Feb 7, 2014 | Dharma Insights, News
Suzanne Chudejova, who recently relocated from Europe back to her family home in South Carolina where she met Ven. Chonyi, wrote to the Abbey about her brush with death.
Jan 2, 2014 | Dharma Insights, News
Tanya Lasuk stumbles onto a technique sitting in plain sight: About a year ago, it occurred to me that for a sadhana practice to be transformational, the imagery and recitations have to be deeply felt and experienced. Otherwise, the practice becomes a particularly...
Dec 13, 2013 | Dharma Insights, News
Jane Roos enrolled in the initial 12-week introductory course of the Abbey’s online distance learning program. These are her end-of-course reflections.
Nov 3, 2013 | Monastic Life, News
by Thubten Chonyi Small town Newport, Washington was the send-off point for this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree, which is displayed annually at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. Newport is also home to Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan...
Aug 5, 2013 | Dharma Insights, News
Nancy was a Emergency Room doctor for thirty years. She attended the Power of Compassion retreat led by Ven. Chodron at Sravasti Abbey in July, 2013. Here she shares a breakthrough she had during the retreat that is carrying forward into her life. I still see their...
Jul 29, 2013 | Celebration and Recognition
Parting Words from Geshe Thabkhe At the conclusion of his one-week course at the Abbey in July 2013, Geshe Thabkhe commented on the Abbey and gave parting advice so that both the monastics and lay followers of the Abbey can progress towards actualizing our aim of...