BASIS

Friday 28th April 2006
10AM - 3.30PM City Hall, Room F
Cardiff

Clive Holmes has been teaching courses on meditation and courses that deal specifically with dealing with stress for many years throughout the UK. The day will cover techniques you can use daily in the office to help deal with those stressful moments! You will be able to integrate this into your everyday life - at home and work. Suitable for all.

Weekend at Southerndown with Clive Holmes

Friday Evening 28th, Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th April 2006

Near the coast at Southerndown, this course will be on the Five Elements:
Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space.

On the meditation side, we will be cultivating direct experience of each element. Through this, we will cultivate fearlessness, stability, confidence, clarity, energy and spaciousness. One part of this course is to give more time to creativity so please bring painting and drawing materials. Also bring any musical instruments for a Saturday night music session, if you like. Please also bring warm clothing and an open mind.

BOOKINGS NECESSARY

GELONG KARMA JIGA

APPROACHING THE MAHAMDURA

(Meditation Instruction)

Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September 05
10.00a.m.-4.00p.m

Venue: Function Room, 111-112 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay

A practical course using methods which can be used within the framework of your daily and working life.
Each session will include meditation and Interactive teaching. Gelong Jiga is a senior monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland
and has studied with the greatest of Tibetan Masters while at Samye Ling.

Gelong Jiga will also be available for private consultation.

Inquiries, Bookings:

100 Moorland Road
Cardiff CF24 2LP
Tel: 02920 499185

Rokpa Cardiff will be in recess for the month of August 2005

A SPECIAL VISIT BY
CHOJE AKONG TULKU RINPOCHE

GREEN TARA EMPOWERMENT

30th May 2005 (Bank holiday)
Insole Court
Fairwater Road
Llandaff
Cardiff

3.00pm Explanation of Tara Empowerment
by Gelong Thubten
Followed by the Empowerment

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