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Tharpaland international Retreat centre
Set in a Scottish forest, amidst green hills and gentle streams, Tharpaland provides retreat facilities and guidance in an atmosphere of natural beauty, peace and silence. Tharpaland is the first International Retreat Centre of the New Kadampa Tradition. Since it was founded, thousands of people from all over the world have come to engage in the many retreat programmes offered at Tharpaland throughout the year.
Tharpaland International Retreat Centre was founded by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1985, when he began a three year retreat here together with ten of his students. During that time Geshe-la also wrote and edited several books on the essential practices of our tradition.
Over the years retreaters have come to engage in long solitary retreat, shorter solitary retreat and guided group retreats. Through the power of all their practice Tharpaland has become a very blessed and peaceful place to engage in retreat.
"When I go to Tharpaland, it seems as if I am entering another world. It is so quiet, pure and clean. I like Tharpaland very much, the time I spent there was very special for me".
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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