07
June
Every Saturday a steady, dedicated group of five volunteers (nicknamed The Dream Team) join the IMI Zoom to provide a safe online space for the recitation of prayers for the return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Ginny is the “bossy one” who plays an organising role in this group of volunteers. The Zoom meeting provides an…
22
April
By Venerable Lobsang Tsultrim
The second Dharma book I ever bought was The Wheel of Sharp Weapons with commentary by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey. I was just seventeen at the time, with little life experience and even less understanding of the Dharma. Yet its short, pithy verses reached out and took hold of me, offering a profound…
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
It is difficult to let go of this level of control over our lives, but it is a part of the lesson we must learn. We all want to control our lives, to come and go as we please, to do what we want. But, when we have to rely on the kindness of others,…
05
July
On reflection we can see that the Buddha is not having us look at the body and be repelled by it or have distaste for it in any way, but to be discerning and dispassionate in the same way that one looks at a bag with various kinds of beans and seeds and whatnot.
Ven. Sangye…