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The establishment of centers offering traditional retreats lasting three years, three months, and three days is an important part of anchoring the Dharma in the West and was the main reason Lama Gendun Rinpoche came to Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in 1975. In a letter dated July 13, 1978<\/a>, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, wrote,<\/p>\n

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In Europe, in France, in Chaban area,
I established Dhagpo Kagyu Ling,
an essential foundation including a temple and a monastic environment
where the profound methods of the Six Yogas of Naropa and the profound path of the Mahamudra
can be practiced in an appropriate way in retreat centers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although the retreat center project had not yet come about at this time (the location was still to be determined due to difficulties in establishing it in the Dordogne), the preparation of aspiring retreatants had nonetheless begun. Indeed, withdrawing from the world for three years to practice the liberating methods of the Karma Kagyu lineage is not an ordinary decision. Future retreatants must undergo training and acquire certain theoretical knowledge (reading Tibetan, explanation of certain meditative practices) and practical skills (making tormas, learning musical instruments, etc.). Thus, beginning in 1981, Dhagpo Kagyu Ling organized teaching sessions specifically for future retreatants, such as explanations of the practices of Mahakala and Dorje Pamo. In August 1981, Mipham Ch\u00f6kyi Lodr\u00f6, the 14th K\u00fcnzig Shamarpa, came to teach at Dhagpo for the first time<\/a>. Following his teachings, from September 11 to 20, 1981, he gave the empowerment of Gampopa practice as well as the major empowerments of the yidams that would be practiced in retreat:<\/p>\n