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  • Meditation Morning

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    In tonglen practice, we visualise taking in the pain of others with every in-breath and sending out whatever will benefit them on the out-breath. In the process, we become liberated from age- old patterns of selfishness.

  • Refuge and Precepts with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    We are delighted that Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche will offer Refuge and Precepts before he flies back to Scotland.

  • Meditation Morning

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Loving-kindness meditation is a mindfulness practice designed to cultivate compassion, self-love, and universal friendliness by directing well-wishes toward oneself and others.

  • Urban Retreat: Inner Peace

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Many of us built an inner prison of beliefs about our "deficient" self. One of the biggest threats to our happiness and well-being is when we turn on ourselves with blame, based on a chronic sense of not being enough or not being good enough. Our inner critic can be so harsh and unforgiving!

  • Saga Dawa Düchen Celebration 2026

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    During the month of Saga Dawa, we commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Gautama Buddha. This an especially meaningful time for reflection, practice, and the accumulation of merit.

  • Meditation Morning – 14 June

    Morning guided meditation on Beginning Anew Practice for Oneself. With Alan Muller "Beginning Anew is to change your mind and heart, to transform the ignorance that brought about wrong actions of body, speech, and mind, and to help you cultivate your mind of love." Thich Nhat Hanh Join us for an hour of guided meditations. […]

  • Morning Guided Meditation 26 July

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Morning guided meditation With Alan Muller Loving kindness meditation serves as a powerful antidote to anger, hatred, and fear. Join us for an hour of guided meditations. 10:00 – 11:00 Guided sitting and walking meditation No cost for this session but Dana for the facilitator and the centre are welcome.   Alan Muller took refuge […]

  • Morning Meditation – Sun 30 Aug

    Morning guided meditation. With Alan Muller 10:00 – 11:00 Guided sitting and walking meditation No cost for this session but Dana for the facilitator and the centre are welcome.   Alan Muller took refuge in 1997 with Akong Rinpoche. In 2003, he completed a one-year closed retreat under the guidance of Lama Yeshe Rinpoche at […]

  • Getting to Know Buddhism

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    The basic principles of Buddhism will be explained, with time set aside for contemplation and meditation. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the topics covered and ask questions.

  • Meeting Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion

    Kagyu Samye Dzong Johannesburg Temple 43 Floss Street, Kensington, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    An evening of instruction on the practice of Four-Armed Chenrezig (Avalokiteśvara), the embodiment of boundless compassion.