{"id":6614,"date":"2026-10-31T19:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6614"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:57:54","slug":"akong-rinpoche-a-life-of-compassion-in-action","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/event\/akong-rinpoche-a-life-of-compassion-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Akong Rinpoche: A Life of Compassion in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Join us for a talk by Lea Wyler, a student of Akong Tulku Rinpoche, as she shares insights into his life, work and extraordinary humanitarian contribution. As the founder of Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in the West, Akong Rinpoche helped bring Tibetan Buddhism to a wider audience while dedicating his life to compassionate action and helping those in need. Drawing on her personal experience of knowing him, Lea will offer a glimpse into his life, his vision and the legacy he left behind.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">10:30 to 11:30 am<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Followed by tea &#8211; please bring some treats to share.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">No charge for this event.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">About Lea Wyler<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6615\" src=\"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/files\/2026\/10\/images-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Lea Wyler is a Swiss humanitarian and co-founder of ROKPA International, established in 1980 with Akong Tulku Rinpoche and her father, Dr Veit Wyler. She has dedicated her life to humanitarian work, helping to carry forward ROKPA\u2019s mission of supporting vulnerable communities and alleviating suffering.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a talk by Lea Wyler, a student of Akong Tulku Rinpoche, as she shares insights into his life, work and extraordinary humanitarian contribution. As the founder of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6537,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[37,34,38],"tribe_events_cat":[10,18,22],"class_list":["post-6614","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-compassion","tag-ksdj-temple","tribe_events_cat-buddhism","tribe_events_cat-community","tribe_events_cat-humanitarian-aid","cat_buddhism","cat_community","cat_humanitarian-aid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6616,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6614\/revisions\/6616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6614"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kagyu.org.za\/johannesburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}