The Dzogchen Beara Temple Shop
This shop exists to provide the opportunity for as many people as possible to participate in supporting the Dzogchen Beara Temple. Buddhist tradition says that when we are involved in any aspect of building a Temple this will become a source of extraordinary blessing for our spiritual path.
The names of all sponsors will be included on a scroll to be enshrined in the temple once it is complete. By making an offering or sponsoring an item in your name, the name of a loved one or of somebody who has passed away, you will create a direct link to the benefit that will come from this Temple through the ages.
The Dzogchen Beara Temple is being built in the style of a traditional Tibetan monastery, a form of architecture designed to be an inspiring symbol of the Buddha’s teachings. The temple opened its door to the public in July 2024. Work continues on the sacred art and temple stupa.
Why build a temple? The renowned Tibetan lama Mingyur Rinpoche answers, “If you were to ask how beneficial it is to create a place where people go to gain peace and happiness in their minds, I would say that the benefit is enormous. Why? Because most of our problems are, in fact, caused by our minds. Therefore, building a place where we can find peace and happiness in our minds can only be beneficial, in the widest possible sense.”
Orgyen Tobgyal Rinopche, a uniquely qualified Tibetan master, has advised on all aspects of the temple design, location and orientation. When blessing the Temple site in 2015, he said that according to the ancient art of geomancy, this location at the south-western tip of Europe is a “power place” and building a temple here, at this specific time, will bring renewal and healing to Ireland as well as benefitting the whole world.
“If you build this temple here in Dzogchen Beara, and inside erect representations of the enlightened body, speech and mind, and have practitioners practise there, then this will be the cause for the teachings to remain for long and will have enormous benefit for the world at large; protecting against famine, against war and epidemics and so on.”
The Temple is designed to be a home of the Buddha's teachings for centuries to come; a place of transmission, study, practice and realisation. It is engineered to a "monumental standard", to withstand the test of time and the wild Atlantic weather.
