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A Buddhist Refuge, Sanctuary and Well-being Centre in Wales. We offer online and onsite teachings

11/10/2026

A wonderful weekend at Lam Rim Buddhist Centre with H.E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche! 🙏

We were deeply fortunate to receive Rinpoche's inspiring teachings on **Jewels of the Awakened Heart**. Rinpoche gave an inspiring and motivating talk, drawing on his deep personal experience of practising the Dharma.

Attendees joined us from across the UK, with old friends and students reconnecting, creating a wonderful sense of community at the Centre. We were especially fortunate to be joined by members of Lam Rim's founding community, whose decades of dedication and hard work have helped make the Centre what it is today.

Our heartfelt gratitude to Rinpoche for teaching at Lam Rim, and a special thank you to Simon for his excellent translation and support throughout the event.

We very much look forward to welcoming Rinpoche back again soon! 🙏

13/09/2026

A few weeks ago, we gathered at Lam Rim for a very special Commemoration Weekend celebrating the lives and legacy of Geshe Damcho Yonten and Geshe Wangchen.

It was a joyful few days of remembrance, gratitude and Dharma, with Phara Khenchen Rinpoche and Geshe Tenzin Losel joining us as special guests. Alongside prayers and puja, there were walks, momo making, tsa tsa making, conch shell blowing, music, stories and plenty of time simply being together as a community.

We’re sharing a small selection of photos here from what was a really lovely weekend.

Thank you again to everyone who came, helped, cooked, organised, volunteered and contributed to making the weekend so special. 🙏

31/08/2026

A big thank you to everyone who joined us at Lam Rim this weekend for our **Transforming Problems** retreat. 🙏

It was a lovely weekend of teachings, meditation and discussion, exploring how we can work with the challenges we meet in everyday life.

A special thank you to **Martin Kerrigan and Sara Szwer** for leading the weekend with such warmth and accessibility, and for sharing the teachings in such a practical and relatable way.

Thank you as well to all the volunteers who helped make the weekend possible.

11/08/2026

Can you help?
As we celebrate the Centre continuing to thrive and flourish with more and more courses, events and regular activities, we are now in need of additional help to welcome, host and cater for all our lovely visitors!

There are lots of ways to join our wonderful volunteer team. Could you help :
• as a full time resident, taking care of household and hospitality?
• by offering regular or occasional help with hosting day and weekend courses?
• with ad-hoc days / hours support with household and cooking?
• or simply bake and donate a traybake or delicious cake or two?!

Please get in touch if you can help in any way. We hope you can join the amazing team of volunteers at Lam Rim who make the Centre possible!
[email protected]
https://www.lamrimcentre.org.uk/volunteering
https://chat.whatsapp.com/I7Lwdbe4xiY5Eu8anMzqPR
Tel: 07301 274 625
We’d love to hear from you with any help you can offer.
Thank you.

24/07/2026

A full house and full hearts!!

Nothing quite like sharing a few cosy days gathered with some classmates to learn about the Four Seals of Buddhist philosophy.

The past weekend included a school reunion of sorts, as Geshe Dorji Damdul, Geshe Losel and Dechen Rochard had studied at IBD (Institute of Buddhist Dialectics) in India at co-occurring times.

Thanks to the company of several existing Nalanda course students, we also witnessed an expert demonstration of the benefits of engaging in ‘systematic studies’.

Most exciting though is the news that the current cycle for this year’s run of the Nalanda Diploma Course, primarily taught by Geshe Dorji Damdul, has been thoughtfully paused to allow those of us who’ve only just gotten word to catch up and join on. You can find out more via Tibet House https://tibethouse.in/ndc/

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18/07/2026

Hope you’ve all been having a wonderful Chökor Düchen!

We’ve been blessed with the ideal way to celebrate Buddha’s first teaching with a key topic of today’s retreat delving into the different types of suffering.

Even more fortunate was being a part of Tibet House New Delhi’s live-stream of director Ven. Geshe Dorji Damdul-la giving the Aspirational Bodhisattva Vows.

So hello from all of us in Wales and may your merits be multiplied exponentially!!

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15/07/2026

No words to describe the previous few days in the presence of Chamtrul Rinpoche and the group of students that gathered here for last weekend’s retreat. Aren’t we all so fortunate that the path out of the slog of samsara involves such magical experiences?!

Thank you thank you thank you to all who contributed, including Joy for coordinating what we discovered was their 15th UK tour. It takes a lot of factors for something like this to come together and yet it all just seemed to fall into our hands.

Rinpoche kindly agreed to return next year so we eagerly await the moment to come around again! 🙏🌞💫

11/07/2026

An auspicious sky over the building yesterday evening in the midst of the Vajrasattva retreat!

Please note that whilst retreats are on we cannot accept general visitors to the centre and the public Tara Pujas will not be held unless stated.

If you are looking to visit the centre in general it is advised to get in touch via email or phone to double check as not all events are listed publicly.

The next Green Tara puja is Sunday the 26th July 4pm - 5pm. Everyone welcome!

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07/07/2026

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Hill views, twisted trees, local animals and even some well-timed sunset sightings.

Do you know that part of the prayer path at Lam Rim incorporates a public footpath that can be followed in various directions to form some incredible walks in the area?

Solo or with company it can be a lovely way to decompress or discover a mini adventure. There’s even a nearby ancient woodland and connecting route to Offa’s D**e Path!

06/07/2026

Happy 91st Birthday His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama!

You may have spotted this photo up in our shrine room from His Holiness’ visit to Lam Rim Wales in 1993, an occasion we will always hold dear.

Today we’ve been celebrating by engaging in a bit of collective karma yoga alongside a Chenrezig puja - complete with the original texts and tunes from the time the late Geshe Damcho-la was in residence (lovingly carried over by dedicated students). If you’d like to join in with similar activities in the future do get in touch.

And may there be many more birthdays of His Holiness to come!

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Penrhos
Usk
NP152LE

Website

https://www.lamrimcentre.org.uk/

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