Community news – November to March 2025

Super summer retreats A very happy group of 30 retreaters completed a wonderful Mahamudra retreat led by Les Sheehy, January 19-25, 2025. An additional 17 participants completed the retreat online. The first of the 2025 day retreat series also began with a beautiful...

Volunteering – living the Dharma

by Heather Moors  Hello friends  I am Heather and I became a student of Buddhism in 1989 when I met my precious root guru, Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, and have been practicing the Dharma since then.   I lived at the temple in Yuroke for about 16...

Busy is a state of mind 

by Anthony Joseph One day, I was sitting with Geshe Loden at his table downstairs, where he ate, when he gave me an important teaching. At the time, life was especially busy for me. I had a demanding job—one that, for many of my colleagues, was more than just a job;...