Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre
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Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Karma Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir, Scotland.
The main temple building at Samye Ling
The monk Samten about 1978.
Samye Ling Temple with Sangha and Abbot Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche leading prayers.
The first authentic Scottish stupa and statue of Nagarjuna in the grounds of Samye Ling
Tibetan Buddhism
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Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia. It also has a sizable number of adherents in the areas surrounding the Himalayas, including the Indian regions of Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, as well as in Nepal. Smaller groups of practitioners can be found in Central Asia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and some regions of Russia, such as Tuva, Buryatia, and Kalmykia.
Inside of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery
Samye was the first gompa (Buddhist monastery) built in Tibet (775–779).
The Indian master Atiśa
The Tibetan householder and translator Marpa (1012–1097)