Samye Ling Dharma Activity Archive

Khenpo Karma Drodul taught the text ‘The Four Noble Truths – The Mirror that Clarifies What to Accept and Reject‘ in full over a period of two months.

Khenpo Jamyang Lodro taught Sang Tik Dolma (Green Tara) practice which is recited every morning in Samye Ling Temple.

HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa conferred the transmission for the Tara Mandala Sadhana as well as the short Five Deities Tara Sadhana which His Holiness composed recently.

Refuge Ceremony with Abbot Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu taught ‘Calling the Guru from Afar‘ by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye during the 5th UK Kagyu Monlam.

Many Lamas, ordained Sangha and lay practitioners from UK and abroad gathered to pray for World Peace and well-being of all sentient beings for one week during the 5th UK Kagyu Monlam. Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu taught ‘Calling the Guru from Afar‘ by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.

Ven. Lama Karma Dondam and visiting Lamas performed the Ashes Ceremony.

Ven. Lama Dondam led the Annual Nyungney Retreat.

We were very fortunate to join in with other monasteries and nunneries world-wide to receive teachings on the Fifty Verses on the Guru from His Holiness the  17^th Gyalwang Karmapa during his Arya Kshema teachings.

Lama Katen and the Samye Ling Sangha performed a 5-day annual Dharma Protector puja to remove obstacles prior to Losar (Tibetan New Year).

• Atisha’s The Bodhisattva’s Jewel Garland (root verses and Khenpo-la’s own commentary)
• Gampopa’s Nectar Garland of Advice
• the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa’s Guru Yoga: The Continuous Rain of Nectar that Nurtures the Sprouting of the Four Kayas (the Sadhana and Khenpo Ghawang’s own commentary)
• Khenpo Ghawang’s commentaries on Dorje Chang Thungma and the Mahamudra Monlam

Drawing on Jamgon Kongtrul’s ‘The Torch for the Definitive Meaning’, Gampopa’s ‘Precious Ornament of Liberation’, ‘The Words of my Perfect Teacher’ by Patrul Rinpoche, the 9th Gyalwang Karmapa’s ‘The Ocean of Definitive Meaning’ and his own commentary, Khenpo Karma Dradul gave extensive and detailed teachings on the Mahamudra Common Preliminaries: ‘The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind’ over a period of 8 weeks.

Khen Rinpoche Karma Tashi led a week long teaching and practice retreat, during which he taught from Shantideva’s The Way of the Bodhisattva.

Khen Rinpoche Karma Tashi taught Padampa Sangye’s text The 100 Verses of Advice for the People of Tingri.

Khen Rinpoche Karma Tashi taught The Four Dharmas of Gampopa.

Khenpo Lekthong began his 2024 Dharma teachings in Samye Ling by imparting teachings on The Sutra in Three Sections (Confession to 35 Buddhas) and Vajrasattva Mantra.

Khenpo Lekthong kindly gave the reading transmission and teachings for the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and Samadhiraja Sutra.