KDOL Mount Tuam Buddhist Retreat Center
268 Mount Tuam rd Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

Outdoor distanced meditation at our stuppa last saturday... followed by some work clearing the tree falls from last winter! Million thanks to the happy and joyful small local group that came to help! Looking forward to next time!

Garden Renos & morning hike at Kdol!

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Snowed in paradise! Om benza sato hung

Winter views... beautiful as always!

After 2 days of hard work cutting trees that were blocking the way, clearing branches, shovelling... we were able to make it to the main road! Yeah! Great feeling to be able to achieve this! Om Tare to tare ture soha! Great thanks to the protectors!

Welcome fall at Kdol

Big thanks to Preston Denny for these amazing beautiful pictures of the center.

Naroling is looking so good now !!! Thanks again for the Sanga members that came in force to help us !

Painting project at the center ! Thanks for the $$$ donation ! We will finally gets Naroling painting this year and hopefully the whole place by next year !

Please note; The Centre is now open to solitairy retreats. Operating at limited capacity due to Covid 19. Visits are by appointment only... contact us at [email protected]... Thank you See more

Kdol... a place i call home... greatful to have the blessing to be here and help this beautiful center.

Confinement at KDOl our usual thing... get to work !

Tachi delek great Sangha ! Just to advise you that the road to the center have been damaged quite a bit by the heavy rain this winter so contact us at [email protected] prior to visit to have the lastest road update.... Thank you !

Lama Tsenjur passed away peacefully on January 24th 2020, while on a visit with family to Vienna. Lama Tsenjur Rinpoche was the first Senior Spiritual Teacher of KKC-KDOL from 1972 and in fact the first Lama of the very first Kalu Rinpoche Centre in the west. He bravely agreed to the request of the previous Kalu Rinpoche to come to teach in North America. Lama Tsenjur taught Tibetan, Chenrezig meditation, and introductory Buddhism to several of the students who went on to do ...the first three year retreat in the west, supported many others who later did the three year retreats at KDOL on Salt Spring Island, and introduced numerous others to Tibetan Buddhism many of whom are still practising today. Lama Tsenjur (and Lama Trinley Drubpa) managed the difficult transition in 1976 when almost all of KKC’s main students and sponsors left KKC for a three year retreat in France. During that period, Lama Tsenjur worked tirelessly to build up at the newly purchased retreat land (KDOL), and to teach, and support students in Vancouver. He was pivotal in the purchase of the KKC house in Burnaby, and supported everyone as they struggled to pay mortgages each month. Lama Tsenjur was involved (as was the 3 year retreat teacher Lama Drupgyu) in helping to build the retreat centre and support those students in their three year retreat on Salt Spring Island. He went into retreat at KDOL in 2002 and has continued to teach and support his many excellent students right up to his passing. His last words to those who had cared for him for many years was or thank you in English. Please join us (at Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling) this Friday January 31st at 7 PM for prayer service for Lama Tsenjur Rinpoche; there will be another prayer service on Friday February 7th at 7 PM, and then a 21st Day service on Saturday February 15th at 2 PM- 5 PM. All sessions will be led by KKC’s excellent puja master (and friend of Lama Tsenjur) Lama Tenzin. Respectfully, Lama Sue and Lama Tenzin See more

Happening at KKc burnaby our mother center... https://facebook.com/events/740215403145075/?ti=as

Fall at the center !

We were delighted to have the visit of Yunggie Ma famous tibetan signer born in China. They spent a few hours filming for her new video clip!! Pretty exciting to see that happen at our center !