Welcome to Dhagpo Kagyu Ling

A place to understand
and live Buddhism

Everyone aspires to lasting happiness free from all suffering.
Living in a complex society that is in constant evolution can generate confusion and dissatisfaction.
For twenty-five centuries, the Buddha’s teachings have invited us to cultivate our inner wealth by developing kindness and discernment.

Welcome to Dhagpo Kagyu Ling

A place to understand
and live Buddhism

Everyone aspires to lasting happiness free from all suffering.
Living in a complex society that is in constant evolution can generate confusion and dissatisfaction.
For twenty-five centuries, the Buddha’s teachings have invited us to cultivate our inner wealth by developing kindness and discernment.

Coming soon

Clarity and Compassion Study and Meditation Retreat

The path offered by the Buddha consists in clarifying our minds so that we can be freer in our choices. Based on examination of our situation, we become aware of […]

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New Years Ceremonies

Saturday, February 22–Monday, March 3 Great Protector Ritual Traditionally, the period around New Year's is considered positive for the purification of mind's veils and for spiritual accomplishments. During the five […]

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Progressive Curriculum of Study and Meditation Chenrezig Curriculum: Year 7, Course 2

Ce cursus d’étude et de méditation, élaboré par Shamar Rinpoché, est guidé par lama Jigmé Rinpoché depuis cinq ans. [...] Le contenu de chaque rencontre dépend de l’évolution de la pratique des participants.

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Upcoming Events

New Program

October 2024 to May 2025

Programme de Dhagpo - été 2024

Nouveau programme de Dhagpo - Octobre 2023 à mai 2024

New Dhagpo program – from October 2023 to May 2024

Dear Friends,

The Dhagpo Kagyu Ling website is getting a new look for the release of the October 2023 to May 2024 program.

In this release, in accordance with the instructions given by Lama Jigme Rinpoche, you will discover a number of changes designed to make the program more readable and clarify what the center has to offer.

Projects

The Institute’s Residences: Visiting Practitioners Discover the Work Site

Block by block, day after day, the Institute’s Residences are rising from the ground of the construction site at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in Dordogne.In groups of twenty, practitioners taking part in the recent teaching given by His Eminence Jamgon Kongrul Rinpoche (August...

The Institute’s New Residences

Continuing to Inscribe the Dharma into the French PatrimonyThe arrival of the Buddha’s teaching in Europe is recent; the Dharma is not yet part of our Western culture. Creating sustainable conditions for its existence notably requires building places like the...

Healthy foundations!

After studying the lay of the land and digging the foundations, the large works of the new residence for the Institute began with the placing of steel supports and casings required for pouring the foundations. The work was put on pause over the summer with a visit...

Consecration and First Shovelfuls

Before the first shovels were turned, a ritual was performed at the construction site of the residences. The residences will be for anyone who wishes to experience the Dharma in a community life of learning, practice and application of the Buddhist teachings. We look...