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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On Saturday 4 June, Sakya Buddhist Centre Bristol welcomed the Buddhist meditation master and scholar Lama Jampa Thaye to give a day of teachings on the 8th century Buddhist master, Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche. Over 100 people gathered for the event, not only from across the UK but also from Ireland, Bulgaria, Sweden and Australia.…
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On Saturday 5 March, we were delighted to host a day of teachings in Bristol with Lama Jampa Thaye. For this first major event of 2022, we welcomed around 100 people from the UK and further afield and it was wonderful to be together again for this joyous occasion. In the morning, Lama Jampa continued…
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Last Saturday saw the long overdue return of David Armstrong to Exeter to continue presenting the Mahayana path based on the teachings of Chogyal Phagpa, the 5th of the Sakya founding Lamas. This was the fourth session in a series of meditation and study days. David had already begun a sequence of meditation days on…
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Good news – Lama Jampa has agreed to a new date for the January 30th event, which will now be held on Saturday 5th March 2022. The venue, teachings, timings remain the same. NEW DATE: Lama Jampa Thaye teaching in Bristol
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