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During a visit of Gendün Rinchen last winter he revealed to us his wish to build a stupa with relics of Gendün Rinpoche here in Dedröl Ling, Marfond. He said: […]

Even though we didn’t have too much to report in 2020 due to the Corona pandemic, where most of us were rather focusing on practice, we still had some nice […]

During November 2019 a group of residents and retreat guests came together to practice the Amitabha Sadhana, guided by Lama Chris and Drubla Michi. We had consecutive two week retreat […]

On September 23, 2019, we rounded off this year’s phase of activity, teachings and practice with a fantastic highlight, as Dhagpo Dedrol Ling received a visit from His Holiness the […]

August 28th was an auspicious day for us as Jigme Rinpoche and Gendün Rinchen visited the centre together. This was a special event as both played a pivotal role in […]

Drupön Nyigyam, who is the retreat master in the Shaminub monastery of Shamar Rinpoche in Nepal, came to Dedröl Ling between 19th-22nd of August and gave the explanation and reading […]

 Statues de Gendün Rinpoché et Künzig Shamar RinpochéSince a long time we had the wish to have a statue of Gendün Rinpoche in our meditation hall. Now, after 1½ years […]

In our activity period which lasted from March to August we completed numerous tasks to maintain the centre in a proper way so that it can be well used by […]

Like in 2017 we dedicated the whole month of November to an Amitabha retreat. We started with a two-week long Drubchö and continued with two further weeks of individual Amitabha […]

In the month of August, we were overjoyed to welcome Gendün Rinchen in Dedröl Ling. Gendün Rinchen is the incarnation of Gendün Rinpoche, the founder of our centre. He was […]

Shortly after the visit of Nendo Rinpoche we were honoured by the coming of Lama Jigme Rinpoche to Marfond. He kindly accepted our invitation to give the transmission of the […]

We were fortunate to receive Nendo Rinpoche in Dedröl Ling at the end of August. Nendo Rinpoche was born in 1962 in India as the son of the great Nyingma […]

In March 2018 three practitioners of our community have been appointed by the Lama council to act as teachers in our Dhagpo Mandala. Please click on our teachers page.

According to the tradition we did ten days of Mahakala and Sang Pujas before the start of the new earth dog year on the 16th of February. We wish all […]

At the beginning of March we concluded our annual autumn/winter retreat and from then on until August we engaged in realizing several projects: During this time the Stupa was completely […]

On the 5th November 2017 we were honored by the visit of the 4th Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche. He blessed the centre and gave the reading transmission (lung) for the long […]

We were very happy that Drupön Nygyam visited Marfond once again during the month of August. During his stay we did the Mahakala Puja with him and he gave some […]

Drupön Nygyam Rinpoche who is guiding the three year retreats in Parping, Nepal came to Dhagpo Kagyü Ling for the first time to hold a Powa course. We all participated […]

On the 5th of September we were honored by the visit of Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, who gave on this occasion various reading transmissions (lung), teachings as well as numerous interviews […]

The time from March to August was dedicated for various working projects, notably the renovation and painting of the Stupa as well as the clearing of the woods. Also we […]

On July 31st a group of eight people entered into the Drubkhang (closed retreat) for a period of 15 months. Under the auspicious presence of the Tulku of Gendün Rinpoche […]

As in recent years, we will divide the year into an activity phase and a retreat phase. At the end of February the retreat period of 2014/15 ended and we […]

During the last two weeks of April, Lama Walli guided another retreat here in Marfond, continuing the transmission of the Ngedön Gyamtso (Mahamudra- The Ocean of True Meaning) by the […]

Our work and activity period came to an end in August. Until the end of February we dedicate our hearts and time to sitting practice. From the 1st of September […]