The Dhagpo Institute’s Residences – video
Lama Jigme Rinpoche clarifies the role of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s Institute and the purpose of these Residences. The 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje indicated the reference texts that are necessary to learn, contemplate, and meditate upon. The 14th Shamarpa, Mipham...
Lama Jigme Rinpoche Meets with Program Facilitators of Dhagpo Centers
On two occasions this year, facilitators who share the Dharma as part of programs at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Dhagpo Kundreul Ling and the Dhagpo urban centers (KTT) met at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s Institute. These meetings gather different generations of facilitators. They...
Compiling Dhagpo’s History at 50 Years
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, accompanied by Bernard Benson, Côte de Jor, January 1975. Compiling Dhagpo’s History at 50 Years 2025 marks fifty years since His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje first set foot in France and...
Invitation to the Kagyü Mönlams – December 15-21, 2024
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...
The Institute’s Residences: Visiting Practitioners Discover the Work Site
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 (August...
Hommage to 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche: Announcing Monthly Broadcasts of the 14th Shamarpa’s Teachings, from September to December 2024
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...
An Exceptional Program to Honor the 14ᵗʰ Shamarpa
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...
The Institute’s New Residences
Continuing to Inscribe the Dharma into the French Patrimony The 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...