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LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE

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Reincarnation recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Khen Rinpoche

Ven. Geshe Thubten Chonyi.

VISIT TO ITALY

September and October 2023

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The Tibet Festival is starting in Pomaia. We are there too!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche's video in support of the Monastery

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. 

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teachers

His Holiness the 14th 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

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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In Memory of Architect Mauro Ciampa

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Architect Mauro Ciampa, who left us on 31st May 2025. A treasured friend and a professional of another era.

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We have transformed your 5×1000 into a concrete gesture of love and support

A heartfelt thank you to all of you who have chosen to donate 5×1000 to the Sangha ETS Foundation. We are happy to confirm that, thanks to this choice, we have made a donation of 8.944,61 dollars to the Maitreya Children's Home in Nepal.

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See you at the Turin International Book Fair!

We are happy to inform you that we will be present at the Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin for a special event dedicated to Franco Battiato, artist and spiritual seeker.

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