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March

The European Hindu Holy Inquisition

By Ani Jampa Sangmo I am going to write down the following short historical background because I wish to be aware that, in Europe following the Catholic holy old age inquisition, there was the Hindu holy new age inquisition, witnessed and created in history by characters such as Queen Victoria, Mata Hari, and Savitri…

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September

How to Face Death without Fear

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Death can come any minute. Are you prepared?; a Zoom-lecture by Ven. Robina organized by the IMI in cooperation with Nalanda Monastery. On September 18th Ven. Robina gave a motivating lecture on Zoom on being well prepared for death, using a lot of advice from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Successfully hosted (hybrid)…

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June

Monks and Nuns are at the Heart of the FPMT

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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. Monks and Nuns are at the Heart of the FPMT By Ven Robina Courtin Lama Yeshe with Ven. Robina Courtin, and, from left, Ven. Karin Valham, Merry Colony, Ven. Connie…

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June

Some Thoughts About the Vinaya Class in Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa

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Some Thoughts About the Vinaya Class in Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa By Ven Tenzin Metok Three month Vinaya class in Mulasarvastin lineage, – wow. Immediately I was excited. And teachings on the Gelongma vows – what a precious gift for a nun who was ordained only after retirement and who has had…

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June

Khandrola’s Advice – the Role of Monastics in a Suffering World

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At a gathering of the sangha at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in May 2022, Khandrola was asked, what is our role as monastics in helping an increasingly suffering world? How far do we engage and then how far do we say 'I need to get enlightened' and focus on study and meditation? Khandrola: There is no…

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March

Dorje Pamo News

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By Ven Chantal It has been a long time since we have given any news, yet many events have followed one another at our Monastery since. Since last May, and with the installation of the Buddha statue in the altar, the brand new main gompa is in full operation. The resident nuns do their daily…

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March

End of an Era

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By Ven Chokyi Liberation Prison Project making offerings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Sydney, Australia. Kevin Ison (office manager Australia), Sarah Brooks (now Ven. Choying after ordaining with Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 2019), Kate McDonald (previous LPP staff), His Holiness, Ven. Thubten Chokyi (LPP Director), Ven. Robina Courtin (LPP founder). I was…

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March

Sangha Lam Rim Discussion Program, 1976

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By Lama Thubten Yeshe Ordination group with Lama Yeshe, 1976. Courtesy of lamayeshe.com Some Sangha members think they get very little teaching. If you really check up, you can see that a one-month meditation course is equal to an explanation of the whole Lam Rim Chenmo spread out over a period of a year. If…

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January

The Vinaya: Living the monastic ethical discipline in the West and in the world course

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The Vinaya: Living the monastic ethical discipline in the West and in the world Course intended for the ordained sangha REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN. SUBSCRIBE BY FILLING IN THE FORM FOUND ON THE PAGE The Sangha Onlus Association in collaboration with the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute organizes for the first time in Italy, a course three months on the Vinaya, the…

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December

Hard Lesson from the Fire

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By Ven Ciampa Tsomo I am a 70 year old Italian buddhist nun and I have lived for 15 years in a very isolated retreat place surrounded by woods, which Geshe Jampa Gyatso, former resident lama of ILTK where I was based, named Tara House.. This year when wild fires fire came around Tara House (TH),…

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