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Lama Zangmo
5 days ago2 min read
Reflections on Another Year Gone By,
Dear Friends, Greetings from Kagyu Samye Dzong London. As we are coming to the end of 2024, I wanted to try to put a simple summary of...
KSD London
6 days ago9 min read
December Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome to the final newsletter of 2024. As we rapidly approach the Winter solstice after which, ever so gradually, the...
Leyla Kazim
Dec 48 min read
We all know how this ends - A blog post about the Kagyu Samye Dzong London Death & Dying Day
Hi! This is Leyla from A Day Well Spent , a newsletter seeking pathways to more purposeful living. I attended an empowering day of talks...
KSD London
Oct 284 min read
November Newsletter 2024
Dear All, We really are at the back end of the year now. The clocks going back, the evenings getting darker, it's the time of year,...
KSD London
Oct 161 min read
Residential Volunteer Position open for applications
A residential volunteer position is open for applications. We are looking for someone to join the KSDL community as a full time volunteer...
KSD London
Sep 294 min read
October Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Where has the year gone? One minute it's summer, and then the weather takes a sudden turn towards the cooler and wetter....
KSD London
Aug 294 min read
September Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome back to the new school year! And, of course, the re-opening of the Centre this weekend on Saturday 31st August - a...
Gelong Thubten
Aug 196 min read
Lama Yeshe Rinpoche’s UK tour, July 2024
In our stressful modern world, we can still find spaces that hold the light of compassion and wisdom. Individuals can go to these places...
KSD London
Jul 101 min read
Opportunity to do a One Year Ngondro Retreat
In October 2024 there will be an opportunity for practitioners to join a One-Year Ngondro Retreat in Scotland - on Holy Isle for women...
KSD London
Jun 296 min read
July / August Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome to the July newsletter, which I'll start with a sort of date for your diary - which is to say that the Centre's summer...
KSD London
Jun 272 min read
Upcoming Visit from Lama Yeshe Rinpoche
We are excited that Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche will be visiting in July, along with Ani Lhamo and Gelong Thubten. During the weekend of...
Sarah Sheehan
Jun 273 min read
Chai and Chats
If there was one job in the world I thought I would never find myself doing, it would be between becoming an orthopaedic surgeon, or...
KSD London
May 316 min read
June Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome to the June newsletter, and what an auspicious month it is for some of us. For example, I've just received my 60+...
Lydia Polzer
May 273 min read
Learning Tibetan
By Lydia Polzer I remember the first time I looked at an A4-page filled with Tibetan script wondering how I’d ever be able to see it as...
KSD London
May 45 min read
May Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome to the May newsletter, and for all those Star Wars fans reading this on Saturday, let me just say "May the 4th be with...
Nima Bhuti
May 33 min read
The Reason Buddhists need to study the Tibetan Language.
Nima is a Tibetan Language Teacher who was born in Kuenpheling Tibetan settlement in Bhutan…
KSD London
Apr 171 min read
Looking to do some cooking?
Cook up some positive karma at Kagyu Samye Dzong London We have an opportunity for a resident volunteer cook at the Centre. Are you...
KSD London
Apr 34 min read
April Newsletter 2024
Dear All, Welcome to the April newsletter, kicking off with the good news that we are extending our opening hours! From 3rd May the...
Kathy Denham
Mar 244 min read
Community Blog - Kathy Denham
I honestly do not know how I got so lucky in this lifetime! It as though this lifetime has been split into two, everything that happened...
KSD London
Mar 33 min read
March Newsletter 2024
Welcome to the March newsletter, and if you're wondering what the enigmatic subject heading is about, well that's how many Buddha statues...
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