Lama Karma Dorje is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher of the Kagyu tradition, offering the ancient wisdom of Mahamudra and Bodhicitta to students around the world.
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Born in Nangchen, Kham, eastern Tibet, Lama Karma Dorje received his monastic training under some of the most revered masters of the twentieth century. After fleeing to India in 1974, he continued his studies at Karma Ling Monastery in Sikkim under an esteemed Kagyu lineage master.
Over four decades of intensive retreat and study, Lama Karma Dorje has transmitted the profound teachings of Mahamudra, the Six Yogas of Naropa, and the complete cycle of Bodhicitta practices to thousands of students across Asia, Europe, and North America.
He currently resides at Norbu Ling retreat center in Bir, Himachal Pradesh, where he offers teachings, empowerments, and personal guidance to practitioners of all levels.
Lama Karma Dorje transmits the complete range of Kagyu and Nyingma practices — from foundational study to the most profound Vajrayana instructions.
The essential preliminary practices that purify obscurations, accumulate merit, and establish the proper basis for higher tantric teachings. Includes prostrations, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and Guru Yoga.
Learn more →The pinnacle of the Kagyu path — direct recognition of mind's nature as luminous and empty. Lama Karma Dorje received this transmission in unbroken lineage from his root teacher Khenchen Dorje Sherab Rinpoche.
Learn more →Training the mind in compassion through the Lojong mind-training tradition and the Seven-Point Mind Training of Chekawa Yeshe Dorje. The foundation of all Mahayana practice and the true entrance to the Bodhisattva path.
Learn more →The nature of mind is like the sky — vast, luminous, and beyond all limitation. Clouds arise and dissolve, but the sky itself is never stained. Recognise this, and you have found the path.
— Lama Karma Dorje, Norbu Ling Retreat, 2019
Join Lama Karma Dorje in person at Norbu Ling or online via live stream.
An intensive residential retreat on the nature of mind, suitable for practitioners who have completed Ngondro.
Details →A weekend online teaching for beginners exploring the Seven-Point Mind Training and the awakening of compassion.
Details →A sacred gathering on the tenth day of the Tibetan lunar month, including tsok offering, empowerment, and teaching.
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