Vitising Tibetan Monastery Scotland UK Part 1

Samye Ling Monastery  is the Karma Kagyu School located at Eskdalemuir near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland UK Head Lama is Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche and he was restored for his demised Brother Akong Rinpoche, who was murdered in Chengdu China October 08, 2013. 

            Photo is credited to Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow Scotland UK

Akong Tulku Rinpoche was a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and He introduced Western people to Tibetan religion and culture in 1967 and was one of the founder of the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland UK. On 8 October 2013, Akong Tulku Rinpoche had been killed in Chengdu China, along with two other monks, including Rinpoche's nephew, and his driver. 

The police said that three Tibetan men had been arrested and admitted carrying out the killings. The Samye-Ling website subsequently said that the killers had intended to rob Akong Rinpoche of funds which were being distributed to various projects supported by the charity, Rokpa International, for which he was responsible. 

It was also announced on 11 October 2013 that his body was being taken to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, to his monastery (Dolma Lhakang), for a ceremony . one of the suspected killers had been named by Chengdu police as Tu Dan Gu Sha, also known as Thubten Kunsai. 

Photo is credited to Kagyu Samye Dzong Glasgow Scotland UK

It was my 2nd visits Samye Ling Monastery and I had met the late Akong Rinpoche for the first time, but only spent a very brief moments with him. I still can remember the late Akong Rinpoche was a very friendly and he loved to smiles to people, but sadly it was my first and also the last time I met him, and I had introduced and met up with Lama Yeshe Rinpoche, His Ven. Lama Yeshe Rinpoche is a very friendly and compassionate monk , He gave me some advice how to dealing with obstacles in life the very first time I met him in the Scotland soil.

I had been introduced to the suspect Thubten Kunsai , a traditional Tibetan artist and he was building a new giant Tara statue project at the main entrance of the car parks of the Monastery. Why I still can remember the suspect  dated back to 2007? Because he was teasing me that we both were having the same first Tibetan name "Thubten"

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