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Trust and patience: the establishment of \u201cretreat centers for those who wish to practice the profound methods known as the Six Yogas of Naropa and the Profound Path of Mahamudra<\/em>\u201d as desired by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje proved to be an obstacle course in the Dordogne, until a new and unexpected path opened up some 170 kilometers away… in\u00a0Auvergne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Twice, Dhagpo Kagyu Ling was denied a building permit. The first time, the land involved in the project was classified as non-buildable; then the classification of a property deemed suitable for the project was changed and the planned sale was preempted.\u00a0<\/p>\n As Lama Gendun Rinpoche was advancing in age and,\u00a0determined to accomplish one of the missions entrusted to him by the 16th Karmapa<\/strong>, he expressed his concern about the situation. Nevertheless, the preparation of applicants for the traditional three-year retreat continued at Dhagpo, with\u00a0empowerments and teachings given by K\u00fcnzig Shamar Rinpoche and Lama Gendun Rinpoche.<\/a><\/p>\n Then a\u00a0miracle\u00a0<\/strong>occurred, opening up new horizons. Arnaud Desjardins, an author and filmmaker whose work had significantly contributed to bringing the wisdom of the Tibetan masters to the general public, decided to sell his property in Le Bost, near Clermont-Ferrand, where he and his wife had created an ashram on the instructions of his master Swami Prajnanpad. Bernard Lebeau, president of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling at the time, wrote in the magazine\u00a0Tendrel\u00a0<\/em>(no. 5),\u00a0<\/p>\n Arnaud and Denise Desjardins considered, because of their ties to the Tibetans, that this property could not be passed on to a better successor than the Karma Kagyu Lama Association. That is why they agreed to take into account the association’s limited means, granting it exceptional conditions and even allowing it to acquire immediately only the buildings that had hitherto housed a teaching and meditation center perfectly equipped for both the accommodation of retreatants and the organization of their various activities. The nearby house, intended to accommodate the lamas, will be acquired at a later date, so that the Karma Kagyu Lama Association will have sufficient time to raise the necessary funds for this second purchase.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The mayor of the commune assured Lama Jigme Rinpoche that he was delighted to welcome the Tibetan lamas and their students.<\/p>\n Thus,\u00a0on November 28, 1983,<\/strong>\u00a0Lama Jigme Rinpoche was present at the notary’s office for the signing of the deed of sale for the house in Le Bost. Its spiritual imprint is strong. The\u00a016th Karmapa had been received there in 1977\u00a0<\/a>and had performed the Black Crown ceremony; Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche had also stayed there.<\/p>\n The conditions were therefore right to begin the first traditional retreat of three years, three months, and three days. The future retreatants quickly set to work preparing the building: setting up individual rooms, temples, surrounding walls, and partitions between the retreat areas for men and women.\u00a0On March 17, 1984,\u00a0<\/a>fifteen men and five women crossed the threshold of their retreat center or drupkang. It was not until June 1986 that the second house adjoining the Bost property was acquired.<\/p>\n Bernard Lebeau also reassured practitioners that the distance from Dhagpo would not hinder Gendun Rinpoche’s activities in the Dordogne.\u00a0<\/p>\n One might fear that this distance would cause our center to lose much of its spiritual intensity,\u201d he said, \u201cbut this would be contrary to the wishes of His Holiness the Karmapa and the regents of the Kagyupa school. In fact, Gendun Rinpoche will continue his teachings in the Dordogne as in the past, while also leading retreats at Le Bost.<\/em><\/p>\n (Tendrel 5<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Thus, from 1983 onwards, supported by the masters and the enthusiastic energy of countless disciples, the activities of the 16th Karmapa were gradually able to expand in the retreat centers, the monastery, and the large temple in Auvergne, as well as in the Dordogne, with the Institute, the library, and the historic temple at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, His Holiness’s European seat.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”nextgen ” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#d4b16a” custom_margin=”15px||15px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px|20px|15px|20px|false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_line_height=”1em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n These photos come from our archives or were collected as part of the research for Dhagpo Kagyu Ling\u2019s 50th anniversary. We have not been able to identify all the authors. The use of these photos is solely for informational purposes within the context of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration. Their use is limited to this event and our website and is not for commercial purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/dhagpo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tendrel-5_Lettre-President.jpg” title_text=”Tendrel 5_Lettre President” url=”https:\/\/dhagpo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tendrel-05_acquisition-Bost.pdf” url_new_window=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f7f7f3″ custom_margin=”5px|5px|5px|5px|false|false” custom_padding=”5px|5px|5px|5px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Roboto||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_line_height=”1em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n These photos come from our archives or were collected as part of the research for Dhagpo Kagyu Ling\u2019s 50th anniversary. We have not been able to identify all the authors. The use of these photos is solely for informational purposes within the context of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling\u2019s 50th anniversary celebration. Their use is limited to this event and our website and is not for commercial purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trust and patience: the establishment of \u201cretreat centers for those who wish to practice the profound methods known as the Six Yogas of Naropa and the Profound Path of Mahamudra\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\"1\" specialty=\"on\" _builder_version=\"4.27.3\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"||0px|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column type=\"3_4\" specialty_columns=\"3\" _builder_version=\"4.16\" custom_padding=\"|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" custom_padding__hover=\"|||\"][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=\"4.27.3\" _module_preset=\"default\" custom_padding=\"||0px|||\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=\"3_4\" _builder_version=\"4.27.3\" _module_preset=\"default\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"][et_pb_text _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" hover_enabled=\"0\" custom_css_free_form=\"img.inline-zoom {|| transition: transform 0.3s ease;|| display: inline-block;|| vertical-align: middle;|| max-width: 100%;||}||||img.inline-zoom:hover {|| transform: scale(2);|| z-index: 10;||}\" global_colors_info=\"{}\" sticky_enabled=\"0\"]Confiance et patience : l\u2019\u00e9tablissement de \u00ab\u00a0centres de retraites pour ceux qui souhaitent pratiquer les profondes m\u00e9thodes appel\u00e9es les Six Yogas de Naropa et le Profond Chemin du mahamudra \u00bb<\/em>\u00a0comme souhait\u00e9 par le XVI\u1d49 Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigp\u00e9 Dorj\u00e9, s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9 un parcours d\u2019obstacles en Dordogne, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que s\u2019ouvre une nouvelle voie inattendue \u00e0 quelque 170 kilom\u00e8tres\u2026 en\u00a0Auvergne<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\u00c0 deux reprises, Dhagpo Kagyu Ling essuie des\u00a0refus de permis de construire<\/strong>\u00a0: la premi\u00e8re fois, le terrain concern\u00e9 par le projet est class\u00e9 en zone non constructible ; puis le classement d\u2019une propri\u00e9t\u00e9 dont l'achat \u00e9tait projet\u00e9 dans la proche r\u00e9gion, car susceptible de convenir \u00e9galement pour le projet, est modifi\u00e9 et la vente pr\u00e9empt\u00e9e.\u00a0\r\n\r\nLama Guendune Rinpoch\u00e9 avan\u00e7ait en \u00e2ge et,\u00a0d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 accomplir l\u2019une des missions qui lui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9es par le XVI<\/strong>\u1d49<\/strong>\u00a0Karmapa<\/strong>, il exprimait son inqui\u00e9tude quant \u00e0 la situation. N\u00e9anmoins, la pr\u00e9paration des postulants \u00e0 la retraite traditionnelle de trois ans se poursuivait \u00e0 Dhagpo, avec\u00a0des initiations et des enseignements donn\u00e9s par K\u00fcnzik Shamar Rinpoch\u00e9 et lama Guendune Rinpoch\u00e9<\/a>.\r\n\r\nPuis,\u00a0un miracle<\/strong>\u00a0se produisit, ouvrant un nouvel horizon. Arnaud Desjardins, auteur et cin\u00e9aste dont l\u2019\u0153uvre a sensiblement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire d\u00e9couvrir la sagesse des ma\u00eetres tib\u00e9tains au grand public, d\u00e9cide de se s\u00e9parer de sa propri\u00e9t\u00e9 situ\u00e9e au Bost, pr\u00e8s de Clermont-Ferrand, o\u00f9 il avait cr\u00e9\u00e9 avec sa femme un ashram sur les instructions de son ma\u00eetre Swami Prajnanpad. Bernard Lebeau, pr\u00e9sident de Dhagpo Kagyu Ling \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, \u00e9crit dans la revue\u00a0Tendrel (n<\/em>\u00ba<\/em>. 5) :<\/em>\r\n (Tendrel 5)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nAinsi, \u00e0 partir de 1983, port\u00e9e par les ma\u00eetres et l\u2019\u00e9nergie enthousiaste d\u2019innombrables disciples, l\u2019activit\u00e9 du XVI\u1d49 Karmapa a pu progressivement se d\u00e9ployer dans les centres de retraite, le monast\u00e8re et le grand temple en Auvergne<\/a>, de m\u00eame qu\u2019en Dordogne<\/a>, avec l\u2019Institut, la biblioth\u00e8que et le temple historique \u00e0 Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, si\u00e8ge europ\u00e9en de Sa Saintet\u00e9.\r\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=\"nextgen \" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" background_color=\"#d4b16a\" custom_margin=\"15px||15px||false|false\" custom_padding=\"0px|20px|15px|20px|false|false\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"] [ngg src=\"galleries\" ids=\"114\" display=\"pro_tile\" order_by=\"filename\"]<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=\"on|on|off\" _builder_version=\"4.27.4\" _module_preset=\"default\" text_font=\"Roboto||||||||\" text_font_size=\"13px\" text_line_height=\"1em\" custom_padding=\"||0px|||\" locked=\"off\" global_colors_info=\"{}\"] Ces photos proviennent de nos archives ou ont \u00e9t\u00e9 recueillies dans le cadre des recherches pour les 50 ans de Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. Nous n'avons pas pu identifier tous les auteurs. L\u2019utilisation des photos est \u00e0 titre informatif dans le cadre de la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration des 50 ans de Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. 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Arnaud et Denise Desjardins ont consid\u00e9r\u00e9, en raison des liens qui les unissent aux Tib\u00e9tains, que cette propri\u00e9t\u00e9 ne pouvait \u00eatre transmise \u00e0 un meilleur successeur que l\u2019association Karma Kagyu Lama. C\u2019est pourquoi ils ont accept\u00e9 de tenir compte des moyens limit\u00e9s de celle-ci, en lui consentant des conditions exceptionnelles, lui permettant m\u00eame de n\u2019acqu\u00e9rir imm\u00e9diatement que les b\u00e2timents abritant jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent un centre d\u2019enseignement et de m\u00e9ditation parfaitement am\u00e9nag\u00e9, aussi bien pour le logement des retraitants que pour l\u2019organisation de leurs diverses activit\u00e9s. La maison d\u2019habitation, situ\u00e9e \u00e0 proximit\u00e9, destin\u00e9e au logement des lamas, sera acquise ult\u00e9rieurement, de sorte que l\u2019association Karma Kagyu Lama disposera d\u2019un temps suffisant pour r\u00e9unir les fonds n\u00e9cessaires en vue de ce second achat.<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\nLe maire de la commune assure \u00e0 lama Jigm\u00e9 Rinpoch\u00e9 qu\u2019il se r\u00e9jouit d\u2019accueillir les lamas tib\u00e9tains et leurs \u00e9l\u00e8ves.\r\n\r\nAinsi,\u00a0le 28 novembre 1983<\/strong>, lama Jigm\u00e9 Rinpoch\u00e9 est pr\u00e9sent chez le notaire pour la signature de l\u2019acte de vente de la maison au Bost. L\u2019empreinte spirituelle y est forte :\u00a0le XVI\u1d49 Karmapa y avait \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7u en 1977 <\/a>et y avait accompli la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de la Coiffe Noire ; Dilgo Khyents\u00e9 Rinpoch\u00e9et Dudjom Rinpoch\u00e9 y avaient \u00e9galement s\u00e9journ\u00e9.\r\n\r\nLes conditions \u00e9taient donc r\u00e9unies pour d\u00e9marrer la premi\u00e8re retraite traditionnelle de trois ans, trois mois et trois jours. Les futurs retraitant se mettent rapidement \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre pour pr\u00e9parer le b\u00e2timent : am\u00e9nagement de chambres individuelles, de temples, de murs d\u2019enceinte et de s\u00e9paration entre le lieu de retraite pour les hommes et celui pour les femmes. Le\u00a017 mars 1984,<\/a>\u00a0quinze hommes et cinq femmes franchissent le seuil de leur centre de retraite ou\u00a0drupkang<\/em>. Il faudra attendre juin 1986 pour l\u2019acquisition de la deuxi\u00e8me maison jouxtant la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 du Bost.\r\n\r\nBernard Lebeau rassure aussi les pratiquants sur le fait que l\u2019\u00e9loignement de Dhagpo ne mettrait pas de frein \u00e0 l\u2019activit\u00e9 de Guendune Rinpoch\u00e9 en Dordogne.\u00a0\r\n
On pourrait craindre que cet \u00e9loignement fasse perdre \u00e0 notre centre une grande partie de son intensit\u00e9 spirituelle, dit-il, mais ceci serait contraire \u00e0 la volont\u00e9 de Sa Saintet\u00e9 le Karmapa et des r\u00e9gents de l\u2019\u00e9cole kagyupa. En fait, Guendune Rinpoch\u00e9 poursuivra comme par le pass\u00e9 ses enseignements en Dordogne tout en assurant la direction des retraites au Bost<\/em>.\r\n