Kagyu Samye Ling

Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Organization tibetan_buddhist_monastery Q1270200
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Kagyu Samye Ling

Summary

Kagyu Samye Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of tibetan_buddhist_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kagyu Samye Ling is located in Dumfries and Galloway[3].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's instance of is recorded as Tibetan Buddhist monastery[5].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's founder is recorded as Akong Rinpoche[6].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's founder is recorded as Chögyam Trungpa[7].
  • The location of Kagyu Samye Ling was Eskdalemuir[8].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's child organization or unit is recorded as Kagyu Samye Dzong London[9].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's Commons category is recorded as Kagyu Samye Ling[10].
  • 1967 marks the founding of Kagyu Samye Ling[11].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.2875, 'lon': -3.1863888888889}[12].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's official website is recorded as http://www.samyeling.org[13].
  • Kagyu Samye Ling's historic county is recorded as Dumfriesshire[14].

Body

Founding

Founders include Akong Rinpoche[6] and Chögyam Trungpa[7]. 1967 marks the founding of Kagyu Samye Ling[11].

Operations

Kagyu Samye Ling's child organization or unit is recorded as Kagyu Samye Dzong London[9].

Why It Matters

Kagyu Samye Ling ranks in the top 9% of tibetan_buddhist_monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Dumfries and Galloway
    Official website http://www.samyeling.org
    Inception
    Coordinate location {'lat': 55.2875, 'lon': -3.1863888888889}
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: f34e6883-38f6-4ac7-ba86-3dc34b156088, Adding BBC Things ID"
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