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September News
Samye 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.
Jul/30 - Building Update - July 2010
Samye College building update
Jul/03 - A plea from our Samye Ling Gardener..
Our ride-on lawnmower, which is essential for maintaining the grounds at Samye Ling, is coming to the end of its life. I would be eternally grateful if any of you would be willing to offer us a second hand mower or donate some money towards one, so we can continue to keep the grounds looking good. If you think you would be able to help then please email me at clare_cs@yahoo.co.uk or leave a message at Samye Ling.Many thanks,
Clare Carr-Saunders
Jun/28 - Samye College Founders
Dear Friend of Samye Ling
Those of you who have been coming to Samye Ling on a regular basis for some years will have witnessed the progress of Samye Project. Since 2008 we have been working on the final part of the Project: Samye College. Thanks to your help and through borrowing as much as money we possibly can, we have funded the work so far - and I want to thank you all for your generosity and support. Without your donations we would not have made such wonderful progress.
Now we have run out of money!
We are determined to make the whole building watertight before winter comes and our builders estimate this will cost around £400,000. To help achieve this, we offer you the opportunity to become a Founding Member of Samye College by giving £1,000 or more to the building fund. Donations may be in the name of the individual or dedicated to someone else.
Each Founding Member will receive a beautiful certificate, signed and sealed by Akong Tulku Rinpoche and myself. And their name will be carved on a permanent plaque displayed in the main entrance to Samye College. I hope and pray that every one of you receiving this will become a Founding Member. If you don't have resources perhaps you have a friend or relative who will help. Whatever you can do for this project will be very much appreciated.
We have no wish to offend anyone so if you are able to help we accept gratefully and thank you from the bottom of our hearts; if not, please don't feel badly or take this request in the wrong way.
With every best wish,
Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Abbot of Kagyu Samye Ling
To become a Founding Member of Samye College, or to make any donation, please go to www.samyeling.org/index/donations.
Jun/16 - Limitless Compassion: A Way of Life by Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche
In April of this year, on the occasion of Choje Akong Tulku's 70th birthday, Kagyu Samye Dzong London offered a new book "Limitless Compassion: A Way of Life".The teachings in this book are taken from a collection of talks given by Akong Tulku Rinpoche in London since the opening of Kagyu Samye Dzong London in 1998.
"Limitless Compassion" is the perfect guide to help us apply the buddhist teachings in everyday life. Akong Tulku Rinpoches' teachings cover the importance of mindfulness, meditation and compassion in order for us to live happy, fulfilling lives. He also explains the meaning of transmission and lineage as well as the power of sacred sites and termas, the hidden texts of Guru Rinpoche.
To order a copy or to find out more the please see here