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8th Karmapa Retreat

KBL Team — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:33:57 +0000

In early October, we finished the season with the 8th Karmapa Retreat. Practitioners from 7 different countries came together and meditated four sessions a day for one week in the power field of the stupa. The retreat was guided by the travel-teacher Maxi from Graz. It was just wonderful.

End of The Summer Course

KBL Team — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:29:50 +0000

After this incredible initiation we had a wonderful mahamudra course with Lama Ole. Four days highest teachings and a lot of posture in order for questions and answers. Lama Ole also married several couples in front of the stupa. He left on 27th of August for the Balkantour.
Lama Chogdrup Dorje enjoyed a few more days in Berchen Ling togehter with his brother – holiday in the beautiful mountains of the Peloponnese.
After the course a lot of people stayed to enjoy the place and to help building down and preparing the site for winter. Everything happened so fast and smooth, in the evening we also had a lot of time to really meet each other.

Video Conference with Lama Ole

KBL Team — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:57:45 +0000

On the night of August 14th we had a very unusual event – we had a video conference with Lama Ole in Europe Centre. So the friends in Allgäu could see us gathered around the stupa. For such a remote place where there is not even a phone line, it was very special.
We showed a presentation with the latest images from the stupa. At the beginning, pictures from Tsechu Rinpoche and Lama Ole were to be seen, because we could feel their presence all the time.
In this way, we also showed how the infrastructure looks like – we already enjoy the new kitchen and cafeteria.

The Stupa is Growing

KBL Team — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:15:29 +0000

Yesterday, the stupa became one level higher. There was also a blessing-ceremony to eliminate the obstacles. The stupa starts looking more and more like a stupa and… it is so beautiful.
Beside that activities, the gompa tent was set up. At the moment we are 160 people on site and everything is now waiting for all the people from all over the world.

Full Speed

KBL Team — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:21:33 +0000

The course preparations are running at full speed, right now. Today the kitchen will be set up (3 days in advance!). The water tanks are already waiting for the yogi bathrooms that are being installed. Also the dining tent is almost ready as well as the gompa tent.
Meanwhile, the stupa waits for the next filling that will happen on Friday 13th of August.
This gives us the whole next week to try out how well everything works.

More and More Contribution

KBL Team — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:37:13 +0000

As you all know, Karma Berchen Ling is one of our international Buddhist Centers. And as it is situated in Greece, also the Greek sangha (Athens and Thessaloniki) supports the place, especially in the long term run. For instance, they produced special magazines about the retreat place and the stupa. Different people come for weekends and join all actual tasks, like producing tsatsas and mantra rolls, cooking, and building.

More and more, also our neighbours from the surrounding villages come and visit us at the site and offer their business and help.

Our New Straw-bales-house

KBL Team — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000

Three years ago, we planed to build a house made by straw bales in KBL. But we never managed to do more than the foundation. Now, a group of strong and well organized Bulgarians builded the straw-bales-house in less than two weeks! It is not only great work, but also a really nice house…

Hard Working Hungarians

KBL Team — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:41:59 +0000

In the middle of June a group of 15 Hungarians arrived in KBL. Within of ten days, they improved the water tank situation and builded the drainage around the Kalachakra Stupa. The wall of white stones, they builded in front of the stupa, had to be changed a few times, because KBL is just a Milarepa place…

New Container

KBL Team — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:34:40 +0000

Yesterday our new container arrived. It replaced the old one, often called “chicken house”. The new container is located between the Club House and the hut of “Jaquline”, the generator. It will give us the possibility to store bigger tools and materials for the course, like tents etc.

Like allways in KBL the weather is changing all the time. A few days ago we had summer with 35 degrees celsius and more. Now a strong wind blows everything around, that is not fixed and it’s getting pretty cold.

Stupa Treasure Chamber is Drying

KBL Team — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:00:49 +0000

During the time, the stupa is drying we use the chance to continue with the preparation on site. Some people still producing tsa tsas, others finishing the shower house – now proudly is called the “Club House”. Our generator Jaqueline is working day and sometimes also in the night and the two new water tanks get some additional technique. Thanks to the diligent girls in the kitchen, everybody can enjoy delicious food.