Kagyu Dechen Buddhism

Modern times, timeless tradition

Kagyu Dechen Buddhism (KDB) is an independent charity, but together with other charitable trusts in the UK, Germany, USA and Mexico, it is connected to an international association of Sakya and Karma Kagyu Buddhist centres known as ‘Dechen’ (Tibetan for ‘Great Bliss’), founded by Karma Thinley Rinpoche and Lama Jampa Thaye.

For nearly fifty years the Dechen centres have hosted many major visits from the heads of the Sakya and Karma Kagyu traditions, including H.H. Sakya Trichen and H.H. Karmapa.

All the centres maintain an extensive schedule of courses, Buddhist meditation practice and teaching under the spiritual direction of Lama Jampa Thaye.

They also provide support to Karma Thinley Rinpoche’s nunnery Tekchen Lekshay Ling in Boudha, Nepal as well as the Sakya Nuns’ College in India.

For more information about Dechen and its activities visit the website at the following link: www.dechen.org

Kagyu Dechen Buddhism is a registered charity. Click here to read the 2023 Annual Report.