Lama Jampa visited Manchester this weekend where he gave teachings on the Jewel Ornament of Liberation, the graduated path text written by Gampopa the third of the Kagyu Buddhist masters, who came after Marpa and Milarepa.
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Lama Jampa just came back from Prague where he continued teaching the second part of Jamgon Kongtrul's text on Zhengtong 'Rays of the Vajra Moon'.
Read MoreMind Training and Manjushri at the London Wetland Centre

Saturday 17 November saw people gather from as far away as Mexico to receive a day of profound dharma teachings from Lama Jampa in the beautiful surrounds of the London Wetland Centre in Barnes on the River Thames.
Read MoreThe Four Dharmas and the Thirty Seven Practices at East Coast Bodhi Path Centres

Lama Jampa’s tour of the Eastern United States started on October 13 at the Bodhi Path centre in Natural Bridge, Virginia, home to a beautiful reliquary stupa of Shamar Rinpoche, the founder of this group of centres with locations throughout North America and Europe.
Read MoreWisdom and Compassion - Buddhist Teachings from the Sakya Tradition
Many people gathered in Bristol on the weekend of 13/14 October to receive teachings from Khaywang Lama Jampa Thaye on the famous Sakya text Parting From the Four Attachments (Zhenpa Zhidral in Tibetan). Using the short commentary by Nubkyi Rigzin Drak which interweaves this teaching with the Four Dharmas, Lama Jampa was able to complete the entire teaching in a single session.
Read MoreKagyu and Sakya; Germany and Austria; Buddha Nature, Karma and Mind Training

A Week in the Life of an Exceptional Buddhist Master
Over the course of a week Lama Jampa gave three sets of teachings and a vajrayana initiation. He travelled from London to Renchen Ulm to give two days of teachings on Buddha Nature from the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. From there he went to the Dechen centre in Stuttgart where he gave a vajrayana initiation followed by teachings on karma from the text on the Three Visions by Ngorche Konchog Llundrup of the Sakya tradition. Finally he travelled to Bregenz in Austria to give mind training teachings at the Bodhi Path centre there.
Read MoreHow Can we Live a Happier Life?

If we want to live a happier life, Lama Jampa says, we need to begin by being ‘rigorously honest with ourselves’. This involves really examining the things we rely on to make us happy and realising how fragile and fleeting these things are. We need to be honest with ourselves; our ego is the greatest conman going but happiness does not come from fooling ourselves.
Read MoreWelcome to Yorkshire, Home of the Dharma!
The weekend was a truly joyous occasion with many attending a Buddhist teaching event for the first time. Some reflected on how profound these teachings are for people and others expressed gratitude for the clear, direct, point by point explanations given by Lama Jampa; many said how wonderful it was to be there listening to words of such clarity and gentle wisdom.
Read MoreLama Jampa gives the Initiations of the Twenty One Taras at the Dechen Summer Retreat

In the idyllic surroundings of the Périgord Noir, with its lush landscape and rich history, Lama Jampa Thaye gave the entire cycle of initiations of the 21 Taras from the 11th century Indian master, Atisha. This is the first time this series of initiations has been given in the West.
Read MoreThree Years of Teachings on the Commitments of Vajrayana
During four days of glorious Dordogne sunshine in early August, in the elegant surroundings of Dhagpo Kagyu Ling’s Institute, Lama Jampa completed a three year cycle of teaching on the great Sakya text ‘Dispelling Error’ by Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen.
Read MoreEveryday Birth and Death in the Dordogne

Over the swelteringly hot weekend of 4th and 5th August, surrounded by the dramatic beauty of the wooded hills and valleys of the Dordogne, Lama Jampa taught a group of around 100 students about the transformative power of the Buddhist teachings on impermanence.
Read MoreWhat is Buddhism?

Video no. 2 in the series Buddhist Life Hacks: A Voice of Reason in a Turbulent World is now available on Lama Jampa's YouTube channel.
Read MoreLaunch of 'Buddhist Life Hacks' series on YouTube

On Tuesday 17 July a new series of short videos was launched on Lama Jampa's YouTube channel. Entitled 'Buddhist Life Hacks: A Voice of Reason in a Turbulent World' these videos have Lama Jampa answering FAQ's about Buddhism.
Read MoreLama Jampa gives Buddhist Teachings from the Sakya Tradition in Germany

Lama Jampa returned to Stuttgart for the last weekend in June to spend time with Dechen sangha there and to give teachings.
Read MoreLama Jampa teaches in Norway

Bodhi Path members and members of the general public attended a weekend of teachings on Buddha nature, the Rays of the Immaculate Vajra Moon, written by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.
Read MoreStarting and continuing on the Buddhist path: teachings in Switzerland and France

Karma Migyur Ling is a centre for Tibetan studies instituted over 40 years ago by Lama Tunsang, who helped to build (yes, hands on) and develop it into the wonderful place it is today, with a traditional temple, accommodation and retreat facilities. A community of more than 20 people live and practice there, with regular courses provided by visiting lamas.
Read MoreIntelligence, reasoning and why Buddhism is 'profoundly at home in the modern world'
Last weekend Lama Jampa gave teachings in Bristol UK on the second and final part of Karma Thinley Rinpoche's text Telescope of Faith - An expression of views on solar and lunar eclipses and forth.
Read MoreEntering the Vajrayana Path of Buddhism in Mexico City

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.
Read MoreHis Holiness 42nd Sakya Trizin gives teachings at Dechen centres in LA and Mexico

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.
Read MoreA guide on the path - teachings from the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
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.
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