The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje has just finished a two-month retreat in Kündröl Ling in France.

There was a very special reason for his visit to the monastic hermitage: during his stay there he received the entire transmission of the dam ngag dzö (gdams ngag mdzod) from Pewar Rinpoche, one of Tibet’s most revered lamas today. Pewar Rinpoche is considered a great master of both the Sakya and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and is the abbot of Pewar Monastery in Tibet.

He was a student of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, from whom he received many teachings and transmissions. He is thus one of the oldest living disciples of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

The dam ngag dzö (Treasury of Instructions) is a collection of precious methods and instructions of all of the eight great Buddhist traditions of Tibet, brought together and structured into a coherent system by the great first Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye (1813-1899).

These instructions (dam ngag) reveal the essence of the rime or non-sectarian movement, and are the most famous of Jamgön Kongtrül's brilliant compilations.
The monastic hermitage of Kündröl Ling in France provided an ideal environment for the two-month transmission, and everybody rejoiced that all the conditions necessary for this auspicious event to happen had come together.