Participatory financing: a shared involvement
Worksite Diaries – Episode 3 The financing of a place like Dhagpo Kagyu Ling is first and foremost a matter of philosophy.In this new episode of our worksite diaries about the Institute’s Residences, Joëlle Ondo, a retired lawyer living near Dhagpo and member of the...A Month-Long Retreat Combining Learning and Meditation
During the month of January, many students had the opportunity to acquire or deepen their knowledge of the Dharma, at various centers in Europe. At Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, this year the Institute’s students began studying the Gyü Lama, Treatise on the Supreme Continuum of...
Losar Over the Decades
Over the years, the celebration of Losar, Tibetan New Year, has found its place in the Périgord landscape as a moment of openness and sharing. Celebrated on the first day of the year in the Tibetan calendar, Losar is preceded by several days of traditional ceremonies,...1985: Dhagpo Kagyu Ling Turns into a Worksite
From the month of February 1985, bulldozers transformed Dhagpo Kagyu Ling into a vast worksite to improve the Center’s living conditions and welcoming capacity. Despite the rain, the work went ahead to dig trenches in order to install drains, water supply and...1996: Creation of Dhagpo Dedröl Ling, a Center for Secular Practitioners.
With the creation of the Dhagpo Dedröl Ling association on January 31, 1996, a structure is in place to support the retreat center for secular practitioners, located in Marfond, a few kilometers from Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. Lama Jigme Rinpoche and two close disciples of...Retrospective: January Highlights
To begin this year of commemoration, we celebrated several events marking Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s history together, on site and online.Here’s a look back at the highlights of January 2025. January 9: the 17th Karmapa’s first visit to Europe and to Dhagpo Kagyu...February 6, 2000: the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa in Retreat at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
After his first European tour, Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, travelled to Dhagpo Kundreul Ling in the Auvergne region where he stayed in retreat from February 6 to June 8, 2000 to pursue his education alongside His Holiness the 14th Künzig Shamarpa,...