Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex at Eskdalemuir, Scotland. It is associated with the Karma Kagyu school.
The centre includes one of the first Tibetan temples to be constructed in Western Europe, a large stupa, and accommodation for those taking a range of courses on Buddhism, meditation, spiritual development and art.
Rokpa Trust
Samye Ling is owned and run by Rokpa Trust, a charity registered in Scotland (SC038628) and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (03260031). Rokpa Trust operates the Holy Isle Centre for World Peace and Health and the Samye Dzong centres. The charity's website, samyeling.org, carries the Samye Ling name, is published by Rokpa Trust, and covers the charity's governance and its other centres.
The Johnstone House Trust ceased to exist in 1995 and the centre now describes itself as part of the ROKPA Trust, whose objectives are
to promote Buddhism and to foster non-sectarian inter-religious dialogue and understanding. To provide medical care and therapy. To provide education. To relieve poverty.
“Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre” enters the record as tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kagyu, Samye and Ling can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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