Lama Jigme Rinpoche was born in Kham, Western Tibet, in 1949. He grew up and was educated with the principal teachers in the Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1977, during a visit to Europe, the 16th Karmapa designated Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, in Dordogne, France, the seat of his European activity and named Lama Jigme Rinpoche his official representative and the spiritual director of the center. Since then, Lama Jigme Rinpoche has fulfilled this role and shared the Buddha's teachings in France and throughout the world. The wealth of his experience in the West enriches his unique and modern appro