September: Fifteen Years in the Making of the ‘Internal’ Study and Meditation Curriculum
8:30 a.m. September is back-to-school month for students of all ages and backgrounds! At Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, residents and practitioners from the surrounding area gather every weekday morning at the Institute for the “internal” curriculum, a study program of...September 29, 1985: Gendun Rinpoche Discovers Laussedat
“Look for a house in the Puy-de-Dôme.” This was the minimalist instruction that Claude T., seeking to leave the French capital, gave to a Parisian notary. The latter came back to him with a property in Laussedat in the Combrailles region. Coincidence? Claude had...Künzig Shamarpa Plants the Seeds of Blessing at Dhagpo
The establishment of centers offering traditional retreats lasting three years, three months, and three days is an important part of anchoring the Dharma in the West and was the main reason Lama Gendun Rinpoche came to Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in 1975. In a letter dated July...September 14, 2018: Presenting Thugseyla to Lama Jigme Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
Light offerings on the stupa of enlightenment shine in the night at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling as Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, steps out of his car, cradling against him his son Thugseyla, just over one month old, wrapped in a yellow blanket.Accompanied...Kundreul Ling’s Stupa: A Worksite Marked by Trust and Perseverance
In March 1984, Kundreul Ling Monastery hosted its first traditional three-year retreat. Among the retreatants was Nicolas H., then a cook, who expressed his wish to Lama Gendun Rinpoche from the very start: to build a stupa on the site. “It would be nice if we could...
Learning about Refuge with His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
“Bodhicitta will never stop to benefit beings,” stated His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche upon arriving at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling on August 21, 2025. “I feel overjoyed by the fifty years of activity here and the flourishing of the Buddhadharma for the benefit of...
His Eminence Trungram Gyatrul Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling Knowing the heart of one’s lineage
For several years, Lama Jigme Rinpoche has extended an invitation to His Eminence Trungram Gyatrul Rinpoche to teach at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. As we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Karmapa’s activity in France this year, the conditions and merit were gathered to...