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November 30, 2011
Long Life Prayers Retreat
Noble Bodhisattva...Swift...Fearless...Compassionate... These words, normally used to describe the Bodhisattva Tara, can also be aptly used to describe Kagyu Samye Ling’s two beloved Rinpoches, Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche...
November 19, 2011
Walking the Path of Environmental Buddhism by His Holiness the 17th Karmapa
For several years, His Holiness the 17th Gylwang Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, has been an avid environmentalist. He has now been invited by the infuential journal "Conservation Biology" to contribute an article on what he sees as the future of Environmental Buddhism...
November 12, 2011
Samye Ling Garden Project
The old Greenhouse (16 x 8 yards) is the nursery at the heart of the Garden Project. It provides space and
protection for the cultivation of plants throughout the year. Purchased second-hand 40 years ago, it houses a wide selection of cuttings, seedlings and potted plants. It is home to one of the finest vines in Southern Scotland that trails over the arches and produces some 500 bunches of black dessert grapes each year. There are also a fig tree, nectarine and our apricot. Underneath are beds of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, basil and parsley.
October 8, 2011
Samye College Update from Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
We are very happy to inform you of the excellent progress we are making in our Samye College Project...
September 27, 2011
Dumfries and Galloway Doors Open Days
Last weekend Samye Ling participated in the 21st Dumfries and Galloway Doors Open Day where 34 sites across the county opened their doors to the public...
September 7, 2011
2011 Shedra Studies Course
This year for the shedra, we spent a month looking at a commentary by the 8th Karmapa on the Abhisamayalankara translated as 'The Ornament of Clear Realisations'...
September 1, 2011
National Museum of Scotland Prayer Wheel House
In 2007, the National Museum of Scotland approached Venerable Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche to advise them with their Tibetan collection, and commissioned Samye Ling to create a Prayer Wheel House for their new collection, due to open in 2011. Over the next three years Yeshe, Mark, Sue and Marilyn were involved in the project from design and creation through to its installation in the museum...
August 27, 2011
Guru Rinpoche Drubcho and Karmapa 900 Celebrations
With Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche, Drupon Rinpoche, Tulku Ogyen Nyima, Lama Kating and Lama Zangmo all in attendance, and led by the Venerable Gyamtso Tashi, over a hundred people participated in the prayers, which were dedicated to world peace and especially to the long life and activities of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. This year was particularly auspicious as our celebration of the 900th Anniversary since the birth of the first Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa coincided with the Drubcho...
August 21, 2011
Annual Tea Party and Open Day
Several hundred people attended our annual Tea Party and Open Day this year to help the Samye Ling community celebrate Sherab Palden Beru's 100th birthday...
July 28, 2011
Samye College Building Update
The current phase of the building is now in its final stage. The windows are all fitted and temporary doors will be hung by the end of August. Apart from a few details the building is now wind and watertight...
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