Sravasti Abbey Consecrates New Chenrezig Hall
by Venerable Thubten Chonyi Sravasti Abbey’s new Chenrezig Hall, the accomplishment of a long endeavor, will expand the monastery’s offerings to a growing circle of people. In June about 80 people gathered at the abbey, near Newport, Washington, to consecrate the new...A Day in Nature
Janet Single-Schwall shares about the day she and her husband David spent exploring nature with Venerables Semkye, Samten, Chonyi, and Damcho.
Planning Ahead
“Knowing the Abbey will be there for me at my time of death has brought me peace of mind.”
Sage Miller, Seattle, WA
Celebration and Recognition: H.E. Dagmo Kusho Sakya
I’m very happy to be here for my second time, in this wonderful holy place of practice, where you can do retreat. It’s a beautiful place and you are very lucky to be here. I’m an old woman practitioner from Tibet. We know all the yogis and yoginis in Tibet, where they...Volunteer Appreciation Day 2014
Ken Mondal reflects on refuge and appreciation.
Sobering Up from Samsara
Ven. Damcho gives an illuminating description of monastic life, starting with the mind of the new arrival.
Causes for Calm
Carrie Loranger, a student in the Sravasti Abbey Friends Education (SAFE) distance learning program, examines causes and effects of living the Dharma: This past week reflections on karma came up quite a bit. We do not know what karma we come into this life with, so...Thai Forest Monks and Tibetan Nuns Together Restore Forest at Old Gold Mine Hermitage
by Venerable Thubten Chonyi This spring the Old Gold Mine Hermitage, near rural Republic, Washington, was the site of what for the locals must have seemed an unlikely work party. For five days Buddhist monks and nuns joined lay practitioners to help restore a part of...Happiness
Stephen W. attended a course given by Ven. Chodron in the early 1990s in India and has remained her student since. In 2014, he included the following in a letter to her.