News from our retreat centre in the Dordogne, France, Sakya Changlochen Ling. Two weeks of teachings and initiations from Lama Jampa Thaye, opened with a very special visit from His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche.
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On Saturday 3 June, we welcomed Lama Jampa Thaye and family to Bristol for a glorious summer weekend of wisdom, blessings and joy. The first day opened with Part 4 of the great master Sakya Pandita’s ‘Discriminating the Three Vows’ at the usual venue of the Future Inn in the heart of the city. This…
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Each summer, our European retreat Centre, Sakya Changlochen Ling, hosts a college of studies (Tib. shedra) by the Buddhist meditation master and scholar, Lama Jampa Thaye. Ahead of this major event, which is attended by over 100 Buddhists from a range of countries, the Centre needs to be brought out of its winter sleep and…
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About 15 people attended part or all of the day led by Paul Rogers, who runs the Exeter Dechen Group, on the commentary by Jetsun Dragpa Gyaltsen on Parting From the Four Attachments, one of the principal teachings of the Sakya tradition. Presented in four one-hour sessions, Paul gave a fluent explanation of the verses…
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On Saturday the Exeter Sakya group were delighted to welcome David Armstrong back for his biannual visit. Apart from Exeter sangha, there were also attendees from North Devon and Bristol. His visits have been a fixture in the timetable for a number of years now and we have received a number of valuable teachings including…
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On Saturday 21 January, Lama Jampa gave the first major Buddhist teachings of 2023 at the Future Inn in Bristol. In an eerily misty and softly lit cityscape, over 130 people gathered from the UK and beyond to reconnect with the dharma – and dharma friends – and to breathe new life into their study…
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On the first day of October, we welcomed Lama Jampa Thaye to the Future Inn, Bristol, for a day of teachings on liberation. Well over 100 people gathered together from the UK and farther afield to hear teachings on dying, the intermediate state and rebirth, along with receiving the initiation of the goddess Tara, the…
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On Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August, Sakya Dechen Ling in London, supported by Sakya Thinley Rinchen Ling in Bristol and many other Dechen centres, were delighted to host two days of teachings with His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche.
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Over the weekend of 30-31 July, Lama Jampa Thaye gave an inspiring teaching on the Vajrayana at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in the Dordogne, France, in order to clarify what the tantras actually are, where they came from, for whom they were composed and how to practice them. The source material for the teaching was from…
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From 17 to 29 July, Lama Jampa led two weeks of teachings and group practice at Dechen’s European retreat centre, Sakya Changlochen Ling. This much-anticipated course was the first major event here since summer 2019. Under blazing blue skies, over 80 people came from far and wide to further their own dharma practice and connect…
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