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Dates for your diaries 2012

May 24th - 28th Compassion in Action post Spring Festival retreat with Gen Tharchin & Kelsang Devi

June 8th - 14th Pathway to Purity Vajrasattva Retreat with Gen Tharchin & Kelsang Devi

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

With Gen-la Dekyong, Empowerment and teachings on Green Tara. Booking form

With Gen-la Dekyong, Empowerment and teachings on Je Tsongkhapa. Booking form

All profits from retreats and activities at Tharpaland IRC go to The International Temples Project (ITP) which is supportingTharpaland and its development as well as other centres world-wide. To find out more about ITP , or to find out how you can donate, please click on the link.