On the last weekend of July, we were very fortunate to have Lama Zangmo here again in Cardiff. She arrived on Friday 24th evening, and was happy to see our newly transformed Tara Shrine Room. Lama Zangmo visiting the newly transformed Green Tara Shine Room, with Lorraine and Anthony by her side. On Saturday 25th, the Hall was packed with people for Lama Zangmo’s teaching on The Seven Points of Mind Training. We continue to learn the first part of the 7th point: ways to support and nurture...

On 12 July 2026, we had the Tara Rokpa “Relax, Paint and Meditate” Workshop, Sarah Wass led us through a day of creative and therapeutic practices to help us free our minds. We had the chance to play with art materials and let the inspiration leads us, combining with the freedom of movement to connect with sensations of our bodies. Afterwords we shared our experiences, but not commenting on other people’s work, this released us from the output driven habits and enabled us to turn our focus to...

At the start of June, we held a Buddhist Retreat Day with Kunga Dondrup (Damien) to fundraise for our Tara room’s complete make over. It was very successful as we raised £1,300 in the end! Before Our old Tara Room look On 10th June, the auspicious Dakini Day, volunteers started the work by clearing the room and removing carpets, and painting the cupboards, shelves, ceiling and walls. It was very exciting as changes are happening. The kitchen had soup and everyone is looked after. We have an...