Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, accompanied by Bernard Benson, Côte de Jor, January 1975.Compiling Dhagpo’s History at 50 Years2025 marks fifty years since His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje first set foot in France and...
We are pleased to share the following announcement received from the Kagyü Mönlams organizing committee. 11/ 09/2024 The esteemed members of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling4430 Rte de la Cote de jor,24290 Saint- Leon-sur Vezere, France Sub: Invitation to attend the "Kagyu...
Block by block, day after day, the Institute’s Residences are rising from the ground of the construction site at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in Dordogne.In groups of twenty, practitioners taking part in the recent teaching given by His Eminence Jamgon Kongrul Rinpoche...
Continuing the tribute to our lineage holder, the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, we are delighted to announce the launch of monthly broadcasts of teachings that he gave at the Bodhi Path Center in Virginia in 2013.On the tenth anniversary of the 14th Shamarpa’s...
Dear Friends, From May 18 to 20, we will gather to mark the 10ᵗʰ anniversary of the parinirvana of Mipham Chökyi Lodrö, the 14ᵗʰ Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche. Over these 3 days, we will pay tribute to our teacher and lineage holder, the 14ᵗʰ Shamarpa, with an exceptional...
Continuing to Inscribe the Dharma into the French PatrimonyThe arrival of the Buddha’s teaching in Europe is recent; the Dharma is not yet part of our Western culture. Creating sustainable conditions for its existence notably requires building places like the...
After studying the lay of the land and digging the foundations, the large works of the new residence for the Institute began with the placing of steel supports and casings required for pouring the foundations. The work was put on pause over the summer with a visit...
Losar 2024 - Best wishes for the Year
Best wishes for the coming Year of Wood Dragon,
Lama Jigme Rinpoche and the community of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
There are no rules or regulations in terms of what you can or what you cannot wish. Make good wishes, beautiful wishes, in terms of something that you feel from your heart. It can be for world peace, for the end of disease, the end of famine or war, all sorts of...
Before the first shovels were turned, a ritual was performed at the construction site of the residences. The residences will be for anyone who wishes to experience the Dharma in a community life of learning, practice and application of the Buddhist teachings. We...
