GeneralSeptember NewsSamye Project Update Recently Abbot, Lama Yeshe Rinpoche asked for your help with the Samye College building project by becoming a Samye College Founder. Since then over 70 of you have generously contributed £1000 and become a Founder -Thank you to all of you for your inspiring generosity. Thanks to you the building work continues! To become a Samye College Founder - or make any donation - please click here The Path to Self Compassion We are very priviliged to host a workshop on 27-28 November bringing together world leaders in the reseach and practice of compassion. Dr. Christine Braehler, together with Prof Paul Gilbert, will present the evolutionary approach to compassion and compassion focused therapy, while Dr. Chris Germer, a leading American practitioner of self compassion as a therapeutic process, will offer an experiential journey into mindful self-compassion using meditation, discussion and role-play. More details here 4 Year Retreat Thirty men and women are gathered in Samye Ling to prepare to begin four years of closed retreat later this year. On Friday 27th August they took ordination as monks and nuns for the duration of the retreat. ![]() |