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Welcome to

Kagyu Samye Dzong Cardiff

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​Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre for World Peace & Health 

Welcome to Cardiff Kagyu Samye Dzong, serving the people of Cardiff and the surrounding areas.

 

We are a community of experienced meditators and professional Meditation and Mindfulness trainers and are affiliated with the world-famous Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. The first - and largest -  Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in the West, by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the late Choje Akong Rinpoche, and overseen by Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche.

 

We transmit and practise the teachings of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, which have been handed down without break from master to disciple from the first Karmapa to the present, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

 

We organise and run regular classes in Buddhist meditation, philosophy and Vajrayana Buddhism. We also host mindfulness courses in conjunction with Samye Foundation Wales in Cardiff, Caerphilly and the surrounding areas, as well as retreats and other events. 

 

Our courses in meditation are not aimed at converting people to Buddhism and everybody is welcome to attend, to learn meditation for therapeutic reasons and to overcome the stresses and strains of modern life. 

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Featured Events

  • Tibetan Language - Beginners Course
    Tibetan Language - Beginners Course
    Multiple Dates
    Tibetan Language - Beginners Course
    Sun, 19 Jan
    19 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 11:00
    19 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 11:00
    Learn how to read, write and speak Tibetan
  • Sound Bathing Meditation with Simon
    Sound Bathing Meditation with Simon
    Multiple Dates
    Sound Bathing Meditation with Simon
    Fri, 24 Jan
    24 Jan 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
    24 Jan 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
    Come and enjoy a restful session of sound bathing using a wide range of beautiful Tibetan singing bowls.
  • Finding Purpose with Gelong Thubten
    Finding Purpose with Gelong Thubten
    Finding Purpose with Gelong Thubten
    Sat, 25 Jan
    25 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    25 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    Talks on how to discover and strengthen our inner spiritual purpose, and the Buddhist approach to cultivating loving-kindness and compassion.
  • Training the Heart with Gelong Thubten
    Training the Heart with Gelong Thubten
    Training the Heart with Gelong Thubten
    Sun, 26 Jan
    26 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    26 Jan 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    Talks on how to discover and strengthen our inner spiritual purpose, and the Buddhist approach to cultivating loving-kindness and compassion.
  • 8 Week Mindfulness Course with Lorraine
    8 Week Mindfulness Course with Lorraine
    8 Week Mindfulness Course with Lorraine
    Mon, 27 Jan
    27 Jan 2025, 19:15 – 20:45
    27 Jan 2025, 19:15 – 20:45
    Learn the mindfulness techniques which will help you to become more tranquil and peaceful in your daily life and less reactive
  • Mindfulness for Parents and Babies
    Mindfulness for Parents and Babies
    Multiple Dates
    Mindfulness for Parents and Babies
    Thu, 30 Jan
    30 Jan 2025, 11:00 – 12:00
    30 Jan 2025, 11:00 – 12:00
    Open to parents bringing babies under 1 year old and to pregnant parents
  • Mindfulness for the Emotions Workshop with Lorraine
    Mindfulness for the Emotions Workshop with Lorraine
    Mindfulness for the Emotions Workshop with Lorraine
    Sat, 01 Feb
    01 Feb 2025, 10:00 – 12:30
    01 Feb 2025, 10:00 – 12:30
    Learn how to handle unpleasant emotions and benefit your daily life
  • Introduction to Mindfulness with Anthony
    Introduction to Mindfulness with Anthony
    Introduction to Mindfulness with Anthony
    Sat, 15 Feb
    15 Feb 2025, 10:00 – 12:30
    15 Feb 2025, 10:00 – 12:30
    Learn what mindfulness is and the benefits of practising it in your life. You will learn to use it in everyday situations, as well as how to sit mindfully and settle the mind through simple mindful exercises.
  • 8 Week Mindfulness Course with Anthony
    8 Week Mindfulness Course with Anthony
    8 Week Mindfulness Course with Anthony
    Fri, 28 Feb
    28 Feb 2025, 18:00 – 20:00
    28 Feb 2025, 18:00 – 20:00
    Learn how to remain calm, grounded and focused throughout your life.
  • Mindfulness Retreat Day with Lorraine
    Mindfulness Retreat Day with Lorraine
    Mindfulness Retreat Day with Lorraine
    Sat, 22 Mar
    22 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    22 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 16:00
    The retreat is a day for yourself – a time to value yourself and your mind.
  • Living and Dying with Confidence by Lama Zangmo
    Living and Dying with Confidence by Lama Zangmo
    Living and Dying with Confidence by Lama Zangmo
    Sat, 19 Apr
    19 Apr 2025, 10:00 – 20 Apr 2025, 14:00
    19 Apr 2025, 10:00 – 20 Apr 2025, 14:00
    how to create a supportive environment for someone who is dying and how to develop the right state of mind at the time of our own death
  • The Path to Deeper Compassion by Lama Zangmo
    The Path to Deeper Compassion by Lama Zangmo
    The Path to Deeper Compassion by Lama Zangmo
    Sat, 12 Jul
    12 Jul 2025, 10:00 – 13 Jul 2025, 14:00
    12 Jul 2025, 10:00 – 13 Jul 2025, 14:00
    Practical instructions on how to bring compassion and wisdom into every area of our lives

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