We are delighted that Drupon Khen Rinpoche, Karma Lhabu, will be giving three evenings of teachings at Kagyu Samye Dzong London before the The 4th UK Kagyu Monlam in Samye Ling. The schedule of topics is as follows with each session running from 7pm to 9pm:

• Tuesday 7th May: The Link between Study, Contemplation and Meditation.
• Wednesday 8th May: The Spiritual Song of Refuge by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
• Thursday 9th May: The Spiritual Song of Refuge by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye

These Teachings are suitable for everyone, whether a practicing Buddhist or not.

To help us prepare for the event, kindly book online so we have an idea of numbers.

About Drupon Khen Rinpoche 

Drupon Khen Rinpoche Karma Lhabu has received teachings from the revered Khenpo Jigme Puntsok Rinpoche, from the Dzogchen guardian, Khenpo Munsel, the highly learned Khenpo Pentse, Adzom Drukpa Rinpoche, the Milarepa-like Khenpo Choying Kunkhyab, Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro, Khenchen Chime Rigzin, Khenchen Sherab Zangpo, to name a few.

Having received such a wealth of teachings Rinpoche then went to reside at Thrangu Vajra Vidya institute in Varanasi. Here he gave teachings on the treatises to the shedra students before Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche asked Drupon Rinpoche to become the retreat master for Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center, a newly built retreat centre at a Milarepa pilgrimage site near Bhaktapur, Nepal. He has also taught in the Thrangu Monastery Shedra (a Buddhist college) and in the nunnery, Thrangu Tara Abbey. You can find out more about Drupon Rinpoche and his activities here.

About Jamgon Kontrul Lodrö Thaye

Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, Lodrö Thaye, was born in the village of Rong-gyap in Derge, in east Tibet. The coming of this great master was prophesized by the Buddha Shakyamuni, in the Samadhiraja-sutra, as well as by the Great Indian Vajra Master, Padmasambhava, in many of his termas (hidden teachings, for later revelation).

He studied and mastered the teachings of the Buddha in general and tantrayana in specific including the Bön religion of Tibet. Among his many teachers, his primary teachers were the Fourteenth Karmapa, Situ Pema Nyinje Wangpo, the Great Khyentse, and many other masters of the time. He not only became one of the greatest masters and the lineage holder of the Kagyu School but of all four Schools of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the Bön religion.

For more information on the life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, see here https://kagyuoffice.org/kagyu-lineage/the-golden-rosary/lodro-thaye/

The £5 is a non refundable registration fee, not a payment for the course. There is no charge for our courses and teachings, but donations to help cover the costs of running the centre are very welcome.