The last two weeks of a still balmy August saw the completion of this year’s summer school with Lama Jampa Thaye at our European retreat centre in France, Sakya Changlochen Ling. Around 100 people from the USA, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Ireland and the UK came together for this important course. During the first week, Lama…
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On Saturday 8 June, Sakya Buddhist Centre Bristol hosted a day of Buddhist teachings with Lama Jampa Thaye. The venue was the 6th floor of the Future Inn, with its lofty, bird’s eye view over the city. Over 100 people gathered for this joyous event, from across the UK and beyond. During this visit, Lama…
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Around 25 people came to The Bristol Sakya Centre for a day of teachings on Lojong (Mind Training), led by Paul Rogers, who runs Dechen’s Exeter Group, Sakya Namgyal Ling. The day was divided up into 4 one-hour sessions, each of which comprised some sitting meditation, then Paul’s expounding of the topics, and finishing with…
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On 13 January, in a rather chilly Bristol, Lama Jampa Thaye gave his first teachings of 2024 to around 100 people gathered in the familiar surroundings of the Future Inn, with its great city views. Due to sponsorship by a generous donor, Sakya Buddhist Centre Bristol was able to keep facility fees at 2023 levels…
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Last Saturday we welcomed Lama Jampa, family and fellow Buddhists to the Future Inn in Bristol for a day of Buddhist teachings. Amid the unseasonable warmth, around 100 people gathered from around the UK and beyond to listen to part 5 of Sakya Pandita’s master work, ‘Discriminating the 3 Vows’ and to receive the vajrayana…
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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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