Welcome to Kagyü Samye Dzong Venice

The first Karma Kagyü Dharma center of Vajrayana Buddhism in Venice  leaded by His Holiness the 17° Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.

The center was founded in April 2002 by the Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, Abbot and Retreat Master of Kagyü Samye Ling monastery in Scotland, the very first Vajrayana Buddhist Center in the West.

The Kagyü Samye Dzong Venice Association is under the guidance of the Venerable Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche and Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche, Karma Kagyü Lineage Master, co-founder of the Kagyü Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan medicine doctor.

Kagyü Samye Dzong Venice welcomes everybody, having as a main goal to be a place of peace, tranquility and meditation where the precious Karma Kagyü skillful means can be studied and practiced.

News:

Kagyu Samye Dzong Venice and Mindfulness Association present:
One Year Mindfulness Training

We are to offer for the second time in Italy the unique mindfulness training set by Rob Nairn, leader of Mindfulness Association and worldwide known author and Buddhist teacher.

Our One Year Mindfulness Training provides a solid foundation in Mindfulness practice and is considered the first step on your training with us. You are welcome to join this course in Modules One and Two, but it cannot be joined at Modules Three and Four. A certificate of completion is awarded for attendance at all four Module Weekends.

We will provide students with study material together for each module and MP3 files with guided mindfulness practices. Our study material is available in English or Italian.

The four modules will be led by tutors Heather Reagan-Addis and Fay Adams, over a period of seven months.

Module one - Becoming Present - 6 - 7 April 2013
Module two - Working with Distraction - 22 - 23 June 2013
Module three - Self Acceptance – 31 August – 1 September 2013
Module Four - Undercorrent & Observer - 23 - 24 November 2013

For info and bookings please email us! info@kagyu.it
For more detailed info about the Mindfulness Trainings we offer go to Mindfulness Association website http://www.mindfulnessassociation.org/

Events

Through the year the center organizes meetings and initiatives such as meditation retreats, days of practice and study on teachings, and also hosts teachers and masters from Samye Ling, inviting them to conduct retreats and give public conferences about Dharma topics. If you want to see events scheduled by our center and other Samye Dzongs in Italy click here!.

• Befriending Fear, Accepting Change - January 26 – 27, 2013 - with Clive Holmes

• Breathing into the Freedom of Life and Death - March 16 – 17, 2013 - with David Oldham

• Compassion in daily life – march 18 2013 – with David Oldham

Weekly Activities

KSD Venice offers a number of activities including Shinay (calm abiding meditation) courses and sessions, relaxation and Chenrezig practice. If you want to see the activities program click here!.

Mantra for the benefit of Akong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche

It is possible to contribute to the collection of Green Tara Mantra for the benefit of Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Tara Bianca Mantra for Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche's long life. The initiative starts from an invitation to reciting these two mantras for the benefit of these two Masters made by His Holiness the 17° Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje. Click here!