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MAJOR EVENT: Sakya Changlochen Ling Annual Summer Course 2023

Date	04/08/2023 - 18/08/2023
Time	All Day
Address	Fonvidal, St Cirq, Le Bugue, 24260, France
Description	Changlochen Summer Course – Friday 4th to Friday 18th August 2023 Please click the PDF icon for full details of the programme. Summer Course Programme 2023 (r5) Week 1 – Friday 4th – Thursday 10th August ‘Diamond Sky’ This year Lama Jampa Thaye will teach his newly revised and extended work Diamond Sky (Rabsel Publications 2023), a vital and clear outline of the stages of practice culminating in the Vajrayana, the supreme expression of Buddha’s teaching. Alongside this textual teaching, Lama Jampa will give the initiations of Black Dzambhala and White Manjushri, important Vajrayana deities of prosperity and wisdom respectively. We are particularly delighted to announce that His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche will make a one-day visit to Changlochen on Friday the 4th of August. His Holiness has kindly accepted Lama Jampa’s request to bestow the rarely given initiation of Red Saraswati. It will be His Holiness’ second visit to Changlochen and will make this a particularly auspicious summer course. Further details will be released closer to the time. Friday 11th – Tuesday 15th August. For these 5 days there will be no teaching programme at Changlochen, due to His Holiness Karmapa teaching at nearby Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. The Centre will however, be open for private practice and we anticipate running the usual Chenrezik puja each day in the late afternoon. Week 2 – Wednesday 16th – Friday 18th August Continuation of the teaching on ‘Diamond Sky’ Lama Jampa will also give the initiation of Red Tara from the lineage of the Indian master, Vagishvakirti on Friday 18th August. Among the many forms of Tara, Red Tara is the special embodiment of the attracting and magnetising qualities of enlightened mind. Facility Fee for the course: £220 for both weeks. £175 for the first week only, £75 for the second week only. Concessions available on request to changlochen@dechen.org. Children 18 yrs and under go free. Please click the PDF icon for full details of the programme. Summer Course Programme 2023 (r5) If you’d like to see some pictures from the previous course in 2020, please click the image below:
Location	Sakya Changlochen Ling Loading Map.... Sakya Changlochen Ling Fonvidal - St Cirq Events 44.944988 0.960874 Travel: You can travel by road and ferry, or by rail to Le Bugue or Le Buisson, near Sakya Changlochen Ling. There are direct flights with RyanAir (www.ryanair.com) to Bergerac from London, Bristol, Bornmouth, Liverpool, and other places. You can get a taxi to Bergerac station (best to pre-order from Abeilles Bergerac). The train takes about one hour to Le Bugue or Le Buisson from where you can get a taxi (Archambeau – again pre-order). Or you could share a taxi from the airport to Sakya Changlochen Ling. Alternatively you could fly to Bordeaux or Limoges, both of which are 2 to 3 hours from Le Bugue or Le Buisson by road or rail. From there it is a short taxi journey to Sakya Changlochen Ling. Alternatively you can hire a car from any airport.