How you can be involved in Earth Day at Samye Dzong London

 Kagyu Samye

Dzong London

April Newsletter

To find out more about the many events and activities we have going on during Earth Day and how you can be involved, read on....  

 News in Brief

• Do you want to keep receiving this newsletter?  To stay on our mailing list, all you need to do is follow the instructions in an email we'll be sending out on Sunday 15th April. If you don't actively say that you want to stay on our list, you won't receive any more messages from us. Should you miss the email we send out, it's always possible to sign-up again via the website. In the menu on the right hand side of the home page look for a link which reads "Sign up for our email newsletters". Just follow the link and fill-in your details.  
  We are now using a double opt-in which, in English, means you'll receive an email asking you to confirm that you want to receive our emails. Thank you. 
• Limited edition! Look out for the stainless steel Samye Dzong London branded water bottles which are now available in our shop. Forget about single-use plastic bottles which pollute the planet for hundreds of years after you've finished with them, these stainless steel bottles should last for at least one lifetime!  Take your pick from our extensive range of colours (OK, it's either yellow or very dark blue).
• Kagyu Samye Dzong London is looking for a full time cook. Radu, our excellent cook for more than four years, will be sorely missed when he finishes at the end of April. We are therefore looking for someone with experience in cooking vegetarian and vegan food for larger numbers to start soon. Anyone interested in this residential position, please contact the office for more information.
• Lama Yeshe Rinpoche's teaching schedule is now on the Samye Ling website where you can see his dates.  
• Dates for your diary:

  We've added a few more courses to the website while you weren't looking including
• Volunteer Day on the 1st April, starting 9.30am. Important: Please let us know in advance if you are coming.
• Drawing Green Tara with Ani Semchi on the 5th-6th May - for anyone wanting to learn more about Green Tara. Previous drawing experience is not needed.
• Somatic meditation: an introduction. Alistair Appleton teaches the foundational practices of body-based meditation on the 19th-20th May.
• A Guide to Shamatha Meditation with Lama Zangmo runs over four Wednesday evenings from the 6th - 27th June.
• Developing a Good Foundation with Lama Zangmo - learn about Refuge and the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Toward the Dharma over four Thursday evenings from the 7th-28th June. 
• Attitude of Gratitude with Clive Holmes is on the weekend of the 1st - 2nd September.
• The Seven Branch Prayer with Lama Zangmo has been moved to Saturday 8th September. 

1 - Earth Day at Samye Dzong London 

As most of you know, Kagyu Samye Dzong London will host a free event to celebrate Earth Day on Sunday the 22 of April. The day will include a range of speakers, films, workshops and activities to inspire others to end plastic pollution and protect the environment.

In our previous Newsletter we profiled Satish Kumar as one of the speakers on the day. Here we introduce some of the other activities that will be happening on the day, and we will soon send out a Special Edition Newsletter with the detailed programme. We look forward to seeing you there!

More information will go up on the website as we get closer to the day.  We hope to see as many of you as possible.

           2 - Meditation and the transformation of stress - with Gelong Thubten

Meditation and the transformation of stress, with Gelong Thubten, 28th-29th April. Book your place now by clicking on the donate button at the bottom of the course page on the website. 

3 - Forthcoming Events