Chöje Akong Rinpoche, who died after a violent attack aged 73, was co-founder of the biggest and first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Europe, the Samye Ling centre at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and ...
One of the co-founders, Akong Rinpoche, oversaw the development of the site until his death in 2013. Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche is now the abbot of the monastery, and continues Akong’s vision.