After Losar, the Nyungne season

by | Feb 26, 2025 | 50 Years of History

Since 1980, Nyungne retreats—the meditative practice of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion with eleven faces and one thousand arms—have been a feature of Dhagpo’s program in the first month of the Tibetan year,  a period considered to be very propitious for...
Losar Over the Decades

Losar Over the Decades

by | 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,...

1985: Dhagpo Kagyu Ling Turns into a Worksite

by | 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...

First Black Crown Ceremony at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling

by | Jun 24, 2020 | 50 Years of History

In spring 1977, the community in Landrevie was abuzz, finishing the small temple in order to welcome Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, who was returning to the Périgord region two years after his first visit in January 1975. His arrival was...