2026 – A Month-Long Retreat Combining Learning and Meditation
Every January, many students have the opportunity to acquire or deepen their knowledge of the Dharma at various centers in Europe.This year, at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, the Institute’s students continued studying the Gyü Lama, Treatise on the Supreme Continuum of the Great...
Meeting with Khenpo Samdrup: “The purpose of the teaching is for people to transform their minds”
The study of the fundamental texts of Buddhist philosophy is a central focus of life at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. For the past ten years, an intensive one-month study retreat has been organized in January to allow residents and practitioners from the surrounding area to...
A look back in pictures at the Clarity and Compassion Retreat
This year, the end-of-year retreat took place with an adapted program. In the particular context of the passing into parinirvana of His Eminence the 3rd Mipham Rinpoche, eminent master and father of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Lama Jigme Rinpoche traveled to India and...
Looking Back on 2025, Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s Fiftieth Anniversary
We began our retrospective of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s fiftieth anniversary with the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje’s first visit to the Côte de Jor on January 21, 1975, the day he marked out the land that would become the European center of the Karma Kagyu lineage....
Best Wishes for 2026
Whatever arises from the mind,is of the nature of the mind.Water and its waves – are they any different? Mahasiddha Saraha Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026 Lama Jigme Rinpoche and the community of Dhagpo Kagyu...
A look back in pictures at the intensive practice of Korlo Demchok
The intensive practice of Korlo Demchok, or Chakrasamvara, one of the main yidams of the lineage, took on a special significance this year as Dhagpo Kagyu Ling marks its fiftieth anniversary. As Lama Jigme Rinpoche reminded us, this is a particularly auspicious month:...
Chenrezig Cycle, Year 8: Training in Pure Vision
Pure vision and the process for bringing about a change in our habitual way of seeing things were at the heart of Lama Jigme Rinpoche’s teaching during the Chenrezig study and meditation course held at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling from October 15 to 19, 2025. Because our...
Nendo Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling: how to connect with Buddha Amitabha
On October 4 and 5, 2025, we had the joy to welcome Nendo Rinpoche, who returned to Dhagpo Kagyu Ling to pursue the teaching on Buddha Amitabha begun the previous year and to confer its empowerment. Referring to the fifty years of Dhagpo, Nendo Rinpoche rejoiced in...