Clarity and Compassion Study and Meditation Retreat

IMPORTANT CHANGE *

Dear Dharma Practitioners,

Following the parinirvana of His Eminence the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche, father of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Lama Jigme Rinpoche had to travel urgently to India.

Lama Jigme Rinpoche will therefore be unable to guide his Clarity and Compassion retreat from December 29 to 31. However, he wishes that the retreat be maintained with some adjustments to the program, notably to include the practice of Amitabha and the recitation of Guru Rinpoche’s Seven-Line Prayer with its mantra, as indicated by Karmapa himself. Lama Jigme Rinpoche also wishes that Khenpo Wangdu, director of the Shri Diwakar Buddhist Academy in Kalimpong, teach the chapter on Dependent Origination from Entry to the State of a Pandita by the 1st Mipham Rinpoche be maintained as a tribute to Mipham Rinpoche. 

These sudden upheavals are a reminder of the truth of impermanence, which leaves its unpredictable mark on all conditioned phenomena. In this year end and given these circumstances, gathering to practice together at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, the place where their Holinesses the 16th and 17th Gyalwa Karmapas and the 14th Künzig Shamarpa sealed the blessing of the Karma Kagyu lineage, is undoubtedly a beautiful way to close Dhagpo’s fiftieth anniversary year and to begin the new one.

With best wishes from Lama Jigme Rinpoche

The Dhagpo Kagyu Ling team

For any cancellation, and in order to help us plan the number of meals to be served, we kindly ask you to contact the reception as soon as possible at contact@dhagpo.org. Please note that there will be no telephone reception due to the center’s closure until December 28 at 2:30 pm. It is possible to receive a refund for the retreat if you cancel your attendance, or to offer your registration as support for the activities of Lama Jigme Rinpoche and Dhagpo Kagyu Ling.

* Last update: 25/12/2025