The Samye Ling Centre, in the Scottish borders, has an international reputation as the "home of Tibetan culture in exile". The claims that the centre is a hotbed of abuse as well as drug-taking ...

Two planning applications were lodged by neighbouring farms to develop commercial shooting ranges in the small borders village. One, at Over Cassock farm about five miles from Samye Ling ...

The brother of the Tibetan Lama who was killed in China has announced that 49 days of "Milarepa Guru Yoga" will be held at the Samye Ling centre. Lana Yeshe Rinpoche also thanked his followers for ...

One year on from the violent death in China of its founder, Fiona Armstrong visits Samye Ling Buddhist monastery ... organic farming called Wwoofing and Border Life meets the Borders gardeners ...

Located near the small village of Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway is the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre. Founded in 1967, it is based in a tranquil valley on the banks of the ...

(RNS) — The Air Force’s decision is a victory for the Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, Europe’s oldest, largest Tibetan monastery and home to more than 60 monks and volunteers.

The Scottish government ruled an appeal over the site near the Samye Ling centre was invalid An appeal lodged over plans for a shooting range near a Buddhist monastery has been ruled invalid.

Lama Yeshe Rinpoche of the Samye Ling centre near Eskdalemuir said it threatened their "peace and harmony". He added that the sound of gunshots would be "terrifying" for birds which lived in the area.

The rolling hills of Scotland’s southern lowlands are an unlikely venue for a flourishing Buddhist culture, and yet rows of multicolored Tibetan prayer flags – red, white, yellow, blue, and ...

Samye Ling is Western Europe’s largest Buddhist temple. It is home to a residential community of around 40 people, made up of both monks and ordinary volunteers. And such is its mystique ...