by yone | Jan 31, 2025 | 50 Years of History
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,...
by yone | Jan 31, 2025 | 50 Years of History
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...
by yone | Jan 31, 2025 | 50 Years of History
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,...
by yone | Jan 2, 2025 | 50 Years of History, Uncategorized
During a day trip to Dordogne on January 21, 1975, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje visited the stretch of land on the Côte de Jor that was to become Dhagpo Kagyu Ling.He was invited by Bernard Benson, a British industrialist who owned the Château de...
by yone | Dec 30, 2024 | 50 Years of History, 50 Years of History
Under gusty skies at the turn of the new century, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, was greeted at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling on January 9— three days after arriving in Paris on his first visit to Europe. Addressing some two thousand practitioners under a large...
