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March
Researching The Gelongma LineageBy Ven Sangye KhadroThe September 2020 IMI e-news included an extract from a teaching about Sangha and gelongmas that Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave in Holland in 2015. This article raised a number of questions and points for reflection regarding the gelongma/bhikshuni ordination. As someone who was very fortunate to…
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March
The Moss in the Garden: My Experience as a Monk in Graduate SchoolVen KhedrupFor the last year and a half, I have been studying for an MA in Asian Religions at McMaster University in addition to serving as the Tibetan-English language interpreter for Geshe Sonam at Lama Yeshe Ling Centre in Burlington,…
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December
Signs of DeathLama Zopa RinpocheLama Zopa Rinpoche teaches at the annual Kopan November course in the newly rebuilt Chenrezig Gompa. - Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal; Photographer: Neal Patrick; 2019Red and white drops at the time of deathI want to explain more about the signs of death. As you know from the death…
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December
Chonyi TaylorEven if the environment and beings are filled with the fruits of negativity, And unwished for sufferings pour down like rain, I seek your blessings to take these miserable conditions as a path By seeing them as causes to exhaust the results of my negative karma. …
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December
By Ven Cristiana Ciampa Tsomo Thank you, and thanks to IMI, for giving space for us bikshunis to share our experiences, since this would enhance people’s understanding of the Buddhadharma. Actually yes, after the IMI last newsletter I felt the need to say something about bikshuni vows, given my little but very positive experience on…
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December
Interview with Ven Jamyang Wangmo (also known is Jampa Chokyi). Author of The Lawudo Lama, Stories of Reincarnation from the Mount Everest Region.By TendarDuring a relaxed meeting in the garden of the Utpala Cafe in Boudha, Kathmandu, I was able to ask Ven Jamyang Wangmo (Jampa Chokyi) some questions. It is August 10,…
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July
A new IMI cabin in Thakpa Kachoe, Vajrayogini Pure Land in France.
By Venerable Gyalten Yangchen It is with great joy that we announce the opening of a cabin built by the International Mahayana Institute at Thakpa Kachoe, Vajrayogini Pure Land in France. This new cabin, named “Olka Cholung”, after the name of the place in Tibet…
06
July
Teaching Each Other The Dharma
A report from the Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche retreat in Bendigo, Australia 2014
By Gelongma Lozang Yönten (Larisa Wahler) Bendigo, Victoria fulfilled its promise of variable weather from biting cold to blazing hot – sometimes all in one day. Mirroring the changeable weather was, unsurprisingly, my mind – this is retreat…
06
July
Inspiration at the Light of the Path Retreat
By Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi When I walked into the dining room at the Blue Ridge Assembly in North Carolina on the morning that the Light of the Path retreat was scheduled to start, it took me about 20 minutes to walk through the room to the buffet – the…