The vinaya
March 7 - June 7 2022
Living the monastic ethical discipline in the West and in the world
a long story
40 years of history
For about forty years the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism has received the sincere interest of many Western practitioners and scholars in Italy.
Lama Yeshe and Geshe Jampa Gyatso came up with the idea of building a monastery for monks and nuns while they were together in Kopan, Nepal, in the late 70s. That vision is now taking shape in a disused quarry in Pomaia, about 2 km from the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute. We have found the ideal site to build the future monastery which will be built on the rock just like the monasteries of Tibet.
Activities
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His Holiness the XNUMXth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born on 6 July 1935 to a peasant family in the small village of Taktser, in northeastern Tibet. At the age of two he was recognized as the reincarnation of his predecessor.

Our Sangha is inspired by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, creators of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) and our guides.

Geshe Jampa Gyatso, resident teacher of the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute for 27 years, was our first abbot, and the main inspirer of the monastic community and of the Sangha Onlus Association.
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The monastery in Pomaia is a historical event, the first in Italy!
In recent days, a delegation of the Sangha Onlus, made up of Ven. Massimo Stordi and Olivier Rossi, met Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Kopan Monastery in ...
The release of the building permit for the Monastery Temple has been signed
The Association of Sangha Monks and Nuns Onlus is extremely happy to announce that, on June 16, 2022, the Municipality of Santa Luce has issued the building permit for the Buddhist Monastery Temple.
Let's relive the emotions of June 13, 2014
Monday, June 13, 2022, marks the eighth anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to the Monastery Hill.
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DHARMA NEWS FROM THE WORLD
Dalai Lama RSS
- Meeting with the Muslim community of Padum and conversation with the students
Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, India - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Eid Gah at the invitation of [...]
- Congratulations to the Indian Vice President-elect
Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, UT, India - In a letter sent today to Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, His Holiness the Dalai Lama [...]
- Speech to Tibetans in Ladakh
Shewatsel, Leh, Ladakh, UT, India - More than 6500 members of the Tibetan community living in Ladakh, including schoolchildren and [...]
Fpmt RSS
- Celebrate Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day on August 1, 2022
Chokhor Duchen, one of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha's four annual holy days, occurs this year on August 1st. [...]
- Happy birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Tibetans around the world, together with the international community of Tibetan Buddhism students, celebrate the 87th [...]
- Practice tools to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday
On July 6, 2022, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 87th birthday! We have collected various resources that [...]
IMI RSS
- Monks and Nuns are at the Heart of the FPMT
Monks and Nuns are at the Heart of the FPMTBy Ven Robina Courtin Lama Yeshe with Ven. Robina Courtin, and, […]
- Some Thoughts About the Vinaya Class in Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa
Some Thoughts About the Vinaya Class in Instituto Lama Tzong Khapa By Ven Tenzin Metok Three month Vinaya class in […]
- Khandrola's Advice - the Role of Monastics in a Suffering World
At a gathering of the sangha at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in May 2022, Khandrola was asked, what is our role as [...]
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