Samye Mandala

Samye Mandala

Samye Mandala (.org) is the organization centered around the activities and teachings of Phakchok Rinpoche, a lineage holder of the Profound Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa from the Nyingma School and one of the throne-holders of the Riwoche Taklung Kagyu Lineage.

The organization encompasses several interconnected projects:

Samye Institute - An online platform offering live teachings, structured courses, interactive forums, and community support for dharma students worldwide. It provides multiple pathways for students including the Path of Dignity, Path of Transformation, and various practice-oriented programs.

Samye Monastic - Provides resources that enable monks and nuns to follow the traditional path of study, reflection, and contemplation Samye, currently supporting Do-Ngak Ling Monastery in Nepal with 170 young monks and 16 teachers.

Samye Arts - Currently supporting the Chokling Tersar’s Sacred Paintings Project of creating 2500 to 3000 paintings.

Samye Healing - Training medical students and doctors. These doctors serve in the Samye Sowa Rigpa clinic in Boudhanath, Nepal, and also travel to villages in Nepal to treat and heal patients using medication, traditional massage techniques and exercises.

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Nyingma - The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century. Tib རྙིང་མ་  

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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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