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He arrived in Pomaia!
We look forward to seeing you at Via del Commercio Sud 217 (next to the post office)
56040 - Pomaia, Santa Luce PI, Italy
LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE
WELCOME BACK GESHE JAMPA GYATSO
Reincarnation recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Khen Rinpoche
Ven. Geshe Thubten Chonyi
Abbot of Kopan and Lhungtok Choekhorling Monastery
Generosity as Dharma in action!
Dharma Stories Podcast
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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
News
News, events and activities
In the heart of Assisi for our Meditation Retreat
From July 18 to 25, 2026, the heart of Assisi welcomed a group of practitioners for the Meditation Retreat dedicated to Impermanence, led by nun Ciampa Tashi, monk Marco Castaldi, and Stefano Gaviglio, an accredited FPMT teacher.
The Steps of Peace: Through woods, rainbow flags blowing in the wind, and sunset meditation.
We want to tell you about the extraordinary journey that began on Monastery Hill in Pomaia for an event entirely dedicated to Peace, created to unite the energies of each individual participant and channel them for the benefit of all beings.
Educating the Heart
What happens when two ancient spiritual traditions meet in the silence of contemplation? We offer you a special journey along the invisible bridge that connects the Monastery of the Sangha Association of Pomaia and the Monastery of Cellole.
A tale of how Tibetan Buddhist and Christian monasticism reach out to each other.
a long story
50 years
For about fifty years, the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism has attracted 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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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, 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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- International Sangha Day 2026
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