Led by Khenpo Tseten Dorje of Shechen Monastery after Kyabje Chime Rinpoche’s Parinirvana.

We continue to focus on prayers and meditation following Rinpoche’s Parinirvana. We are very pleased to inform you that Khenpo Tseten will be returning to Marpa House to lead some prayers and practices for us.

One of the practices he will lead is the Narak Kong Shak practice. This is said to be particularly effective in repairing samaya and broken vows, and is often done to support the sangha following a great teacher’s passing. We will also do the Khenpo Gangshar Guru Yoga practice, which was very close to Rinpoche’s heart.

Attendance is by donation only. These are to help cover the costs of printing texts, facilitating the sessions and hosting Khenpo Tseten’s visit. You are very welcome to join by Zoom (Wednesday PM only) or in person (both days).

Please book your place using the button links on this page. Texts will be made available.

IN PERSON
Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd April

• 10:30 am – 12:30 pm approx.
• 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm approx.
  In person each day.

Suggested donation: £8 each day.

ONLINE
Wednesday 22nd April

• 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm approx. via Zoom.
  (NB: the morning session is not on Zoom.)

Suggested donation: £5.

We hope you can join us.  Please confirm your place by booking using the button links below. This is required if you wish to attend either in person or to join online via Zoom.

Due to these sessions, the regular daily practice sessions which we have been doing will now take place at 7:30 pm on 22nd and 23rd April, followed by a short Chenrezik puja at 8:30 pm.

More Information

• These sessions are offered on a donation basis only (£1 min.)
• No accommodation or meals are available at the House. A list of local places to stay is available here.
• Tea and coffee will be available at the House. You can bring a vegetarian packed lunch if you wish.
• These sessions will take place in the shrine room and are likely to be busy, so please book in advance.
• The Zoom session is on a different link than has been used for the regular prayers and practices – please book to receive the dedicated link for Khenpo Tseten’s visit.
• There is no parking at Marpa House due to the road closure of Rectory Lane. However, parking is available at All Saints Church in the village.
• Car sharing is advised if possible. Local taxi firms are listed here. We expect that access to the House via the lane should be possible for dropping people off, but please allow some extra time for your journey.

Khenpo Tseten

Khenpo Tseten was born in Thimpu Bhutan in 1974.

In the early 90s, Khenpo-la joined Shechen monastery in Nepal. In 2000, he brilliantly completed his studies at the monastery’s shedra (monastic college). Kyabje Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche later entrusted him with the responsibility for the same shedra, which he held for three years. In 2006, Rabjam Rinpoche asked him to run a centre in France, and during a visit to Shechen in 2009, he was enthroned as Khenpo (Master of studies and of monastic discipline).

Khenpo-la has many years of teaching and guiding Westerners. He teaches fluently in English and travels frequently to teach and lead retreats in Belgium and Portugal. He also regularly taught at Kyabje Chime Rinpoche’s annual summer school in France and here at Marpa House.

Visit Marpa House to share your memories and tributes

We are all honouring Rinpoche, both together as a Sangha and alone in our own space. We pray for his swift and auspicious rebirth and for his enlightened activity to continue.

As we come to terms with this profound loss, we invite you to share your thoughts and memories in a Book of Condolence to honour his life and legacy. We can reflect on the immense gratitude we have for Rinpoche’s guidance and support in our lives.

Rinpoche’s vast compassion, loving-kindness, and timeless wisdom touched all our hearts, and meeting such a realised and perfect teacher is precious beyond words.

Until further notice, a Book of Condolence will be available in the library at Marpa House every day from 7 am until 10 pm for you to share your thoughts.

In the book, please share a reflection, memory or message as a collection of the immense gratitude, devotion and love we all have for Rinpoche.

Unable to visit Marpa House

We will also be providing an online Book of Condolence for those unable to visit Marpa House. Details will follow in due course.

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.

You are warmly invited to join us, online via Zoom or in person, to recite Calling the Lama from Afar for our precious guru, Kyabje Chime Rinpoche, at Marpa House on Friday, 17th April at 7 pm (BST).

Calling the Lama from Afar is a Kagyu-lineage Vajrayana prayer and meditation by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great, serving as a guru yoga so we can connect with our root teacher.

It is a request for blessings and guidance, expressing unwavering devotion and trust in our lama as a mirror of our own mind. The prayer acknowledges our suffering, and it relies on our pure devotion to “call” the lama.

It is particularly powerful when an enlightened being has passed into Parinirvana. In Tibetan Buddhism, the lama is seen as one with the Buddha, a living embodiment of awakened wisdom. Through this practice, we nurture devotion, open to blessings, and attune to our teacher’s luminous mind—an awareness that flows beyond the boundaries of physical life.

Join us as we reinforce our devotion and connection to Kyabje Chime Rinpoche.

We will be livestreaming at 7:00 pm BST. For those who regularly join our online sessions, this is one hour earlier than usual for ‘Calling the Lama from Afar’.

To request the link to join, email mail@marpahouse.org.uk

Please send your request by 1 pm latest on the day to ensure you receive the link. 

We very much look forward to seeing you either in-person or online.

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.

Honouring Kyabje Chime Rinpoche

The passing of our precious teacher is an immensely sad and difficult time for us all. We wish from the depths of our hearts to honour Kyabje Chime Rinpoche in the appropriate and traditional way. The period immediately after a great master passes away is a time for quiet reflection and to deepen our practice, both individually and together.

Daily practice sessions at Marpa House

Therefore, at Marpa House, we will continue to do the Four Session Guru Yoga and Vajrasattva daily between 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm.

Join us online

Every Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday, we will also livestream these on Zoom, so you can practice with us in our virtual shrine room, if you wish.

On the other days, you are welcome to join in person at Marpa House, or in your own space on your own, knowing that we will practicing at the same time. 

Programme for this year

As a sign of respect following the passing of Kyabje Chime Rinpoche, the Marpa House programme for the next year will focus solely on retreats and collective practice, rather than any teachings or events.

All previously planned events for this year have now been cancelled. Further details of the revised programme will be published in due course.

Please keep checking our website to stay up to date on all future practice and prayer sessions at Marpa House.

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.

Following Rinpoche’s peaceful passing into Parinirvana, you are warmly invited to join us, both via Zoom and in person, for the practice sessions at Marpa House this weekend.

On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March, we will be practicing Vajrasattva and the Four Session Guru Yoga, following Kyabje Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche’s and Lama Kunga’s advice.

Further practice sessions will be added soon. We will keep you updated.

We will be livestreaming at 2:30 pm on both days.

Please note that the Saturday session is in GMT and the Sunday session is in BST as the clocks go forward this weekend in the UK.

Texts are screen-shared

Please just click the button below to request the link to join or email mail@marpahouse.org.uk

Please send your request by 1 pm to ensure you receive the link. This link will be valid for both days.

Latest Information

We have informed all of the relevant teachers and monasteries of Rinpoche’s passing, including HH 14th Dalai Lama, HH Sakya Trizin, HH 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s office, HE Guru Vajradhara Tai Situ Rinpoche, HE Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Sangye Nenpa Rinpoche, Gangshar Tulku, Tulku Pasang Rinpoche, Tulku Damcho, Choje Lama, Lama Kunga Dorje and Traleg Khandro. 

Prayers and practices are now being done for him around the world. We are deeply grateful for their wonderful messages of kindness and support.

We very much look forward to seeing you all again and practicing together soon.

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.

After yesterday’s incredibly sad news of our beloved teacher’s peaceful passing into Parinirvana, we would like to share details of the prayers and practices we’ve been recommended to do, and the arrangements for visiting Marpa House.

Prayers and Practices

Kyabje Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche has advised us to do additional Vajrasattva prayers with our regular practices. In addition, Lama Kunga Dorje has advised us to practice the Four Session Guru Yoga.

The daily schedule at Marpa House will continue unchanged. The Tara and Chenrezik pujas and periods of silent meditation will take place at the usual times.

We will be livestreaming our regular online Chenrezik practice on Thursday 26th March at 8 pm from the shrine room.

Texts are screen-shared

Please just click the button below to request the link to join or email mail@marpahouse.org.uk

On Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March, we will hold in-person only practice sessions at 2.30 pm in the shrine room, and every Tuesday from 31st March at 2.30 pm until Tuesday 12th May.

Visiting Marpa House

Everyone is welcome to visit between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm to use the shrine room and support one another at this sad time. However, we regret that we are unable to accept overnight guests.

We are unable to offer meals to day visitors – please bring a vegetarian packed lunch if you wish. Please also be aware that parking is limited at Marpa House, and if you have to park in the village, please respect our neighbours and help us to maintain the good relations we have with them.

Latest Information

For the most up-to-date information, please refer to our website and Facebook page, which will be updated regularly.

The Marpa House phone is currently set to voicemail, and we will respond to any messages as soon as we are able. Alternatively, you may contact us by email at mail@marpahouse.org.uk. Thank you for your patience.

Memorial for Rinpoche

A memorial ceremony to honour Rinpoche’s extraordinary life and legacy will be held at Marpa House at a suitable time in the future. Further details will be shared once arrangements have been made.

Supporting each other at this time

Thank you for all your heartwarming messages of sympathy and support.

For more than sixty years, Rinpoche demonstrated wisdom and compassion through his enlightened activity, offering a perfect example to all of us.

However painful this time may be, Rinpoche often reminded us of our “great heart” and we trust that together we will continue to meet these current circumstances with loving-kindness and inspiration – as ‘one sky, one mind’.

Finally, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Rinpoche’s family and respectfully ask that their wish for privacy be honoured at this time.

May all beings be peaceful and happy. May all be auspicious.

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.

Kyabje Chime Rinpoche (10.10.1939 – 24.03.2026)

To our dear Dharma brothers and sisters around the world who have a connection with our precious teacher, Kyabje Chime Rinpoche.

It is with unbearable sorrow and deep regret that we inform you of the passing of our beloved teacher.

Rinpoche passed into Parinirvana this morning, 24th March 2026, the sixth day of the second month of the Fire Horse Year in the Tibetan calendar. Although physically unwell for some time, Rinpoche’s mind remained lucid and clear to the end. 

Rinpoche’s vast compassion, loving kindness and timeless wisdom touched all our hearts. To find such a realised and perfect teacher is precious beyond words, and we offer our love, devotion and heartfelt wish for Rinpoche to swiftly be reborn.  We are blessed beyond words to have been part of Rinpoche’s enlightened activities in establishing the essence of the authentic teachings of the Vajrayana here in the West.

In accordance with Tibetan tradition, we will be performing prayers and practices here for him at Marpa House.  Further details will follow soon.

With immense sadness,

The Trustees of the Dharma Trust, Marpa House.