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2020 Teachers

Dr. Hun Lye

Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye (he/him) grew up in a Buddhist home in Malaysia. From a young age, he studied and practiced Buddhism with teachers of various traditions. He met his first Tibetan teacher in the United States when he was an undergraduate student. After earning a doctorate degree in Buddhist Studies at University of Virginia and teaching for ten years in American academic institutions, Dr. Lye left academia to devote his energy fully to Dharma work. In 2013, he was appointed as a Dorjé Lopön (lit. “vajra-master”) of the Drikung Kagyü Lineage by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoché (Head of the Lineage) and was formally enthroned in his home city, Penang, Malaysia. When not teaching, leading retreats, or serving the Lineage in Asia and North and South America, Dr. Lye teaches in Asheville, where he is founder and spiritual director at Urban Dharma North Carolina.

Events with Dr. Hun Lye

A Medicine Buddha Retreat
November 16 - 19, 2023

Medicine Buddha is the vajrayāna embodiment of the healing powers…

info@southerndharma.org

1661 West Road
Hot Springs, NC 28743

!Please see your participant website for arrival day phone number!

828-622-7112

Meditation
Contemplation
Silence
Awakening
For the Benefit of All Beings

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