Numerous teachings are available from the teachers listed below.  Most of these recordings are in MP3 format.  Copies of these recordings can be ordered from Kagyu Samye Dzong Cape Town.  Your contribution supports the Centre in making these teachings available.  

Contact Details

Kagyu Samye Dzong Cape Town Tel: +27 21 761 2978 Email: capetown@kagyu.org.za

List of Teachers

H.H. the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje

Website:http://www.kagyuoffice.org/

Biography:

His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, is the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage. Born in Eastern Tibet on 26 June 1985, he was recognized at the age of seven through a prediction letter that had been written by his previous incarnation. His Eminence Tai Situpa and His Holiness the Dalai Lama confirmed the identification. In June 1992, he returned to Central Tibet and Tolung Tsurphu Monastery, the main seat of the previous Karmapas, where he was enthroned. In late 1999, in order to meet his teachers in India, the Karmapa left Tibet for India, where he traveled to see the Dalai Lama.

The Indian government granted him refugee status, and he continues to stay at his temporary residence in Gyuto Monastery, not far from the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala. He is studying Buddhist philosophy and meditation while receiving the transmissions and empowerments from the masters of his lineage. With a special interest in books, he has worked to preserve ancient texts; he has also encouraged the practice of meditative rituals. His artistic abilities have flourished over the years. In addition to writing poetry, he has become a skilled artist in drawing, painting, and calligraphy. The Karmapa has presided over these major ceremonies since 2001. Thousands visit the Karmapa at Gyuto Monastery where he gives public teachings. (Info from: http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/karmapa/kar00.php and http://www.rumtek.org/HHGK/hh00.php)

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost (R)

aMP069

Dorje Sempa Practice

Jun 1989

01:23:00

50.00

H.E. the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche

Website:http://www.palpung.com/rinpoche.php

Biography:

Born in Eastern Tibet in 1954, the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche left Tibet for Sikkim in 1960, where he was united with His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. He established his monastery Palpung Sherab Ling in northern India in 1976. He has travelled widely – visiting North America, Europe, South-East Asia and New Zealand and lecturing on Buddhist philosophy and meditation. A renowned artist and calligrapher, Tai Situ Rinpoche speaks fluent English and is the author of several books in which he illuminates Buddhist teachings in commonsense terms using down-to-earth examples.

He is currently involved in the advancement of inter-faith and inter-cultural humanitarian efforts and was the inspiration and motivator for the 1989 Pilgrimage for Active Peace. In addition, Rinpoche is the founder and Spiritual Head of the extensively enlarged Sherab Ling Monastery. Rinpoche was also involved with the recognition and enthronement of His Holiness, 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP017

Tibetan Buddhism

1981

08:39:58

R50.00

aMP018

Gyud Lama

1981

06:56:05

R50.00

aMP019

Life of Naropa

1981

02:31:13

R50.00

aMP020

Shi-Né Meditation Instruction

1981

01:21:22

R50.00

aMP021

Therapy

Oct 1985

07:03:42

R50.00

aMP022

Mahamudra Teaching

1988

08:21:46

R50.00

aMP023

Meditation in Action

1988

05:36:02

R50.00

aMP117

Mahamudra Teaching

1988

03:52:47

R50.00

aMP024

Guru Rinpoche Teaching

Aug 1988

03:51:14

R50.00

aMP025

Death and Dying

Aug 1988

06:49:36

R50.00

aMP026

Public Talks

Aug 1994

04:01:23

R50.00

aMP027

Dorje Chang Tungma Prayer

Oct 1994

03:00:55

R50.00

aMP028

The Six Paramitas

Aug 1995

01:14:14

R50.00

aMP029

General Talk on Buddhism

Aug 1995

01:07:31

R50.00

aMP030

Talk on Devotion

Sep 1995

01:10:04

R50.00

aMP031

The Five Skandhas

1996

02:25:31

R50.00

aMP032

Prajna Paramita

Sept 1996

02:54:30

R50.00

aMP118

Mahamudra - Guided Meditations

2009

06:15:05

R50.00

Akong Tulku Rinpoche

Website: http://www.samyeling.org

Biography:

Chöje Akong Rinpoche was born in 1939 in Eastern Tibet and discovered as a tulku at the age of two. In addition to receiving spiritual and formal education, he also trained in traditional Tibetan medicine. As a teenager, he travelled from community to community, performing religious ceremonies and treating the sick. His spiritual training as a holder of the Kagyu lineage was completed under the guidance of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa.

In 1959, he fled from Tibet to India, and a few years later, he and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche travelled to Oxford, where they learned English, and began to introduce the West to Tibetan religion and culture. This led to the foundation of the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, in Scotland, the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the West. The current abbot of Samye Ling is Akong Rinpoche’s brother, the Ven. Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche.

Akong Rinpoche is the head of the Samye Dzong Buddhist Centres in South Africa.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP124

Talk on 17th Karmapa

unknown

00:44:15

R50.00

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

Website: http://www.samyeling.org

Biography:

Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche is the well-loved abbot of our mothership (and the oldest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the West) – Samye Ling in Scotland. He has spent at least 20 years in various retreats, and was recognised by the former Kalu Rinpoche as one of the most highly attained meditators in the world. To be able to meet and meditate in his presence is a rare and precious opportunity.

Born in 1943 in Kham, East Tibet, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche escaped from Tibet as a teenager in 1959, arriving in India along with Akong Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a handful of other exhausted refugees. From 1967, he served as Private Secretary to His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, until leaving to join his brother Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche at Samye Ling in Scotland two years later. After accompanying H.H. Karmapa on a tour of the United States, he and Lama Tenzin Chonyi established and managed the Karma Triyana Dharmacakra Centre in Woodstock New York, which is now H.H. Karmapa's main seat in the U.S.

In 1980, he was ordained as a Gelong monk by H.H. Karmapa, before entering entered a strict, long-term solitary retreat under the guidance of the Abbot of Karma Triyana, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He has also received teachings from many of the highest Kagyu Lamas, including H.H. the 16th Karmapa,and from The 12th Tai Situpa, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, Gyaltsap Rinpoche, and the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche. He has completed two 49-day Bardo retreats in total solitude and darkness. He has been instrumental in establishing a long-term Buddhist Retreat Centre and an Interfaith Centre for World Peace and Health on Holy Island, a small island off the coast of Scotland.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP089

Teachings by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

2012

05:08:31

R50.00

aMP141

Dealing with Obstacles, Hindrances and Delusions on the Path

Mar 2015

01:15:08

R50.00

aMP142

Joyful Living through Meditation

Mar 2015

01:03:28

R50.00

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

Website: http://www.bodhicharya.org/

Biography:

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters, including HH the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Sikkim and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as Tibetan Textbook Writer and Professor of Tibetan Studies in Sikkim for 25 years.

Since 1990, he has been travelling and teaching Buddhism and Meditation at Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centers in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various interfaith and Science and Buddhist dialogues. He authored several books on Buddhism as well as some children’s books both in Tibetan and European languages.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP062

The Noble Eightfold Path

Sep 2011

01:41:44

R50.00

aMP063

From Milk to Yoghurt

Sep 2011

09:19:29

R50.00

aMP064

Discovering Basic Sanity

Sep 2011

01:35:30

R50.00

Ven. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Website: http://www.nalandabodhi.org/

Biography:

The founder and president of Nalandabodhi, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, is a leading Buddhist teacher in North America and an advocate of American and Western Buddhism.

A lover of music, art and urban culture, Rinpoche is a poet, an avid photographer, an accomplished calligrapher and visual artist, as well as a prolific author.

Rinpoche is fluent in English and well-versed in Western culture and technology. He is also the founder of Nitartha International, a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to preserving the contemplative literature of East Asia.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP052

The Treasury of Knowledge

Aug 1992 and Sep 1993

21:16:01

R100.00

Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche

Website: http://www.rinpoche.com/

Biography:

The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was born in Kham, Tibet in 1933, and was formally recognised at the age of five. He fled from Tibet to India in 1959, where he studied at Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, the seat in exile of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, becoming the Abbot of Rumtek Monastery and being heavily involved in teaching. Since 1976, he has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the United States.

Thrangu Rinpoche, a recognised master of Mahamudra meditation, has taught in over twenty-five countries and has seventeen centres in twelve countries. He is especially known for making complex teachings accessible to Western students. Because of his vast knowledge of the Dharma and his skill as a teacher, he was appointed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP033

Gyud Lama of Asanga / Maitreya

1980

19:51:20

R50.00

aMP036

Ornament of the Precious Liberation

1980

19:41:58

R50.00

aMP037

The Four Ordinary Foundations

1980

05:39:47

R50.00

aMP038

The Four Special Foundations

1980

02:59:55

R50.00

aMP034

Life of Marpa

1981

05:09:35

R50.00

aMP035

Life of Milarepa and Gampopa

1981

04:54:10

R50.00

aMP039

History of Indian Buddhism

1981

05:26:33

R50.00

Chögyam Trungpa

Website: http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/chogyam-trungpa.php

Biography:

Taken from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa):

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (28 February 1939 – 4 April 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master and holder of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, the eleventh Trungpa tülku, a tertön, supreme abbot of the Surmang monasteries, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and originator of a radical re-presentation of Shambhala vision.

Recognized both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, he was a major, albeit controversial, figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.

Among his contributions are the translation of a large number of Tibetan texts, the introduction of the Vajrayana teachings to the West, and a presentation of the Buddhadharma largely devoid of ethnic trappings. Regarded as a mahasiddha by many senior lamas, he is seen as having embodied the crazy wisdom (Tib. yeshe chölwa) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Some of his teaching methods and actions were the topic of controversy during his lifetime and afterwards.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP123

Chögyam Trungpa Live

1976

01:07:30

R50.00

Lama Tsondru

Website: http://www.kagyu.it/eng/home.html

Biography:

Lama Tsondru, who received monastic ordination in 1985, has received many teachings from important Masters like His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, Akong Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche and many others. She has completed two 4-year retreats at Samye Ling in Scotland.

With Lama Jinpa Gyamso she guides the Spanish centers connected with Kagyu Samye Ling monastery and the students currently committed to the first traditional retreat of Karma Kagyu lineage in Spain.

In June 2000, in recognition of her dedication and hard work over many years, and her ability to benefit many people through her example and her teaching, she was granted the title of “Lama” by Akong Rinpoche.

Lama Tsondru is well known and loved by her many friends and students for her warm, approachable, easy-to-understand teaching style, as well as for her dedication and hard work in serving the Kagyu Lineage and helping others.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP116

Kleshas

Dec 2002

02:18:56

R50.00

aMP066

The Heart of Compassion

Sep 2009

09:23:04

R50.00

aMP067

The Feminine Aspect of Buddhism

Sep 2009

02:59:14

R50.00

aMP068

Chenrezig Puja & Instruction

Unknown

01:07:08

R50.00

aMP119

Talk on Buddhism and Meditation

2009

01:17:28

R50.00

aMP134

The Art of Happiness

Mar 2014

10:55:52

R50.00

aMP135

Buddha Nature

Mar 2014

01:39:21

R50.00

Lama Zangmo

Website: Kagyu Samye Dzong London

Biography:

Lama Gelongma Zangmo first became a practising Buddhist when she arrived at Kagyu Samye Ling in 1977 and took refuge with His Holiness the 16th Karmapa. Having received teachings from many highly respected lamas who visited Kagyu Samye Ling, she completed several four-year closed retreats, during which time she became ordained as a Buddhist nun. Since 1998, she has been helping with running the Kagyu Samye Dzong Centre in London. That year, she was one of a group of nuns who accompanied Lama Yeshe Losal to India, where she became fully ordained as a Gelongma (Bhikkuni) in Bodhgaya. This will in turn enable others to take full Gelongma ordination within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the future.

Lama Zangmo's strong connection with Kagyu lineage and in particular with Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal has inspired her to work tirelessly and joyfully in service to the Dharma and helping others. In recognition of her long experience, selfless qualities and commitment, she became the first person in the UK to be honoured with the title of Lama in June 2001.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP091

Introduction to Medicine Buddha and Tara

Mar 2012

02:07:13

R50.00

aMP092

Refuge, Bodhicitta and Ngondro (with Ani Lhamo)

Mar 2012

03:47:13

R50.00

aMP093

The Bardo of Death

Mar 2012

01:38:03

R50.00

aMP143

Generosity

Mar 2015

01:20:09

R50.00

aMP144

Courage, Confidence and Compassion

Mar 2015

00:54:01

R50.00

Rob Nairn

Website: http://www.robnairn.net/

Biography:

Rob Nairn is one of the pioneers in presenting Buddhist philosophy and practice in a way that is accessible to the Western mind. In 1980, he resigned as professor of criminology at the University of Cape Town to commit full-time to his spiritual path. His training in psychology and Buddhism – including a four-year isolation retreat at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in Scotland – enables him to translate ancient Eastern wisdom into concepts we can understand and apply.

Currently Rob is the representative of Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche for Kagyu Africa: three Kagyu Buddhist centres in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Harare, as well as two retreat centres. He spends half the year at the centres in Africa and half the year teaching in the United Kingdom and Europe. In the UK Rob is involved with the Mindfulness Scotland initiative together with National Health, and associate lecturer of the education faculty at Aberdeen University in Scotland, where he designed and founded the very popular three-year Master’s degree in Mindfulness.

Rob is author of three books – all of which are popular in many languages and selling well in Africa, the USA, UK and Europe: Tranquil Mind – An introduction to Buddhism and meditation; Diamond Mind – Psychology of meditation; and Living Dreaming Dying – Wisdom of Tibetan psychology.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP001

Diamond Mind Course

unknown

06:36:05

R50.00

aMP099

Tranquility Through Meditation

Early 1990's

03:06:17

R50.00

aMP100

Psychology Through the Ages

Early 1990's

03:26:15

R50.00

aMP101

Ngondro Practice

Early 1990's

02:29:38

R50.00

aMP102

Aspects of Practice

Early 1990's

03:03:17

R50.00

aMP103

Living, Dreaming, Dying

Jan 1994

04:31:00

R50.00

aMP108

Looking at Personality Types

Nov 1995

02:23:50

R50.00

aMP109

The Wheel of Life

Feb 1996

02:37:38

R50.00

aMP110

About Positive & Negative Thinking, Peace of Mind and Karma

Jun 1996

04:09:17

R50.00

aMP104

In/Out Retreat

Dec 1996

04:00:12

R50.00

aMP105

Tantra Lectures and Workshops

Apr 1997

18:01:57

R50.00

aMP112

Vajrayana Practice

Nov 1997

01:18:18

R50.00

aMP113

Meditation and Transformation

May 1999

08:12:57

R50.00

aMP106

Retreat at Ixopo

Oct 2000

18:49:28

R50.00

aMP114

Seven Points of Mind Training

Apr 2002

05:02:48

R50.00

aMP115

Introduction to Tantric Practice

May 2002

01:11:20

R50.00

aMP097

Successful Living - The Psychology of Happiness

Nov 2002

03:06:37

R50.00

aMP011

Learn to Meditate

Mar 2005

07:43:17

R50.00

aMP012

What is Buddhism?

Apr 2005

02:14:00

R50.00

aMP013

Cape Mountain Retreat – Seven Points of Mind Training

Dec 2005

07:10:03

R50.00

aMP014

Cape Mountain Retreat – Understanding Emptiness

Dec 2005

10:30:17

R50.00

aMP015

Creating a New Reality

Feb 2006

04:26:23

R50.00

aMP121

Retreat Teachings

Feb 2008

23:59:02

R50.00

aMP061

Cape Mountain Retreat – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Dec 2008 – Jan 2009

17:26:52

R50.00

aMP082

The Power of Dream

May 2009

01:48:52

R50.00

aMP083

Wisdom, Compassion and Insight Training

Nov 2009

29:05:01

R50.00

aMP055

The Enquiry Process

Mar 2010

01:09:11

R50.00

aMP122

Observing the Observer

2010

17:10:12

R50.00

aMP016

Mindfulness, Insight & Awareness

Nov 2010

36:13:34

R50.00

aMP045

Wheel of Life

Feb 2011

23:46:05

R50.00

aMP040

Compassion Training

Mar 2011

01:20:17

R50.00

aMP041

Introduction to Insight (with Beryl Schutten)

Mar 2011

04:40:00

R50.00

aMP042

Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep (Charlie Morley with Rob Nairn)

Mar 2011

13:02:01

R50.00

aMP043

Psychology of Meditation

Mar 2011

02:37:57

R50.00

aMP044

Mindfulness – The Key to Living Fully

Mar 2011

01:12:46

R50.00

aMP046

Introduction to Mindfulness & Meditation

Mar 2011

01:07:56

R50.00

aCD002

Guided Meditation – Settling, Grounding, Resting

Mar 2011

00:18:03

R30.00

aMP084

The Secret of Relationships - Beyond the Rational

Oct - Nov 2011

33:23:15

R50.00

aMP085

Compassion Training Part II - The Path to Insight

Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

15:51:08

R50.00

aMP086

Progressing in Mindfulness - The Path to Insight

Jan 2012

16:50:50

R50.00

aMP087

Psychology of Buddhism

Feb 2012

02:53:21

R50.00

aMP088

The Spiritual Journey and Meditation

Feb 2012

06:28:28

R50.00

aMP126

Maturing the Mind

Nov 2012

32:26:25

R50.00

aMP132

Wheel of Life - The Cycle of Interdependent Origination

Jan 2014

09:00:50

R150.00

aMP133

Introduction to: Insight & Compassion Training

Jan 2014

11:17:50

R100.00

aMP147

Beginner's Meditation Instruction

Feb 2015

06:00:51

R50.00

aMP148

Graduated Mind Training

Feb 2015

18:02:29

R100.00

aMP149

The Effect of doing Vajrayana Practices

Feb 2015

01:20:04

R50.00

aMP154

Insight Training

Jan 2016

09:44:45

R100.00

aMP155

Wheel of Life

Jan 2016

04:56:41

R100.00

aMP156

Medicine Buddha - Medicine, Healing and Transformation

Feb 2016

01:50:05

R50.00

aMP157

Living Dreaming Dying

Feb 2016

07:26:49

R100.00

aMP158

Beginner's Meditation Course

Feb 2016

05:36:53

R50.00

Beryl Schutten

Biography:

Beryl has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has completed a 6 month retreat.  She is authorized to teach by His Eminence the 12th Kentin Tai Situpa.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP041

Introduction to Insight (with Rob Nairn)

Mar 2011

04:40:00

R50.00

Charlie Morley

Website: http://charliemorley.com/

 Biography:

Charlie Morley, based in London, is a Lucid Dreaming teacher and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism specialising in the use of both Western scientific and Tibetan Buddhist dream practices with the aims of bringing mindful awareness into all stages of dream, sleep and waking life. He is the co-creator of a new holistic approach to conscious sleeping and lucid dreaming called “Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep”.

Charlie began to teach lucid dreaming within the context of Tibetan Buddhism in late 2008, at the personal request of his mentor and well-known meditation teacher Rob Nairn. He has also received the traditional Tibetan Buddhist “authorisation to teach” from Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal. Since then he has run numerous Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream and Sleep workshops, courses and retreats around the UK, Europe, Brazil and USA as well as a bi-yearly tours of South Africa.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP042

Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep (Charlie Morley with Rob Nairn)

Mar 2011

13:02:01

R100.00

aMP096

Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep

May 2012

09:26:32

R50.00

aMP127

Lucid Dreaming and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep

Aug 2013

07:54:43

R50.00

aMP136

Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep: The potential of 24 hour awareness

Aug 2014

01:34:19

R50.00

Donal Creedon

Website:

Biography:

Donal Creedon is a meditation teacher with many years experience, loved and deeply appreciated for his warmth, openness and sincerity. Donal has spent 12 years in retreat and was also a fellow of the Krishnamurti Foundation of India for 3 years.

This allows him to balance a clear and thorough understanding of Tibetan Buddhism with the non-sectarian and uncomplicated teachings given by Krishnamurti, helping Donal to communicate the heart of Buddhist teachings beyond language and culture.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP071

Onrus Retreat

Mar 1998

02:55:32

R50.00

aMP072

Mahamudra Course

Jan, Feb, Mar 1998

04:40:36

R50.00

aMP073

Meditation Course for Beginners

Jan, Feb, Mar 1998

08:04:13

R50.00

aMP074

Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism

Feb, Mar 1998

06:14:00

R50.00

aMP075

Dharma Talk

Feb 1998

01:08:31

R50.00

aMP076

Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation Instruction

Feb 1998

00:43:46

R50.00

aMP077

Lojong Practice and Tonglen Meditation

Mar 1998

02:02:30

R50.00

aMP094

Introduction to Mahamudra

Apr 2012

01:09:00

R50.00

aMP120

Loving Kindness Meditation

2004

01:17:52

R50.00

Ken Holmes

Website: http://samyeling.org/

Biography:

Ken Holmes, born in London in 1947, travelled to India in 1970, where he spent some time in Dharamsala, studying with the monks and lamas around His Holiness the Dalai Lama. On his return to England, he went to Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, where he has been based for the past 36 years, devoting his life to making Tibetan Buddhist meditation and philosophy available to the Western world.

He is currently Director of Studies at Kagyu Samye Ling. His life is spent teaching in Samye Dzongs in various countries, assisting Akong Rinpoche, writing and translating dharma works, and he also occasionally interprets for visiting Tibetan lamas. He has also lectured in elementology and astro-science for the Tara-Rokpa College of Tibetan Medicine.

He was a founder member of the Scottish Inter Faith Council and has worked with the British Cabinet Office and the European Community on training programmes. He represented Buddhism at the seminal 2002 meetings in Brussels to discuss religious representation in the new European constitution. Ken has also developed and implemented a three year distance learning programme for the study of Buddhism.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP004

Dorje Chang Tungma

Mar 2006

01:59:09

R50.00

aMP002

Cape Town Teachings

Oct 2008

12:27:46

R50.00

aMP003

The Six Paramitas

Oct 2008

07:01:13

R50.00

aMP005

Goedgedacht Retreat – Understanding Consciousness

Oct 2008

09:29:57

R50.00

aMP006

Bardo Teachings

Oct 2010

04:02:16

R50.00

aMP007

Cape Town Teachings

Oct 2010

12:19:57

R50.00

aMP008

Bodhi Khaya Retreat - Perfect Mind (1 DVD)

Oct 2010

41:51:15

R50.00

aMP009

Bodhi Khaya Retreat - Perfect Mind (3 CDs)

Oct 2010

41:51:15

R50.00

aMP010

Buddha Nature

Undated

12:47:55

R50.00

aMP053

The Torch of Certainty

Undated

22:45:28

R100.00

aMP056

Bardo Teachings - Supporting Peaceful Dying (Jan Webster and Ken Holmes)

Nov 2009

02:53:24

R50.00

aMP057

Gurus - Karmapa, Akong Rinpoche, Kagyu Lineage

Nov 2009

01:35:38

R50.00

aMP058

Meditation Refresher

Nov 2009

01:40:37

R50.00

aMP059

Four Keys to Paradise - Vajrayana Visualisation Explained

Nov 2009

01:44:03

R50.00

aMP060

Tibetan Astrology and the Moon in Buddhism

Dec 2009

01:34:37

R50.00

aMP098

The Six Paramitas and Guided Chenrezig

Oct 2010

10:36:59

R50.00

aMP079

The Three Kayas

Nov 2011

01:43:27

R50.00

aMP080

Compassion and Devotion

Nov 2011

01:36:07

R50.00

aMP081

Meditation

Nov 2011

04:25:16

R50.00

aMP111

Awakening the Real Chenrezik

Nov 2013

01:16:12

R50.00

aMP129

The Bardo(s)

Nov 2013

01:42:05

R50.00

aMP130

Bodhi Khaya Retreat – Heart of Love, Breath of Compassion

Nov 2013

41:11:59

R100.00

aMP138

Real Bodhisattvas

Sep 2014

08:44:06

R50.00

aMP139

Reincarnation and Karma

Oct 2014

05:23:30

R50.00

aMP140

The Real Mahamudra

Oct 2014

08:40:29

R50.00

aMP150

The Six Paramitas

Oct 2015

01:30:20

R50.00

aMP151

Insight into Insight

Oct 2015

03:32:43

R50.00

aMP152

Chenrezig Practice Instruction

Oct 2015

01:37:05

R50.00

aMP153

Voidness for Dummies

Oct 2015

08:40:29

R50.00

aMP159

Overview of Tibetan Buddhism

Oct 2016

09:19:45

R100.00

aMP160

Short Prayer to Vajradhara

Oct 2016

06:36:09

R100.00

Ken and Katia Holmes

 Biography:

Ken and his French wife Katia are based at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Scotland, where he is Director of Studies.

They both have been assisting Ven. Akong Rinpoche for about 40 years, translating Tibetan texts and interpreting for lamas.

They both are much respected internationally for their inexhaustible knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, which they impart with wisdom and clarity, humility and an infectious sense of humour.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP007

Cape Town Teachings

Oct 2010

12:19:57

R50.00

aMP008

Bodhi Khaya Retreat - Perfect Mind (1 DVD)

Oct 2010

41:51:15

R100.00

aMP009

Bodhi Khaya Retreat - Perfect Mind (3 CDs)

Oct 2010

41:51:15

R100.00

aMP098

The Six Paramitas and Guided Chenrezig

Oct 2010

10:36:59

R100.00

aMP130

Bodhi Khaya Retreat – Heart of Love, Breath of Compassion

Nov 2013

41:11:59

R100.00

Alan Muller

Website:

Biography:

Alan Muller took refuge in 1997 with Akong Tulku Rinpoche. He has completed a one year and two six month closed retreats under the guidance of Lama Yeshe Rinpoche.

Alan was also a monk for six years and has dedicated his time fully to Kagyu centres since 2000. Some of the teachers he has received teachings from are H.H. Dalai Lama, Thrangu Rinpoche, Tai Situpa Rinpoche, Minjur Rinpoche and Drupon Rinpoche.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP161

Vajrayana Deity Practice Instructions

Oct 2016

12:05:21

R100.00

Ken Holmes and Jan Webster

Website:http://www.comacare.com/

Biography:

Jan Webster is a founding member and initiator of an innovative Non-Profit Organisation (NPO), ComaCARE, and has for many years been communicating and working with patients in comas.

ComaCARE aims to change attitudes and care practice of those in extreme and altered states of consciousness, specialising in coma patients. Jan is an organisation development consultant, trainer and coma care worker.

She has worked with many NGOs, mainly in the field of mental health and human rights.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP056

Bardo Teachings - Supporting Peaceful Dying (Jan Webster and Ken Holmes)

Nov 2009

02:53:24

R50.00

Chodrak

Website:

Biography:

Chodrak is a fully ordained monk in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and has taken Gelong ordination with Tai Situ Rinpoche. He divides his time between the Tergar Institute in BodhGaya India where he is program co-coordinator for Mingyur Rinpoche, and teaching in South Africa, Germany and the United Kingdom. In the UK Chodrak also works for the National Health Service in mental health as a healthcare assistant. He presents mindfulness workshops for health professionals and runs his own Zen shiatsu therapy practice.

Chodrak is is very knowledgeable in all rituals associated with the various practices and pujas. Chodrak studied and became proficient in the Tibetan language in a short time and was interpreter and attendant for Lama Thubten from 1983 until 1989.  From 1989, Chodrak was on a four-year retreat at Samye Ling, part-time in position as chef to all the retreatants.

In 1994, Chodrak visited South Africa as resident monk at the Cape Town Samye Dzong Centre, and also oversaw the Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Harare Centers. In 2000, Chodrak moved to Sherabling, Tai Situ Rinpoche's seat in northern India. Whilst living there for 4 years he became the secretary and translator for Mingyur Rinpoche. He also acted as translator on all of Mingyur Rinpoche's visits to the UK.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP047

Bardo Workshop

Jul 2008

06:29:45

R50.00

aMP048

Ngondro

Jul 2008

00:41:35

R50.00

aMP049

Joyful Wisdom

Jun 2009

05:26:25

R50.00

aMP050

Bardo - Preparation for Death and Beyond

Jul 2009

01:41:09

R50.00

aMP051

Inner Peace - Enriching your World

Jul 2009

01:49:58

R50.00

Gelong Thubten

Website: 

Biography:

Born into a Buddhist family, Thubten was ordained in 1993. During his early years as a monk, he completed a total of 200 pairs of the Nyungney fasting practice in retreat. He has been able to receive teachings and transmissions from many of the greatest Kagyu Lamas. Later he travelled widely, teaching at Samye Dzong centres around the world, and he regularly served as Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche's assistant on teaching tours.

He has taught meditation as a method of stress management for business executives in top UK companies, as well as within the NHS, in prisons, and to addiction counselling services, local councils and social workers. In June 2005, Gelong Thubten entered the first long retreat to take place at Samye Dechen Shing on the Isle of Arran.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP054

Vajrayana Deity Practice

Feb 2010

01:19:22

R50.00

aMP070

The Four Ordinary Foundations

Unknown

00:58:52

R50.00

aMP162

Meditation, Mindfulness and Inner Happiness

Jan 2017

01:16:30

R50.00

aMP163

Meditation, Mindfulness and the Path of Compassion

Jan 2017

07:51:11

R50.00

aMP164

Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on Death and the Bardo

Jan 2017

01:36:04

R50.00

aMP165

The 3 Vehicles and the Special Tradition of Vajrayana

Jan 2017

01:40:08

R50.00

Ani Lhamo

Website: Kagyu Samye Ling

Biography:

Ani Lhamo is a fully ordained Buddhist nun, who has completed a four-year cloistered retreat, and is an experienced teacher of meditation and Dharma courses. Currently working in adminstration at Samye Ling, as Lama Yeshe's secretary for the last seven years, she has learnt how to integrate the peace and stability of meditation into her busy, working life.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP092

Refuge, Bodhicitta and Ngondro (with Lama Zangmo)

Mar 2012

03:47:13

R50.00

aMP145

Creating a Stable Foundation for Practice

Mar 2015

01:30:33

R50.00

aMP146

Refuge

Mar 2015

00:55:27

R50.00

Melanie Polatinsky

Website:Randburg Centre: Melanie Polatinsky

Biography:

Melanie is a psychotherapist, lecturer and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and has been empowered by Lama Yeshe Rinpoche to teach. She has worked and taught in a variety of fields with individuals and groups for the past 40 years. These include meditation, dream work, death and dying, bereavement, inner child work, relationships, karma and reincarnation, inner peace, discovering your true potential and many others.

Melanie gives weekly Buddhist lectures at the Randburg Centre on Monday mornings and Tuesday evenings on many different dharma topics from how to clear our psychological karmic imprints to the deeper Vajrayana Buddhist teachings.

She is also currently running a bardo training group once per month to prepare individuals for death and dying and to train people to assist others with death, dying and bereavement.

Recordings:

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aMP107

A Tantric Approach to Dreams, Death and Sadhana Practice

Jun 2012

09:31:34

R50.00

aMP125

Mirror-Like Wisdom Reflected through Relationships

Feb 2013

09:20:17

R50.00

Pujas

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aCD001

Chenrezig Practice (With Guided Visualisation) with Ken Holmes

Oct 2010

01:00:00

R30.00

aCD003

Chenrezig Practice (Complete Puja) with Ken Holmes

Oct 2010

00:59:00

R30.00

aCD004

Chenrezig Practice (Short Form) with Ken Holmes

Oct 2010

00:29:00

R30.00

aCD014

Chenrezig Puja with Pam Sheehan

2012

01:08:16

R20.00

aCD017

Chenrezig Puja (short version)

n/a

00:21:17

R20.00

aCD013

Ngondro - Refuge and Bodhicitta

n/a

01:06:55

R20.00

aCD008

Medicine Buddha Puja

n/a

00:49:55

R20.00

aCD015

Green Tara Puja with Akong Rinpoche

n/a

01:06:21

R20.00

aCD016

Green Tara Puja with Thrangu Rinpoche

n/a

00:44:59

R20.00

aCD019

Green Tara Puja with H.E. the 12th Tai Situpa

n/a

01:03:39

R20.00

aCD011

Guru Rinpoche Puja

n/a

00:22:29

R20.00

aMP065

Amitabha Buddha Puja

1997

00:38:19

R30.00

aCD007

Mahakala Puja

n/a

00:48:47

R20.00

aMP131

Milarepa Guru Yoga - for Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche

n/a

00:46:41

R20.00

Video Recordings

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aDVD001

Akong Rinpoche at Cape Mountain Retreat

Feb 2006

01:18:18

R50.00

aDVD003

Buddhism - Finding the Peace Within (SABC Production)

2008

00:49:49

R20.00

aDVD004

Lama Yeshe Rinpoche in conversation with Rob Nairn

Feb 2007

01:31:33

R50.00

aDVD005

CMR Inauguration and CPT Samye Dzong

Nov 2005

00:08:37

R20.00

Other Recordings

Code

Title

Date

Length

Cost

aCD005

Tibetan Incantations

n/a

01:14:24

R20.00

aCD006

Learning Tibetan - Ani Kunzang

n/a

00:45:14

R20.00

aCD009

Lotus Sutra

n/a

00:58:58

R20.00

aCD010

Amitabha Sutra

n/a

01:00:19

R20.00

aCD012

Dorje Chang Tungma

n/a

00:06:35

R15.00