Rigpa Ireland

19/08/2026

👉🏽 UPDATE

New short option to follow this retreat.
Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September

During this 3-day option, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will be teaching on Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary to the ‘Shower of Blessings’ and bestow the permission blessings of Tendrel Nyesel (Guru Rinpoche), Buddha of Medicine, Green Tara, Manjushri and a long-life blessing. Read more below.

https://lerabling.org/en/event/teachings-with-shechen-rabjam-rinpoche/

18/08/2026

We're very happy to welcome Ian Ives, a senior teacher with Rigpa, to teach a weekend retreat to Explore the Mind and Heart from 18th - 20th September.

Whether you are new to meditation or already have experience, this weekend offers the chance to pause and discover your own inner landscape. Drawing on the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, meditation is based on understanding that our minds are inherently clear and open. Wisdom, compassion, and inner peace are already within us—we simply need to uncover them.

Find out more: https://www.dzogchenbeara.org/retreat/more-than-we-think-september/

06/08/2026

NEW BLOG POST

Over several blessed days, their Holinesses inaugurated the Dzogchen Beara Temple and bestowed profound teachings and empowerments, creating an occasion of immense spiritual significance for Rigpa, for Dzogchen Beara, and for the flourishing of the Buddhadharma in the West.

🔗👇 Link in the first comment

03/08/2026

31/07/2026

08/07/2026

What if this summer became a real domestic trip?
In this video, Frédéric introduces you to Lérab Ling’s summer meditation retreat — the Rigpa international retreat, which brings together some of the best meditation teachers.
this years theme: living your life in love, presence and confidence. A particular focus will be on unconditional love—one of the keys to inner transformation.
On the agenda: practice times, teachings, sharing and silence moments, conscious movement, personal talks... and time for yourself, in the exceptional surroundings of Lérab Ling.
📅 From July 25 to August 2, 2026 (short option from 25 to 29)
📍 Lérab Ling · 🗣️ FR · IN · OF · IS
👇 Tell us in the comments: what word inspires you most — love, presence, or trust?
✨ Info & registrations at https://lerabling.org/en/event/summer-meditation-retreat/

09/06/2026

What is compassion from a buddhist point of view?
It’s a very human response to any suffering that anyone might be going through. Compassion is the wish to relieve suffering and also wanting to act to help bring that about.

🔗 Link in comments

08/06/2026

Living freely: The quiet power of boundless joy

👤 with senior teacher Maria Garcia Quesada
📆 June 13 | 10:00 AM—12:30 PM (GMT+2)
📍 Online

What happens when we stop measuring ourselves against others, and the pressure to be “better”, or “ahead” begins to fade? In the buddhist teaching of bodhichitta, this “loosening” reveals a natural joy, one that is open, spontaneous, and deeply alive.

🔗 Link in the comment

28/05/2026

Self-Forgiveness in the Light of Compassion
With Christine Longaker, author of “Facing Death and Finding Hope”
📍ONLINE

Self-Forgiveness in the Light of Compassion
With Christine Longaker, author of “Facing Death and Finding Hope”

Discover how to live with a lighter, kinder heart. Many of us carry beliefs that we’re unworthy of love or beyond forgiveness, leaving us trapped in guilt and self-blame. But punishing ourselves only deepens our suffering and prevents us from realizing our natural state. Through insight, compassion, and guided meditations, you’ll learn to soften your “inner critic,” release false beliefs, and understand why you can let yourself off the hook—all of which frees your heart. As you cultivate forgiveness and compassion for yourself, you’ll naturally feel a genuine compassion and understanding for others—and the world.

Seminar topics:
- The spiritual dimension of self-forgiveness
- Dismantling the barriers to forgiving oneself
- Understanding your life with compassion and insight
- Transforming your 'inner critic'
- Really good reasons you can let yourself off the hook
- Meditations that deepen compassion and forgiveness for yourself and others

3 sessions
20 June, 27 June, 4 July

6:00pm-8:30pm AEDT
4:00pm Hong Kong Time
9:00am GMT
10:00am Central European Time

Time and date converter
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20260620T080000&p1=31&p2=240&p3=196&p4=102&p5=136&p6=103&p7=176


If you need to miss one of these sessions, you'll be able to catch up with a recording.

Register:
https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=1354&reset=1


Christine Longaker is a pioneer of the hospice movement and author of Facing Death and Finding Hope, translated into 9 languages. She’s co-author of Are You Ready and of published research on the Benefits of Spiritual Care Training. She founded Rigpa in the USA in 1981, the Spiritual Care Education Program in 1993, and co-produced an in-depth accredited Contemplative Palliative Care training at Naropa University. Christine has produced an album of meditations: “Joy, Ease and Self-Forgiveness”, guides Self-compassion meditations online every Sunday and leads a yearly retreat in Sri Lanka. Christine infuses her seminars with heartfelt presence, humor, and clarity. Read more at www.christinelongaker.com.

08/05/2026

Live Sangha Day: Immeasurable compassion in these troubled times
May 9 10:00 AM - May 9 12:30 PM (time zone GMT+2)

The Way of the Great Perfection
A program of the All-Encompassing Path to Enlightenment
How can we develop a compassion in these troubled times that does not exclude anyone?

https://prajnaonline.org/live/live-sangha-day-9may2026-eng