Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish Music, of Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and and Tibetan Centre on the banks of the River Esk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Borders, Britain, United Kingdom, Samye Ling is a large Tibetan Buddhist temple and monastic community and the largest Tibetan Buddhist abbey in Europe. The site was founded in 1967 by two Tibetan refugees, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Akong Tulku Rinpoche. Kagyu Samye Ling, meaning “ the place beyond conception ”, was the first Tibetan monastery to be founded in the West. The grounds include religious monuments including the large victory Stupa, which symbolises the body, speech and mind of the Buddha. Away from the temple, there is a secluded peace garden surrounded by a lake and accessed by a footbridge, a spot the monks use for quiet contemplation. In 1969, musicians David Bowie and Leonard Cohen were students at Samye Ling. In fact Bowie not only studied Buddhism at Samye Ling, he almost became a monk there: Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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