Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche Ven Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche Ven Gelong Karma Jiga
Kagyu Samye Dzong Highlands is the North of Scotland branch of the world famous Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery, established in Dumfriesshire in 1967 as the first centre for Tibetan Buddhism in the West. We offer weekly meditation classes in the city centre and hold regular courses and workshops focusing on Buddhism, meditation and relaxation. Our main aim is to promote healthy living and provide suitable and beneficial ways to manage issues related to stress and tension, and to introduce the teachers of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to those interested in the North of Scotland.
We are currently fundraising to create the first residential Healthy Living & Life Management centre to serve the needs of communities throughout the North of Scotland. We are also working towards expanding our programme to include a range of holistic therapies.
Kagyu Samye Dzong Highlands is a branch of Rokpa Trust, a charity founded by Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche. He is the Supreme Abbot of Dolma Lhakang monastery in Tibet and the cofounder of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery. The Trust is under the direct guidance of Akong Tulku Rinpoche and the present Chairman of Rokpa Trust and Abbot of Samye Ling monastery the Ven. Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche.
Their lives and activity are an endless source of inspiration for the thousands of people who come into contact with them every year. They are known for their tireless efforts in preserving the purity of the Buddha's teachings, and the Kagyu lineage in particular.
Kagyu Samye Dzong Highlands was founded in 2000 by the Ven. Gelong Karma Jiga on behalf of the Rokpa Trust. Karma Jiga is a senior monk from Samye Ling monastery and has trained with the greatest of Tibetan masters over the last 30 years. He has been entrusted with teaching and establishing centres on behalf of the Trust in the UK and elsewhere.
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Karma Jiga is both the Spiritual Director and Project Director of Kagyu Samye Dzong Dundee, Aberdeen & Highlands.
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