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Precious Silence – The Gift of Retreat – HIGHLIGHT
A Message from the Director and Team at Gampo Abbey and the April 2024 Gampo Abbey Newsletter Photo: Beginning the Yarne retreat full circumambulation of the vihara on a very windy cold day. As I write this we are in the final days of the Yarne retreat – ... continuePosted April 12, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Nourishing our Winter Garden – HIGHLIGHT
A Message from the Director and the Team at Gampo Abbey Photo: More than meets the eye—gardens with cover crops, dusted with snow at Gampo Abbey The year 2023 was a period of retreat and renewal for our monastic community. We repaired buildings, fixed lots of plumbing problems, ... continuePosted January 26, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Pema Chödron Offers Reflections on Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche – HIGHLIGHT
An Excerpt from the January 2024 Gampo Abbey Newsletter During the 49 days following the parinirvana of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche our friends at Karma Changchub Ling in Halifax hosted daily practices. On July 17, 2023 in the Mahasangha room of KCCL, they invited Ani Pema to speak ... continuePosted January 19, 2024 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
Autumn Newsletter Greetings, Cape Breton is a terrific place to experience the autumn season. If you’ve been thinking about visiting this area, the spectacle of the season won’t disappoint. We have put in lots of time in our renewal projects around the Abbey, fixing cabins, upgrading some landscaping details, ... continuePosted September 26, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
Summer Newsletter The last few months have brought vivid reminders of impermanence. Our beloved Abbot, Kyajbe Thrangu Rinpoche, has left this life. It was announced by his monastery in Nepal, that he passed into Parinirvana on June 4, 2023. Around the world there were passionate ceremonies to ... continuePosted July 7, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Gampo Abbey – Invest in Your Life – HIGHLIGHT
Spring Newsletter Ice in Yarne 2023 The Abbey community has recently emerged from another Yarne retreat. This monastic retreat, which dates back to the time of the Buddha, is one of the essential elements of a monastic community. “Yarne” means the rains retreat…generally observed in the summer months ... continuePosted April 7, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
Greetings from Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
2023 Newsletter – Issue I Retreat – Renewal – Renovation After three years of strict COVID protocols, and the inability to invite new residents because of border closings, quarantine requirements, and general world upheaval, at Gampo Abbey we are taking a breath and thinking about renewal. Guided by ... continuePosted January 10, 2023 by Jillian_Johnson
On Torma Offering – HIGHLIGHT
by Phil Karl While practicing in the three-year retreat at Gampo Abbey several years ago I learned to make tormas. I’d been making tormas for a number of years, but finally got comprehensive training, and plenty of practice in that rather long retreat. It may be of interest ... continuePosted October 30, 2018 by Philip Karl
Co-Directors of Gampo Abbey Appointed
Ron Renz and Janet Whelan at Taktsang, BhutanOn behalf of the Kongma Sakyong and the Kalapa Council, the Office of the Sakyong is delighted to announce the appointment of Ron Renz and Janet Whelan as Co-Directors of Gampo Abbey. They are succeeding Director Richard Haspray, who ... continuePosted November 22, 2016 by David_Brown
Shambhala Monastic Order – HIGHLIGHT
Good news about the order, and an invitation to learn more about this unique opportunity by David Brown and Loden Nima The Shambhala Monastic Order is experiencing a fruitful time since Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche established it in 2013, bringing together the lineage of monastic ordination from the Buddha with ... continuePosted June 17, 2016 by CGH
A Polish Monk Finds Home – HIGHLIGHT
Nordzin’s Story: A Gampo Abbey Reflection by Tsondru Nordzin (Jarek Paslawski) Before coming to Gampo Abbey, I lived in Poland where I was born. I worked for a logistic forwarding company as a manager. Having job and a family with two children, going to a place like the ... continuePosted November 30, 2015 by
The Warriors Who Are Joyful – HIGHLIGHT
A Gampo Abbey Reflection: Lodro’s Story by Tharpa Lodro My given name at birth was Daniel McCoy Baker. I was born October 26th, 1989 in Cheverly, Maryland, not too far from Washington D.C., the area where I have spent the greater part of my life. I grew up about ... continuePosted November 18, 2015 by
The Warriors Who Are Meek – HIGHLIGHT
The Shambhala Monastic Order’s first temporary monastic training program comes to completion by Shastri Loden Nyima, Monastic Secretary to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Summer is passing and fall arriving at Gampo Abbey as we conclude our first year of residential monastic training, The Warriors Who Are Meek, from the ... continuePosted November 2, 2015 by CGH
Lobsters, Mice, and Assorted Critters – HIGHLIGHT
The Practice of Life Release at Gampo Abbey article by Emma Cataford, Gampo Abbey On July 9th Gampo Abbey residents performed the annual lobster release. This involves purchasing (with the aid of donations) the last catch of the season from local fisherman and longtime Abbey friend Captain Mark ... continuePosted September 6, 2015 by
Summer Fun at Gampo Abbey – HIGHLIGHT
Gampo Abbey Monastics Play Ball, Release Lobsters and Visit Kalapa Valley article by Ani Lodro Dechen Like the seasons surrounding us, life at the Abbey is very different in the summer than in the winter. In contrast to the period of deep retreat we engage in during the ... continuePosted July 24, 2015 by