Introduction

Realizations of great lineage teachers have been passed to their students in a continuous line of oral instruction.

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa heads the Karma Kagyu lineage.
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche leads the Shangpa Kagyu lineage. Kagyu Sukha Chöling, established in 1982, is the beneficiary of both these flourishing lines.