News

15 Sep 2014
Ngondro Retreat - the opportunity of a lifetime!
On 3rd November, 2015 – the auspicious Wheel Day of Lhabap Duchen – a very fortunate group will begin a one year intensive Ngondro Retreat. Men will be in the Samye Dechen Shing Retreat on Arran and women in the Inner Light Retreat on Holy Isle. The Retreat Master will be Drupon Rinpoche, Khenpo Lhabu, who...

4 Aug 2014
Drupon Rinpoche's Meditation Retreat
From 1st to 10th July, Drupon Rinpoche led an intensive meditation retreat in Samye Ling Temple. During the retreat Rinpoche give precious advice on what it means to be a Dharma practitioner, and on the transformation that needs to occur in our way of thinking so that our meditation does not take a merely worldly...

30 Jul 2014
Update on Temple Access
From 10th August, The Temple will be open to visitors and guests between 9am and 5pm daily. Prayers in temple July 2014

17 Jul 2014
Final Opportunity for Founding Members
If you have visited Samye Ling recently then you will have noticed the temporary Founding Members list outside the dining room displaying the names of over 200 friends of Samye Ling who have already contributed to the completion of the Samye Project by becoming a Founding Member. The commemorative board that will be on permanent display...

5 Jul 2014
Access to the Temple during Drupon Rinpoche's Courses
Drupon Rinpoche is teaching daily in the temple throughout July and August. The schedule of teaching and practice is intensive so we have no choice but to close the temple to public access for much of the day. However it is available from 12 noon until 2.30pm each afternoon and we request that visitors who wish...

The Buddhist principle is to be everybody's friend, not to have any enemy.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Meditation means simple acceptance.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Whenever we see something which could be done to bring benefit to others, no matter how small, we should do it.
Chamgon Khentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Freedom is not something you look for outside of yourself. Freedom is within you.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Hasten slowly, you will soon arrive.
Jetsun Milarepa
It doesn’t matter whatever comes, stop judging and it won’t bother you.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Whatever obstacles arise, if you deal with them through kindness without trying to escape then you have real freedom.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world.
Choje Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Every sentient being is equal to the Buddha.
Chamgon Kentin Tai Situ Rinpoche
Wherever and whenever we can, we should develop compassion at once.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
Reminding ourselves of how others suffer and mentally putting ourselves in their place, will help awaken our compassion.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche