Retrospective: zoom on what happened in April 2025
In April, events highlighted several major transmissions received by the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Thaye Dorje in 2000 and 2002, as well as the birth of the Dhagpo Kagyu Ling library, one of the five resources indicated by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa for the Dharma to take root...May 3, 1975 – Lama Jigme Rinpoche Arrives at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
“In January 1975, I was in Geneva with Lama Namgyal. I was taking care of the 16th Karmapa’s birds as he was in Zurich. I was waiting for him and the rest of the group so that we could all return to India together. It must have been around four o’clock in the morning...May 4 and 5, 2000 : Chogye Trichen Rinpoche Confers Two Empowerments
After transmitting key teachings to Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling in the Auvergne, the eminent Sakya master Chögye Trichen Rinpoche made a stop in Dordogne to confer the empowerments of One-Thousand-Armed Chenrezig and Green Tara...May 21–27, 2002: Karmapa, in retreat at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling, receives transmissions from Khenchen Trinley Paljor Rinpoche
Upon the request of Künzig Shamarpa, Khenchen Trinley Paljor Rinpoche, one of the primary holders of the Kagyu lineage transmitted the Karma Kamtsang tradition of the six yogas of Naropa, Dorje Pamo practice and other texts on meditation practice to Thaye Dorje, His...May 2000: Karmapa receives the transmission of two key collections of the Karma Kagyu lineage at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
In May 2000, Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, then in retreat at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling since February, received the transmission of two key collections of the Karma Kagyü lineage, the Chagchen Gyazhung, a collection of Indian texts on Mahamudra...May 24, 2014 : Künzig Shamarpa’s Last Teaching at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
The 2nd Gyalwa Karmapa, Karmapa Pakshi (1204–1283), indicated that he would manifest in the future in two physical forms that would be one in essence: the Black Crown Karmapa and the Red Crown Karmapa, otherwise known as the Shamarpa. ...May 6, 1983. Birth of the 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje
Eighteen months after the passing of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje on November 5, 1981, his reincarnation, later recognized by the 14th Künzig Shamarpa, was born in the Barkor area of Lhasa on May 6, 1983. His father, the 3rd Mipham...
New Program – June to September 2025
We are happy to share the June–September 2025 programs for Dhagpo Kagyu Ling and Dhagpo Kundreul Ling. These two centers, historically connected by the wishes of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, His Holiness the 16th Karmapa, share a common direction—that of making the essential...