A collection of stories, teachings, and thoughts shared by members of the wider IMI network.
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…
Pre-Ordination Course at Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery We have had a really good period here at the monastery, with the pre-ordination 7-month live-in aspirants’ course successfully finishing at the end of August. On top of that we housed several Geshe’s for Machig Labdron Nunnery grand opening ceremonies, and just…
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…
By Venerable Tenzin Gache As the IMI Team requested me to write a short article for the newsletter, I put together these reflections on being a monk in the modern world. Mainly I did so to help process my own thoughts, but perhaps there will be some small benefit for…
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…
Nalanda rejoices in having hosted the Teacher Development Service Seminar (TDSS) For four days Nalanda Monastery hosted a very inspiring Teacher Development Service Seminar. In which we explored many creative ways of sharing Dharma, we learnt to develop teacher skills, and learnt to understand how teaching is practicing and practicing…
“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….
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