The center is open for practice. However, be sure to be wearing a mask in respect of COVID regulations.

Weekly program

The following table summarizes the daily activities of the temple (* Friday night: excluding teaching weekends). They are provided by Lama Sangye, with the exception of the mental calm sessions on Tuesday evening, provided by a French-speaking animator.

These practices are open to the public. Financial participation is optional and free.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8AM : Green Tara	8AM : Green Tara	8AM : Green Tara	8AM : Green Tara	8AM : Green Tara
5PM : Mahakala	7PM : Calm abiding meditation	—-	7PM : Mindfullness meditation	7PM : Tchenrezi

Tantric practices

The approach of the vajrayana, ‘diamond path’, is specific to Himalayan Buddhism. It takes root in the deep qualities of the vehicle of the listeners and the big vehicle to rise beyond the usual notions centered on an ego. The application of particular methods flourishes all the qualities that make compassion and love shine in equanimity. They culminate in the emergence of the wisdom that passes through illusion and place the mind directly in its fundamental nature.

The practices are based on a text recited in Tibetan and translated into French.

• Green Tara is the female yidam of compassion. His practice is common to all lineages of Tantric Buddhism. On the external level, it helps ward off dangers. On the inner level, it helps develop the compassion and qualities of enlightenment. Finally, on the ultimate plane, Tara is none other than enlightenment itself.
• Chenrézi is the male yidam of love and compassion. His practice and the recitation of his mantra lead him to reduce his own faults, to develop his qualities and to go beyond the construction of the ego. The purification of harmful acts allows the recognition of the nature of the spirit. This practice is considered extremely beneficial, to the point of being mentioned in the Sutras of Shakyamuni Buddha.
• Mahakala is an awake protector. His practice, recited in Tibetan, allows the protection of the Dharma and its practitioners, as well as the destruction of internal obstacles (greed, anger) or external to the pursuit of spiritual realization. Mahakala is considered an angry emanation of Chenrézi.

Other practices

• Mental calm (or shamata or shine): This practice, common to all Buddhist schools and especially accessible to beginners, uses concentration exercises to develop lasting stability of mind and inner peace. In the Tibetan tradition, inner calm is finely studied to be able to experience it at its source, develop qualities, reduce negativities and free oneself from egocentrism. As we learn to calm our minds down, we gradually reveal our innate natural freedom.

Program of weekends and special days

The following table presents the program of weekends and special days of teaching and practice.

Date	Enseignant/guide	Événement
17 Septembre 10h30-12h	les bénévoles	Anniversaire de Kalou Rimpoche
23-24 Septembre, 10h - 12h & 13h30 - 15h00	Lama Serge	Controle des souffles subtils avec notre respiration - 1
1 Octobre 10h30-12h30	Les bénévoles du centre	Matinée Portes Ouvertes Au Centre KRTL
7 Octobre 10h-12h30	Lama Sangye	Yoga bouddhiste
13 Octobre 19h-20h30	Lama Puntsok	Conference " Pourquoi nous pratiquons la méditation"
14-15 Octobre 10h-13h	Lama Puntsok	La purification par l'enceinte vide du A
22 Octobre 10h-11h	Lama Sangye	Pratique de Tara verte
27 Octobre 19h-20h30	Lama Serge	Conference "Comment gérer pensées et émotions"
28-29 Octobre 10h-13h	Lama Serge	Controle des souffles subtils avec notre respiration - 2

Participation is free, but inscription is required.

For inscriptions please send an email to krtlpaldenshangpa@gmail.com

On Saturdays and Sundays, the lessons take place from 10AM to 13PM . We demand a minimum of € 25 for the whole week end and 15 € for a single day to cover the traveling expenses of the lamas. For friday conferences, the participation fee is 10 €.

Weekends and special days of practice, guided by Lama Shakya and Lama Sangye, are open to all; in the case of tantric practices, it is advisable (but not mandatory) to be familiar with the practice if one wishes to do so.

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The lamas

	Lama Shakya retired from Sonada monastery in Darjeeling, India from 1987 to 1990. He then stayed on the shores of Kalu Rinpoche and came with him to France in 1997. He currently lives in the Paris region and regularly accompanies Kalu Rinpoche in Paldenshangpa centers around the world.
	Lama Sangye did his 3-year retreat at Sonada Monastery in Darjeeling, India from 2010 to 2013. He was one of the first lamas trained by kyabje Kalou rinpoche. He studied under different masters in India and had the role of dordje loepon (master of ceremonies) for 3 years at the monastery of Salugara, West Bengal. He arrived in France in 2019. He teaches at weekends and conducts daily practices of the center at the request of Kalu Rinpoche.
	Lama Serge performed the traditional 3-year retreat in France at the Kalou Rinpoche Retreat Center in Kagyu Ling, under the direction of Lama Tenpa Gyamtso, as well as a one-year retreat under the guidance of HE Situ Rinpoche and a pilgrimage of 6 months in India with the previous Kalou Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche. He currently resides in the Marseille area where he teaches in the center of the Shangpa lineage.