Details of the courses taking place at Dhagpo are provided for certain featured courses, which you will find in the calendar below.
For an overview of the whole programme, divided into the three categories “Discovery, Institute and Meditation“, which takes place throughout the year, here is a shorter list.
Registration for the new programme (June to September 2024) will open on Wednesday 15 May from 9am.
The teachings are given either in French or in English or Tibetan with a French translation.
Translation into Spanish, English or German is possible on request of a minimum of three people; please contact the welcome office.
Update 11/01/2024 The methods taught by the Bouddha to liberate oneself from the suffering and its causes are multiple. The wishes to take rebirth in Dewatchen, the pure land of Amitabha, are a simple means and directly based on devotion for assembling the conditions of liberation at the moment of death.
This meditation and study course developed by Shamar Rinpoche has been guided by Lama Jigme Rinpoche for five years. The content of each meeting depends on the evolution of the participants’ practice.
Shamarpa : le détenteur de la coiffe rouge
Lama Tréhor propose un voyage narratif à travers les vies, les prophéties et la signification historique du détenteur de la coiffe rouge dans le bouddhisme tibétain, en particulier dans la lignée karma kagyü.
As Gyalwa Karmapa said on the occasion of Shamarpa’s parinirvana, Rinpoche is and continues to be our teacher, and his wishes and blessing will always be with us. Throughout the whole of his existence, he deployed the activity of a bodhisattva, carrying out the benefit of beings well beyond what we can conceive of. Information […]
The Abhidharma presents the functioning of the human mind from the Buddhist point of view. There are various methods for training the mind, but all require a foundational understanding of how it functions. Khenpo Mriti will introduce us to the mental events based on the Abhidharma of the great vehicle and the Abhidharma of the […]
On the request of the Tibetan King Mutig Tsenpo, son of King Trisong Detsen, the great 8th-century Indian pandita Kamalashila composed The Steps of Meditation (Bhavanakrama). The first of the three parts describes the steps of familiarization with mental calm, then higher vision, and lastly the paths and the grounds in
In this work, Sakya Pandita Künga Gyaltsen (1182–1251), one of the founding fathers of the Sakya lineage and an eminent teacher respected by all of the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism presents the three disciplines (dom sum) that support Buddhist practice: the disciplines of individual liberation, of a bodhisattva, and of the vajrayana. This text explains […]
Mind Training is a Buddhist method of the great vehicle that allows for change to occur in the mind that is ordinarily attached to its identity and lost in a form of self-complacency. This method allows for revealing the vast compassion and profound wisdom of enlightened mind. The Eight Verses of Mind Training by Geshe […]
Le chemin proposé par le Bouddha consiste à clarifier l’esprit afin que nous soyons plus libres dans nos choix. [...] Au cours de chaque stage, lama Jigmé Rinpoché aborde un thème particulier du bouddhisme ouvrant à une pratique au jour le jour, faite de clarté et de compassion.
Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa explains the importance of the Five Royal Sutras that make up the paths of practice. Among them, the Sutra of Aspirations for Excellent Conduct, also known as Samantabadhra’s Wishing Prayer, represents the path of aspiration. The bodhisattva Samantabhadra’s wishing prayers are a model for all to follow. […]