"Firmly plant the victory banner of the dharma!" - Karma Thinley Rinpoche's injunction to Lama Jampa Thaye
Earlier this month Lama Jampa Thaye and Dechen Dolma travelled to Nepal to visit Karma Thinley Rinpoche. Rinpoche, grand master of both the Sakya and Karma Kagyu traditions, is the Lama with whom Lama Jampa took refuge in 1973.
Read MoreThis weekend in Manchester Lama Jampa continued with his teaching of Situ Dharmakara's commentary on the Third Karmapa's Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer.
Read MoreThis weekend, in the leafy setting of Regent’s Park, London, students of dharma gathered from across the UK and beyond to receive further teachings on Sakya Pandita’s important text on the correct practice of each of the three vehicles taught by the Buddha.
Read MoreLama Jampa Thaye has just completed his month-long North American teaching tour.
Read MoreThe Dechen Mexican Sangha welcomed Lama Jampa and Dechen Dolma to Mexico City on October 16th for a seven-day visit of teachings.
Read MoreLast weekend Lama Jampa gave two days of teachings on The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva by Tokme Zangpo at the Bodhi Path Natural Bridge in Virginia.
Read MoreIn Bristol last Saturday around people gathered from around the UK and beyond to receive part 5 of Sakya Pandita’s master work, ‘Discriminating the Three Vows’ and in the afternoon the vajrayana initiation of Mahachakra Vajrapani.
Read MoreOn Friday the 22nd of September, at Bodhi Path Renchen-Ulm, Lama Jampa continued teaching Karma Thinley Rinpoche's commentary, The Lamp that Dispels Darkness, on the third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje's text, Discriminating Consciousness and Primordial Wisdom (Namshe Yeshe).
Read MoreAs part of Lama Jampa’s September programme of teachings in Germany & Switzerland, he was invited by Bodhipath Basel to present his recently republished presentation of the Buddhist path, Diamond Sky, at a public venue close to the center of Basel.
Read MoreOn Friday, September 15th, Lama Jampa blessed the Buddha statue for the new Buddhist Burial Ground in Stuttgart. On a beautiful early autumn evening the setting sun was shining bright on the group of Buddhists from different traditions attending this auspicious event.
Read MoreOn Saturday 9 September Lama Jampa Thaye gave the final parts of the Eight Verses (Songs) of this illustrious text by Karma Chakme to Buddhists from across the UK.
Read MoreLater this month Lama Jampa will be on the continent to give a series of teachings at Dechen and Bodhi Path Centres.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce details of Lama Jampa Thaye’s forthcoming North American Tour which will see him teaching at Dechen and Bodhi Path centres on the East and West Coasts as well as in Mexico.
Read MoreFollowing the great blessing of His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen’s visit to Sakya Changlochen Ling, Lama Jampa commenced teachings on the recent edition of his text Diamond Sky - Preparing for Vajrayana.
Read MoreOn Friday 4 August His Holiness Sakya Gongma Trichen Rinpoche visited the Dechen Eurpean retreat centre of Sakya Changlochen Ling in the beautiful Dordogne area of France. This was the 14th visit His Holiness has made to international Dechen centres at the request of Lama Jampa.
Read MoreThis year Lama Jampa gave another five-day summer course at Dhakpo Kagyu Ling, France, and this time was able to complete his teaching on Sonam Tsemo's famous elucidation of the Tantra Sets.
It is rare that such texts are given, the subject matter being concerned with the secret teachings of the vajrayana, and the annuttara, or supreme tantra, in particular. Thus the last part of the main section was completed, explaining the origins of the vajrayana and in particular the role of Sakyamuni buddha as an emanation of the buddha Vairocana in disseminating the teachings, as well as the two final sections on the meaning of tantra and the method of expression in the tantras themselves.
As in previous years the teaching was attended by monastic sangha who had travelled from Kundreul Ling (Le Bost), students of Lama Jampa from UK and elsewhere, and many other lay practitioners living around Dhakpo or who had travelled from other parts of France to hear these precious teachings. At the end of the teaching the heartfelt words of Ani Kemtcho, a senior nun from Kundruel Ling, aptly summed up the deep gratitude of the students to Lama Jampa for bestowing this wonderful text with such erudition, humour, and clarity. Thanks also to Audrey who as always perfectly translated Lama-la's words into French.
Buddhists in Manchester and beyond were fortunate to sit in the presence of the erudite scholar and meditation master Lama Jampa Thaye over the first weekend of July, when he visited Manchester.
Read MoreLama Jampa's June visit to Sakya Dechen Ling in Stuttgart began with a visit to the site of the new Buddhist Cemetery which is in the process of being completed.
Read MoreLast weekend Lama Jampa and Dechen Dolma were in Bristol for a weekend of wisdom, blessings and prayers.
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I was very saddened to hear of the passing of the great Karma-Kagyu master, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, on the holy day of Saga Dawa Duchen.
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