Learning and Supporting with Dharma Flashcards
Worksite Diaries – Episode 5 From our earliest age, learning to read requires a great deal of knowledge and skills—from decoding letters and building vocabulary to understanding the meaning of a text and being able to retell its story. When it comes to Dharma, an...
Creating a Culture of Safety
Worksite Diaries – Episode 4 Though zero risk doesn’t exist, it’s a priority on a construction site. In this new episode of our Worksite Diaries on the Institute’s Residences, team leader Kenny Mirambeau explains the measures put in place to ensure...
Participatory financing: a shared involvement
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...
Sustainably Designed Residences Meant to Last!
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...
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...
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...
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...
Healthy foundations!
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...