Following the Visit of His Holiness 42nd Sakya Trizin to Mexico Lama Jampa Thaye stayed on to give further teachings at Sakya Dolma Ling in the colourful Coyoacán area of Mexico City.

Last week Lama Jampa Thaye and members of Dechen and other local Buddhist sanghas were delighted to welcome His Holiness 42nd Sakya Trizin (His Holiness the 42nd Kyabgon Gongma Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche) to both the Dechen centre in LA, Sakya Samten Ling and the Dechen centre in Mexico City, Sakya Dolma Ling.

On Saturday 28th April Lama Jampa gave teachings on The Jewel Garland, composed by the great Kagyu master Gampopa, a treasury of advice on practising genuine dharma. It unifies the two streams of spiritual instructions that descended from the early Kadam tradition and the Mahamudra lineage of Indian and Tibetan masters.

Between Saturday March 31 and Sunday April 15 Lama Jampa visited both Sakya and Kagyu sanghas at locations ranging from the sunshine of Santa Barbara to the snow melt of Calgary in order to give dharma teachings as appropriate to the time and place.

Many people interested in hearing more about mind training in the Buddhist tradition gathered at the beautiful London Wetland Centre in Barnes last weekend to hear Western Buddhist Master Lama Jampa Thaye begin teaching Geshe Langri Thangpa’s text The Eight Verses of Mind Training, along with the commentary by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje.

Escaping this crazy world for a few days to hear the teachings of Kongtrul Rinpoche delivered by Lama Jampa, in a centre run by serious practitioners and surrounded by natural beauty, was like visiting a pure land.

Last weekend, Lama Jampa Thaye gave the second in a series of teachings on the ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje’s short guide to Mahamudra entitled Pointing the Finger at the Dharmakaya.  On the Sunday afternoon Lama Jampa bestowed the initiation of Namgyalma. 

Over one hundred and fifty people attended the lecture in which Lama-la distinguished the authentic Buddhist understanding of the nature and role of mindfulness from recent fashionable notions.

Last weekend Lama Jampa Thaye once again visited Sakya Dechen Ling in Stuttgart, Germany to give precious dharma teachings on karma, the sufferings of samsara and precious human birth.

Lama Jampa's first teachings of 2018 included a thought-provoking text  by Karma Thinley Rinpoche on the meeting of Buddhist and Western cosmology called The Telescope of Faith.

‘The dharma taught by Shakyamuni, the protector of all beings as limitless as space, is spread by you through explanation, debate and composition.’

(from Lama Jampa's long life prayer composed by Karma Thinley Rinpoche)

Having just spoken at the Karma Kagyu meeting in Bodhgaya, India, and meeting with His Holiness Karmapa, Lama Jampa came to Sakya Buddhist Center, Los Angeles via a short stop over at home in London.  This was Lama Jampa’s second visit to our new center in Los Angeles which is becoming increasingly embedded in the Santa Monica and West Los Angeles scene.

In December 2017 Lama Jampa Thaye and Dechen Dolma attended the two day International Karma Kagyu Meeting in Bodhgaya. Held in the presence of HH Karmapa with major Karma Kagyu teachers and representatives from Kagyu monasteries, centres and organisations worldwide.

Lama Jampa Thaye recently gave his first Buddhist teachings in Prague, the beautiful capital city of the Czech Republic. The teachings were on Shentong, the view of Buddha Nature as expounded by the great nineteenth century Rime master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.

From 2nd - 7th November Lama Jampa Thaye was once again invited to the 7th World Buddhist Summit as UK representative.  As part of the event delegates had the opportunity to to share news about the current practice and proliferation of Buddhism in their respective countries. Below is the text of Lama Jampa's speech.

Lama Jampa has confirmed the following teaching dates for the UK. Individual event listings will be created when full details are available. Additional international dates to follow.

Manchester’s fashionable Northern Quarter was the setting for last week’s event around Lama Jampa's book Wisdom in Exile: Buddhism and Modern Times.

On Thursday 5th October Lama Jampa Thaye was in Paris to launch the French edition of his book Wisdom in Exile - Sagesse en Exil. The launch was organised by Rabsel Editions a major French publisher of Buddhist books.

The scholar and authoritative teacher of Tibetan Buddhism Lama Jampa Thaye was in Bristol at the weekend teaching original texts from the Sakya lineage.