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April Newsletter 2025
Dear All, Welcome to the April newsletter, not to mention the sunshine, the warmer weather and spring very much in progress. I'm sure...

KSD London
Apr 35 min read


March Newsletter 2025
Dear All, Welcome to the March newsletter. Those of you who are regular readers of this august missive will be fully aware that both Lama...

KSD London
Apr 35 min read


February Newsletter 2025
Dear All, Welcome to the February newsletter which has a distinctly South African flavour to it. First of all, there's the opening of the...

KSD London
Feb 46 min read


January Newsletter 2025
Dear All, Welcome to 2025 with the Centre re-opening at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 8th January! I’d like to say “Happy New Year”, but given the...

KSD London
Jan 96 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...

KSD London
Dec 7, 20249 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 28, 20244 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...

KSD London
Aug 30, 20244 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 29, 20246 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+...

KSD London
May 31, 20246 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...

KSD London
May 4, 20245 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...

KSD London
Apr 3, 20244 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...

KSD London
Mar 3, 20243 min read


February Newsletter 2024
Welcome to the February newsletter, and happy Losar for next weekend (more about which below). I don't know about you, but as the days...

KSD London
Feb 8, 20245 min read


January Newsletter 2024
ཕྱི་ཟླ་དང་པོ། ༢༠༢༤ Happy New Year and welcome to the January newsletter. The doors to the Centre re-open at 5.00 pm this Wednesday (10th...

KSD London
Jan 13, 20245 min read


December Newsletter
The Centre has now closed for our volunteers' well-earned Winter break, however, we'll look forward to welcoming you back from 5.00 pm on...

KSD London
Dec 29, 20235 min read


November Newsletter
Emaho! We Doubled Our Sangha It's always nice to be able to start with good news and here at the Centre the number of ordained sangha has...

KSD London
Nov 4, 20233 min read


October Newsletter
Embracing death and dying at Samye Dzong London - Saturday 30th September Welcome to the October newsletter. It's lovely to be able to...

KSD London
Sep 30, 20235 min read


September Newsletter
Welcome to the September newsletter, and if you're wondering what I got up to while the Centre was closed, just look at the picture above...

KSD London
Aug 27, 20235 min read


August Newsletter
Welcome to the August newsletter and time for my annual joke about the residents skipping along the corridors singing "We're all going on...

KSD London
Aug 23, 20235 min read


June/July 2023 Newsletter
Subject: Summer Closure begins after Chenrezig Puja on Sunday 30th July. The Centre re-opens on Wednesday 23rd August at 5pm. Welcome to...

KSD London
Jun 25, 20238 min read
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