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A New Chapter
In 2019 I had the good fortune of speaking with Lama Zangmo on the cosy couch in the kitchen at Johnson House, Samye Ling. At that point,...
Sarah Sheehan
May 34 min read


My Retreat in the African Bushveld.
Joelle near Cape Town, South Africa On a cold December day I left Kagyu Samye Dzong London to go to South Africa for a residential...
Joelle Peeters
Jan 252 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...
Lama Zangmo
Dec 7, 20242 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...
Leyla Kazim
Dec 4, 20248 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...
Gelong Thubten
Aug 19, 20246 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...
Sarah Sheehan
Jun 27, 20243 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...
Lydia Polzer
May 27, 20243 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…
Nima Bhuti
May 3, 20243 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...
Kathy Denham
Mar 24, 20244 min read
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