Courses & Events
What Meditation Really Is
Rigpa Athlone
1 Bastion street
Athlone
18th January - 28th June 2023

Path to Freedom
Uncover buddha nature
Online course
Wednesday evenings
18th January - 28th June 2023

Meditation through Movement
Rigpa Dublin
12 Wicklow Street
Dublin
28th April 2023

move2meditate – Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga & Meditation
Bru Columbanus
Cardinal Way, Wilton
Cork
6th May 2023

Guided Meditations
Finding Peace where there is none
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Online, every Saturday morning
7th January - 24th June 2023

Resting the mind
Rest your mind
Online meditation
Monday evenings
9th January - 6th June 2023

Time to Meditate – Cork Mondays
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Bru Columbanus
Cardinal Way, Wilton
Cork
9th January - 26th June 2023

Time to Meditate – Dzogchen Beara
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online,
Tuesday mornings
10th January - 30th June 2023

Loving Kindness – Dzogchen Beaea
online, Thursday mornings
21st March - 29th June 2023

Simply Sitting Saturdays
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Rigpa Dublin
12 Wicklow Street
Dublin
15th April 2023

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10 Reasons to Meditate
Become happier just practising compassion or meditation for as little as half an hour a day over a period of two months has been shown to have a measurable affect on the parts of brain connected with happiness and well-being.
Better able to concentrate improving brain’s capacity to concentrate for an extended period of time
Mindfulness and Awareness learning to be present
Less Fear reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety
Better immune system boosting the body’s immune system
Better health reducing high blood pressure and improving heart function
Less Stress lowering levels of stress hormones
Better able to deal with things improving the capacity to deal with stressful situations and even uncomfortable physical conditions.
Peace of mind finding peace and stability in a complex world
Discover yourself coming to know your own mind and discovering who you really are

 Scientific Research

Loving Kindness & Compassion

Although kindness and compassion are basic human qualities, it is not always easy to embody them in our lives, especially in today’s hectic, fast-paced world.

Fortunately there are several techniques that the Buddhist “training of the mind” in compassion has developed to help us evoke our own innate love and compassion. We can actively cultivate compassion.
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How to Meditate

Try sitting upright in a comfortable and relaxed position. Leave your eyes open and allow your gaze to be relaxed and natural. Then, simply relax your mind…

Allow your mind to be, just as it is: open, spacious, calm and yet completely aware. Simply let your thoughts and emotions, whatever arises, come and go,  without clinging to them. Just let go. Relax and remain in the pure awareness of the present moment.

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When we allow our mind to settle in its own natural peace, we discover a deep stillness that has always been with us, and whether we are aware of it or not, always will be. We begin to discover the true purpose of meditation, which is to introduce us to the unchanging pure awareness that underlies the whole of our experience. The practice of meditation is to become more and more familiar with this awareness in every aspect of our life.

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Dzogchen Beara on RTE

A segment from RTE’s Nationwide’s piece on Dzogchen Beara as part of their look at the Beara Peninsula!

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is turning 30!

This year marks the 30th Anniversary since ‘The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying’ was first published! A manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying. Over three million copies have been printed in thirty-four languages, and the book is available in eighty countries.

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Help us open the temple

Thanks to the generosity of the Rigpa Sangha and all those who have donated, the copper roofs of the Dzogchen Beara temple have been completed. Watch a video of the sacred ornaments (spiritual representations of the Dharma) being recently mounted on the roof.

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