by yone | Feb 16, 2025 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
Worksite Diaries – Episode 3 The financing of a place like Dhagpo Kagyu Ling is first and foremost a matter of philosophy.In this new episode of our worksite diaries about the Institute’s Residences, Joëlle Ondo, a retired lawyer living near Dhagpo and member of the...
by yone | Jan 20, 2025 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project, Uncategorized
Worksite Diaries – Episode 2 Designing a building means projecting oneself into the future and juggling with a multitude of factors to effectively meet needs. In this new episode of our worksite diaries, Guillaume Pares-Amado, project manager of the Institute’s...
by yone | Dec 24, 2024 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
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...
by yone | Sep 25, 2024 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
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...
by yone | Apr 17, 2024 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
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...
by yone | Feb 12, 2024 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
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...
by dklmedia | Aug 10, 2023 | Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, Residences project
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 look...