Jetsun Chime Luding in Stuttgart

Sakya Dechen Ling in Stuttgart was delighted to host a visit by Her Eminence Sakya Jetsun Kushog Chime Luding Rinpoche as part of her recent tour of Europe.

Jetsun Kushog gave teachings on ‘Parting from the Four Attachments’ using the commentary of the founder of the Ngorpa School of the Sakya tradition, Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo.


In order to bless Sakya Dechen Ling, Her Eminence bestowed the initiation of Red Tara, the ‘Swift Heroine’, from the line of the great Indian master Atisha.

Lama Jampa Teaching in France this Summer

The annual Dechen summer retreat was held once again at Sakya Changlochen Ling, our main European Centre in South West France. Eighty people attended teachings given by Lama Jampa Thaye on Sakya Pandita's text Discriminating the Three Vows.

In the course of the text Sakya Pandita takes the opportunity to offer a masterful critique of some misconceptions regarding the original Dharma teachings which were prevalent in his time.










Students attending these teachings were able to see that Sakya Pandita's examples of correct and incorrect understanding all have parallels in our own experience of practising Buddhism today.

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The Dechen Website

The Dechen Website provides information about Dechen Centres and Groups each of which runs introductory classes. On the website you will find details of when and where these classes take place. Also there are details of the the major teaching events that take place regularly at the various Dechen centres.

Also there are articles about different aspects of Buddhist teachings as well as accounts of the Buddhist traditions to which our teachers belong.