Samye Ling Visual Guide
Information about the various parts of Samye LingCourses Listing
Courses
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Meditation and Mindfulness - The Buddhist Way with Harry MilwardThis weekend Harry will concentrate on the way to get to know the mind as it really is and, on that basis, to progress on the Path to Enlightenment... click for more info |
Start : February 3, 2012 |
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Explanation of Refuge and 1000 Armed Chenrezig Initiation with Ken HolmesExplanation of Refuge and 1000 Armed Chenrezig Initiation... click for more info |
Start : February 22, 2012 |
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Refuge Ceremony & 1000 Armed Chenrezig Initiation with Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheAkong Tulku Rinpoche has kindly agreed to give refuge and bestow the Chenrezig Initiation so that anyone wishing to take part in the Nyungney Retreat... click for more info |
Start : February 23, 2012 |
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Medicine Buddha Initiation with Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheOn the afternoon of Sunday 11th March Akong Tulku Rinpoche will bestow the Medicine Buddha Initiation... click for more info |
Start : March 11, 2012 |
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Amitabha Initiation with Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheChoje Akong Tulku Rinpoche will bestow the Amitabha initiation... click for more info |
Start : March 17, 2012 |
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Chenrezig Practice Weekend with Samye Ling SanghaThis weekend offers an opportunity for anyone who benefitted from the Christmas Retreat to continue and renew the practice of Chenrezig but is also open to anyone who is already familiar with the practice... click for more info |
Start : March 30, 2012 |
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Refuge Ceremony with Lama Yeshe Losal RinpocheRefuge Ceremony with the Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche. click for more info |
Start : April 8, 2012 |
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Tantra with Harry MilwardHarry will explain how the vast and powerful methods of Tantra, as taught and applied within Vajrayana Buddhism, can provide a quick, direct path towards Enlightenment... click for more info |
Start : April 27, 2012 |
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Vajrasattva Instructions with Lama JinpaLama Jinpa will give instructions on the Vajrasattva practice... click for more info |
Start : May 4, 2012 |
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Refuge Ceremony with Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheRefuge Ceremony with Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche... click for more info |
Start : May 5, 2012 |
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Vajrasattva Initiation with Choje Akong Tulku RinpocheChoje Akong Tulku Rinpoche has kindly agreed to bestow the Vajrasattva initiation... click for more info |
Start : May 6, 2012 |
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Selected Verses from "The Way of the Bodhisattva" by Shantideva with Khenpo Damcho Dawa RinpocheThis text is the best-known guide to living as a Bodhisattva and one very dear to the heart of Khenpo Damcho Dawa, who often refers to it when teaching the Rinpoches and masters who are his students in Tibet... click for more info |
Start : May 11, 2012 |
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Accepting Paradox with Harry MilwardThe famous 'Mahamudra Prayer' of the 3rd Gyalwang Karmapa makes clear all the stages of the path of meditation. Harry will go through the prayer step by step, using his own extensive meditation experience to shed light on this profound and beautiful text... click for more info |
Start : June 15, 2012 |
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Introduction to Buddhism with Clive HolmesThis course will outline the basics of Buddhism, especially in terms of core principles: Refuge, Bodhicitta (awakening our potential), the Four Noble Truths, the Six Paramitas, and freedom from unnecessary suffering... click for more info |
Start : July 6, 2012 |
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Shedra Studies Course - The Mahayana Uttara Tantra Shastra with Drupon RinpocheThe fourth part of Drupon Rinpoche's six year Shedra Studies Course, this course is open to new students as well as those who have attended in previous years... click for more info |
Start : July 27, 2012 |
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Guru Rinpoche Initiation with Drupon RinpocheDrupon Rinpoche will bestow the Guru Rinpoche initiation... click for more info |
Start : August 26, 2012 |
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Pathways to Happiness with Clive HolmesWe are all looking for happiness but often are looking for it in the wrong place. It is not our fault we get into all kinds of difficulty. The simple truth is we just do not know our own minds and how they work... click for more info |
Start : September 14, 2012 |
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Approaching Mahamudra with Harry MilwardMahamudra is one of the highest teachings of the Karma Kagyu Lineage. To be able to practice it properly clearly needs a good practical knowledge of the basic practices and overall view of Vajrayana teachings... click for more info |
Start : October 5, 2012 |
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How to Discover Peace in A Busy World with Clive HolmesAs today's world gets busier and more hectic just how is it possible to find the time to slow down and discover peace in a meaningful way?... click for more info |
Start : November 9, 2012 |
Retreats
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Annual Mahakala Prayers with Samye Ling SanghaThis intensive 5 day prayer ritual is practiced in order to clear away obstacles to peace and progress in the Dharma... click for more info |
Start : February 16, 2012 |
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Annual Nyungney Retreat with Samye Ling SanghaWe begin the Tibetan New Year with this auspicious purification practice of 1000 Armed Chenrezig.... click for more info |
Start : February 24, 2012 |
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Easter Retreat - Meditation Made Simple with Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche and Clive HolmesMeditation may be simple but it is not so easy! In light of this, Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche will explain how to tame the mind with kindness and how to learn the art of meditation, with one essential ingredient: joy!... click for more info |
Start : April 6, 2012 |
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Chod Puja - Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche Birthday Celebrations with Samye Ling SanghaOn Sunday the 6th of May, 2012, Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche celebrates his 72nd birthday. Every 12th year is an important one within the astrological Tibetan Calendar and this year the 6th May will be the Dragon day of the Dragon month of the Dragon year... click for more info |
Start : May 4, 2012 |
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Amitabha Retreat with Khenpo Damcho Dawa RinpocheDuring this week, Khenpo Damcho Dawa will lead an Amitabha practice retreat, awakening the mind to the presence of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, and preparing the mind for rebirth in the Sukhavati pure realm at death... click for more info |
Start : May 19, 2012 |
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Powa Practice Retreat with Khenpo Damcho Dawa RinpocheThe Transference of Consciousness at Death (Powa) retreat follows on from the 2011 preliminary teachings on Amitabha, given both by Khenpo Damcho Dawa and Drupon Rinpoche... click for more info |
Start : May 26, 2012 |
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Awakening our Potential with Mindfulness and Kindness with Clive HolmesThis retreat offers a precious opportunity to invest in our own happiness and peace of mind - even one week a year in retreat can help our mindfulness and kindness develop... click for more info |
Start : August 18, 2012 |
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Guru Rinpoche Drubcho with Samye Ling SanghaDedicated to world peace and especially to the activities of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, everyone is welcome to come and join us in the Temple for these joyous and meaningful prayers... click for more info |
Start : August 27, 2012 |
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Guru Rinpoche, The Second Buddha with Lama ZangmoThis retreat will focus on the Guru Rinpoche Sadhana which is practiced monthly in Samye Ling on the 10th day of the Tibetan calendar... click for more info |
Start : October 13, 2012 |