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...
Creating a Culture of Safety
Worksite Diaries – Episode 4 Though zero risk doesn’t exist, it’s a priority on a construction site. In this new episode of our Worksite Diaries on the Institute’s Residences, team leader Kenny Mirambeau explains the measures put in place to ensure...April 9–22, 1990: Kunzig Shamarpa Teaches the Dawe Öser, Treatise on Mahamudra Meditation
In the courtyard of the Lama House, buffeted by the colds spring winds in April 1990, the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche Mipham Chökyi Lodrö transmitted a major treatise on the stages of Mahahumdra meditation, Moonbeams (Dawe Öser), by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (1512-1587).[1]...The 25th Chogye Trichen Rinpoche Transmits Major Teachings to Karmapa at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
April 6, 2000, Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, one of the most eminent Sakya masters of the 20th century, is welcomed to Dhagpo Kundreul Ling in order to transmit teachings to Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, who had been in retreat there since February 6,...April 2000: A Library is Born
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, explained that the existence of a library is one of the five key resources for Buddhism to take root where it did not previously exist. The mission of the Dhagpo Kagyu Library is therefore to preserve a...April 26–May 1, 1992 – Learning to Live Freely: The First Teen Course
“Using your strengths to gain your freedom.” This was the theme of the first course for 13 to 18-year-olds guided by Lama Jigme Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling from April 26 to May 1, 1992. “At the time I was doing courses for top management. That’s when I saw there was...