Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling

Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling

Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling is a dharma center in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kalu Rinpoche established it in 1972 during his first visit to North America and was one of the first of many western dharma centers founded by Kalu Rinpoche. It was considered his seat in North America. (Source Accessed Mar 13, 2025)

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Kagyu - The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa. Tib བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་  

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