Greetings from our Director – Anita Kamath Dudhane Tashi Delek Friend, Change and impermanence are the reality of a Dharma centre, with volunteers who come for differing periods of time. Tushita was very lucky to have Linda Gyatso as a director for 5 years and she has left behind a thriving centre; Tushita saw a […]
Our last event of the year before we closed for our annual Winter Break was the November 17 – 26 2014 Introduction to Buddhism course, led by Rachel Wryer, pictured above left. The group of 86 wonderfully disciplined students were also very fortunate in receiving a special guest teaching from Serkong Tsenchab Rinpoche on the […]
One of the Lamas closest to Tushita’s heart, Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche, passed away into clear light meditation on Thursday October 23 2014 at his home in McLeod Ganj, after a brief illness. He was 86 years old. Denma Locho Rinpoche was a highly respected Tibetan Buddhist master and one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus. Denma Locho […]
Tushita held an inter-faith event by marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jewish people, on the final day of September 27th – October 4th Introduction to Buddhism course, led by Venerable Namgyel (pictured above right). The central themes of Yom Kippur are atonement and repentance. Jewish people traditionally observe this holy […]
One of Tushita’s happiest developments in recent years has been the deepening of our friendship with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo; Buddhist nun, scholar and teacher – and the first – and currently only – woman to be awarded a Geshe title (only for monastics, it is equivalent to a PhD in Buddhist philosophy), and we were […]
September 5 – 7, 2014: Tushita was host to Gen Gyatso, who led a 3-day non-residential Introduction to Lojong (Mind Training) teaching entitled “Healing the Aching Heart”. Gen-la’s humility, vast knowledge and ability to teach the most difficult subjects of Buddhist Philosophy in simple and understandable ways, make him an extraordinary and loved teacher by […]
Tushita took an unusual break this monsoon, as most of our staff and students attended the Kalachakra Initiation conferred by HH the Dalai Lama in Leh, Ladakh, J&K State, India from July 3 – 14, 2014. During this period, Tushita was closed and there were no courses or drop-in events between these dates. After the initiation in Leh, in order […]
We had such an amazing final week of July at Tushita, hosting the Harmony in Kalachakra intermediate course, a 10-day Introduction to Buddhism course, and a special teaching from Jhado Rinpoche (you can see more about these events in the next news item here). Ending the month in style, we celebrated Buddha’s precious turning of […]
Saka Dawa is one of the most important festival days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar – celebrating Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana! This year Saka Dawa fell on Friday June 13th. To begin the day, we held a butterlamp light offering puja in with our resident “Old Lama Gyupa”, Ven Thubten Dorjee, to make […]
Tushita was deeply honoured to welcome Yangten Rinpoche to confer the Chenrezig Initiation on May 27th 2014, as preparation for our annual series of 8 Nyung Nay Retreats. The first Nyung Nay had 20 hardy participants. We were also profoundly fortunate in having Geshe Kelsang Wangmo translate the initiation from Tibetan into English for us. You […]
It has been a long-term wish for Tushita to be able to improve its personal retreat facilities, to provide more supportive and conducive conditions for practitioners wishing to do personal retreat. We’ve been setting plans for our new Retreat Huts in motion for some time, but construction finally began on Monday April 21st 2014! In accordance […]
Unfortunately, we had to cancel our drop-in Guided Meditation sessions from May 26 – June 15, 2014. The cancellation was decided upon with heavy hearts and our sincere apologies for any disappointment caused, but we just had to be realistic, and focus on quality not quantity. During this period we have restrictions on our space and […]
We were extremely fortunate in being able to spend the weekend in the esteemed company of Jhado Rinpoche. And as if this wasn’t enough, we heard his words in English via the translation skills of the incredible Geshe Kelsang Wangmo! Jhado Rinpoche taught over 3 sessions on the 10th and 11th of May 2014, giving […]
Change and impermanence are the reality of a Dharma centre, with volunteers who come for differing periods of time. In April 2014, the Tushita ship had a change of captain, when Dr Anita Kamath Dudhane joined us, and had the difficult task of replacing the wonderful Linda Gyatso. Linda is pictured above left when she first joined […]
Our dear friend and esteemed guest teacher Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo very graciously gave a public talk on the 4th of April 2014, entitled: “SHAMATHA & The Four Immeasurables”. Whenever Jetsunma visits us we have a full house, and this teaching was no exception, with hundreds of attendees crammed inside our Main Gompa, and others sitting […]
A report on the 2014 Pre-Ordination course by Ani Tenzin Paldron (Julie Thomas) on behalf of the 2014 participants The 2014 Pre-Ordination course began during the auspicious period of the Tibetan New Year (Losar) on the evening of March 4th, 2014 at Tushita. 13 participants (8 women and 5 men) travelled from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, […]
March 16 2014 was the Tibetan festival day of Chotrul Duchen, the full moon day that marks the end of the 15 Days of Miracles and this day is considered to be very auspicious for practice. Buddhists and admirers of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the McLeod Ganj area (including Tushita’s staff, volunteers and […]
Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma, also known as Khadro la, very kindly accepted our request to give a teaching and Q & A on Sunday, March 9th 2014. Although Khadro-la has been to Tushita many times as a special guest of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, this was the first time that she had given a full […]
Losar-la Tashi Delek! Happy Tibetan New Year! The Year of the Wood Horse began on March 2nd 2014. Tushita’s Tibetan staff celebrated with their annual capse (Tibetan breadsticks) event, making, sharing, and offering gift plates to everyone here, and to HH the Dalai Lama, whose throne is set up on the Dining Room to symbolically […]
Tushita staff and volunteers gathered together in early February to prepare the centre for re-opening – in a climate that reminded us why we have an annual Winter Break! As we braved the cold by running around getting ready, on the 15th of February there was a storm that dropped 6 inches of snow on […]
HH the Dalai Lama will confer a Kalachakra Initiationin Leh, Ladakh, J&K State, India from July 3 – 14, 2014. The initiation to the Kalachakra is one of the most important… because it takes everything into account, the body and the human mind, and the whole external aspect – cosmic and astrological. We firmly believe in […]