Annual Puja
The Annual Smoke Offering puja is a Tibetan Vajrayana ritual to purify the environment. This special event is usually held in September and was initiated by Khenpo Karma Tenkyong in 2017 during his first visit to our land on Cape Breton Island.
The puja involves the burning of aromatic substances to dispel negativity and harmonize our surroundings. It fosters spiritual well-being for all beings and promotes inner and outer peace. We are often joined by our Mi’kmaq brothers and sisters and other traditions for this ceremony.
The smoke offering ritual done by our Lineage, is called Riwo Sangcho, or ‘Mountain Smoke Purification Offering’. It is classified as a Terma—a text concealed by Guru Padmasambhava --- for discovery in a future era. It was revealed by the 17th-century Tibetan yogi, Lhatsum Namkha Jigme.
Weekly Meditation
Join us for Mindfulness Meditation at the local Baddeck Library each Friday morning from 9:00 to 10:00 am. People of any faith or none are encouraged to join. For more information, contact the Baddeck library at 902-295-2055 or Ani Jangchub (Mary Jane) at 902-295-0265.
Karmapa Online Teachings
To directly access current and past events by the 17th Karmapa, go to the official website of the Karmapa at kagyuoffice.org.
Also, please see our Kagyu Lineage Page for links to Karmapa’s online teachings.
Annual Teachings
This year’s dates to be confirmed. Please check our facebook page for updates.
We are delighted that Khenpo Karma Tenkyong has accepted our invitation to visit Cape Breton again this year to teach meditation. He will be visiting and teaching Sept 5 to 11, 2025. Check our Facebook page to stay up to date! (Karma Samadhi Ling)
Khenpo Karma Tenkyong (Khenpo10) loves our precious natural world and actively protects the environment. He has been a vegetarian for over 15 years and is strongly interested in the vegan lifestyle. In 2014 he was sent to the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery (KTD) by His Holiness Karmapa and serves as one of the resident teachers. Due to his love of nature and the environment he served under the 17th Karmapa as the co-coordinator of the Kagyu Himalayan monasteries which began following the Karmapa’s environmental guidelines. In 2016 the Karmapa appointed Khenpo10 to be his representative for our non-profit which holds the land of Karma Samadhi Ling, and whose main mission is to preserve our 130 acres of wilderness as well as the meditation practices of our traditional lineage.
Khenpo comes from a remote Himalayan village in Nepal near the Tibet border in a region of devout Buddhist families. He began his monastic training at a young age. Having excelled in his basic education, he was then accepted to study at the main monastery in exile of His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa in Sikkim, India. He completed the 11-year program in Buddhist Philosophy, earning the degree of Acharya which is equivalent to a master’s degree. In 2002, in recognition of his outstanding qualities and contributions, he was given the honorary title of Khenpo (PhD Degree) by the 17th Karmapa. From 2003 to 2014, Khenpo worked in the Karmapa’s administration. One of his main responsibilities was helping to establish the Karmapa’s new Environmental Organization, ‘Khoryuk’, an environmental organization of monasteries and nunneries all working towards environmental protection and sustainability, as well as climate change resilience. Their first step was to implement waste management and disaster management planning, along with the introduction of a vegetarian diet, planting trees, installing solar panels, and conducting basic education on environmental issues. Growing up in nature in the high Himalayas, Khenpo is keenly aware of how nature must be respected for the planet to thrive and ultimately survive. Khenpo likes to meet people where they are. He has a love of teaching, particularly to youth, about the importance of nature and the value of taking steps to preserve it.
Meditation Instruction
Private personal meditation instruction is offered by Lama Jangchub (Mary Jane) on request. Contact samadhiling@gmail.com or phone 902-295-0265 for more information. All instruction is by donation or free of charge.
You may explore some of our our past events in the Archive.
