A collection of stories, teachings, and thoughts shared by members of the wider IMI network.
One of the highlights of this summer was a joyful six-day retreat dedicated to practicing and preserving the lineage of chanting for the Lama Chöpa practice, transmitted by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The program included a Vajrayogini Self-Initiation, four days of Lama Chöpa and Protector prayers, followed by the Cittamani Tara…
Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche gave the name Machig Labdron for the nunnery project in 2002 at the request of Ven Tardu. I offered my service to Rinpoche to further the project in 2016. Midway through construction plans for two story building near our cabins, Ian Green offered us the flat pad…
These past few months have been a trial period in the house, as I have been busy with the Geluk exams and unavailable to function as acting director. For the first time since 2005, there has not been a senior monk available to function as director, as the next most…
Fourth Guru Bhumtsok in Australia Twenty Geshes, monks and nuns joined the gathering of around 100 students for the fourth Australian Guru Bhumtsok which after two years of planning, was held at Langri Tangpa Centre over the first weekend in September, under the skilful leadership of umdze Geshe Tenzin Zopa…
Lama Yeshe with Ven. Robina Courtin, and, from left, Ven. Karin Valham, Merry Colony, Ven. Connie Miller and Ven. Yeshe Khadro, Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa, 1983, the last time Robina saw Lama. Photo Jacie Keeley.[/caption] Monks and Nuns are at the Heart of the FPMT By Ven Robina Courtin Lama…
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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…
“As we remain ordained longer and longer, we come to understand how our behavior affects other people, and we begin to feel some responsibility for the continuity of the teachings. These precious teachings, which have helped us so much, began with the Buddha.” —Ven. Thubten Chodron A Monastic’s Mind Ven….
Sojong as Skillful Means for Building Community By Bhikshuni Thubten Saldon Today more than ever, I am deeply reassured about the potential of Sojong for the Western Sangha. The practice of or Sojong supports both the individual and the community by the dismantling of harmful karmic conditionings. Again and again,…
“The Benedictines view monastic life as a project in itself. They do not think you become a monk in order to do something else; you become a monk to live a monastic life. This is sufficient. This turning away from the things of the world and turning towards a spiritual…
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