Modern Buddhism for everyone!

Saturday 30th August | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Joel Fox-Hills

We usually think that our happiness and problems come from outside of ourself. However, happiness and suffering are feelings which are part of our mind so if we want to be truly happy and free from problems we must learn how to control our mind.

Learn how we can skilfully and effectively train in controlling our mind through simple meditation practices and discover the amazing potential that lies within our mind for deep inner peace and happiness without depending on external conditions.

Saturday 30th August | 2pm-5pm
Half-Day Course with Ling Brandwood

If we want a happy life we need the wisdom to understand the source of our happiness and suffering. Using this wisdom we can eliminate negative minds that bring us problems and cultivate positive minds that bring happiness to ourself and others. The root of our problems is not understanding the true nature of things. When we have the wisdom realising that everything is the nature of our mind, like appearances in a dream, we can free ourself from our suffering and enjoy a happy and purposeful life.

Sunday 31st August | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Maria Healey

When we feel depressed life can feel miserable and overwhelming and there seems to be no hope of this experience ending. However, we can change this situation by learning simple meditations that bring a sense of inner peace and happiness. These are reliable methods that we can integrate into our daily life making our mind balanced and peaceful. Through practising meditations on love and compassion we can uplift our mind and find a joyful, purposeful life that brings great benefit to others.

Saturday 13th September | 10am-5pm
Day Course with Maria Healey

On this day course we can explore how to identify and solve all our human problems, all our unpleasant feelings. Usually our negative states of mind, such as uncontrolled desire and anger, create endless problems for ourselves and others and prevent us from fulfilling our deepest wishes for real happiness. What we really need are clear and simple solutions to our inner pain.

Fri 19th - Sun 21st September 2025
Special Opening Ceremony and Weekend Course with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab

On this special weekend, the first teachings offered in the newly constructed Meditation Hall at Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre, Gen la Kelsang Khyenrab will give a practical guide on how we can take Buddha’s message deep into our hearts and in this way begin to heal our world and solve all daily human problems permanently.

Everybody is welcome to join for all or part of this course.

Sunday 5th October | 10am-5pm
Day Course with Ling Brandwood

Having been born as a human being we have immense freedom to accomplish almost anything we want. With so much freedom, what is the most meaningful way to use our life?

On this day course we will find out what is that make us truly happy and benefits others most. So when we come to the end of our life we have no regrets!

Saturday 8th November | 10am-5pm
Day Course with Kelsang Naljor

In our lives there are many difficult and unpleasant circumstances that we cannot avoid, but we can certainly avoid the unhappiness and anger that these circumstances normally provoke in us. It is often our habitual negative reactions to hardships, and our habit of not forgetting them, rather than the hardship itself, that disturb our day-to-day peace of mind.

On this day we can explore how to let go of resentful thoughts and other negative emotions so we can lead a peaceful life. Everybody welcome!

Fri 21st - Sun 23rd November 2025
Weekend Course with Gen Kelsang Lekchog

We are alive, therefore we will die.

This is the simplest, most obvious truth of our existence, yet very few of us have really come to terms with this fact. This inspiring course, based on the book of the same name by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, will help us to make the most of our human life, to prepare for death and to help others who are dying.

Saturday 6th December | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Maria Healey

Discover the art of meditation and experience true inner peace. Designed especially for beginners, this half-day event offers a welcoming introduction to meditation and Buddhist principles.

You’ll learn:
How to focus your mind and let go of distractions.
Simple methods to develop mindfulness and a sense of inner balance.
Insights into Buddhist wisdom that support a peaceful and meaningful life.

Saturday 6th December | 2pm-5pm
Half-Day Course with Cheryl Choong

Free yourself from anger and resentment by practising forgiveness. Through Buddha's teaching and meditation you will find peace,  emotional healing and happiness.

Sunday 7th December | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Joel Fox-Hills

More information coming soon.

Saturday 13th December | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab

Following Je Tsongkhapa's teachings from the Ganden Emanation Scripture, which are the nature of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri, Gen-la Khyenrab will today share some special insights from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche's oral transmission. The wisdom realizing this union is the correct view of emptiness, which is Buddha's ultimate view. Gaining an understanding of this view is essential for liberating our mind from all delusions permanently.

After this short morning course we can join the Annual Christmas Dinner to celebrate another wonderful year of events at Tara IKRC in 2025.

Fri 6th - Sun 8th March 2025
Weekend Course with Gen Kelsang Zoma

Letting go of painful feelings.

Do you want to feel less overwhelmed by difficult emotions and handle life’s challenges with a clearer, calmer mind? Join us this weekend to learn simple ways to stay calm and positive, even when things get tough. Take some time for yourself to rest, recharge, and discover new ways to feel more at ease and enjoy life more fully.

Sunday 29th March | 10am-1pm
Workshop with Ling Brandwood

Mala, a rosary used to count recitations of prayers or mantras, is a very precious ritual object. It contains one hundred and eight beads.

In this workshop, you will learn how to make a mala (or repair an old mala) with an adjustable sliding knot.

Saturday 11th April | 10am-1pm
Half-Day Course with Gen Kelsang Dema

More information coming soon.

Saturday 11th April | 2:00-5:00pm
Half-Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

More information coming soon.

Saturday 18th April | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Mark Manning

Happiness, joy, as well as anxiety, stees and all the problems we experience are feelings within our mind. So the real causes of both happiness and suffering must also lie within.
Through meditation, we can increase the states of mind that lead to happiness and reduce and eventually completely abandon our painful experiences.

Saturday 16th April | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

More information coming soon.

Sunday 7th June | 10:00am-1:00pm
Workshop with Gen Kelsang Dema

More information coming soon.

Sunday 21st June | 10:00am-1:00pm
Half-Day Course with Donna Healey

Through Buddha's teachings we learn to understand and appreciate that kindness is a very special gift that allows us to develop love for others and heal our own troubled mind.
When we learn how to contemplate and meditate on kindness we will find harmony in our relationships, a peaceful, joyful mind and we will experience true happiness within.

Saturday 4th July | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Mark Manning

Every thought we have creates inner pathways in the mind. Learn how to create paths to happiness within our own mind through meditation. In this way we establish a reliable, pure and everlasting reservoir of happiness and protection from within that we can take with us wherever we go.

Saturday 18th July | 10:00am-5:00pm
Day Course with Kelsang Tharlam

More information coming soon.