Activities
Transmission
The study and practice of teachings are interrelated. Necessary instructions come in the form of written texts and oral transmissions given by experienced practitioners. These two kinds of instructions give us the means to go further along the path.
A text exists when it makes an impression on beings. This is how the teaching comes alive.
But if books aren’t put into practice, within a hundred years they lose their power and even ‘holy scriptures’ are of no use to anyone. This is why it is so important to receive the transmission of a teaching from someone who has put it into practice.
For those involved in scholarly research, the Dhagpo Kagyu Ling library has a collection of works focusing on the history, ethnology and linguistics of Buddhism and the countries where it has taken root,
with a particular emphasis on Tibet. Many of the texts are in, or have been translated from, Tibetan.
The library also allows those involved in personal research to deepen their knowledge of the teachings through studying the foremost essential texts of the different Buddhist schools of thought.
Our Tibetan collection that we plan to render accessible with a focus on Kagyu texts through translation projects within the framework of the library.
Interested parties will be able to ask for advice and be guided toward appropriate Buddhist works, and more specifically those concerning Tibetan Buddhism.
