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Changing Minds: Uniting Monasticism with Education

Posted on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022by Teahouse

“In the early 90s, former monastics were quite rare in my region. Society did not perceive ex-monastics in a good way. They were seen as failures that could not fulfil their commitment. These days it’s accepted. You don’t need to be a monastic to help the Dharma.” In telling me this, Choje Lama has highlighted […]

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Guan Yin Temple: Flower Ornament and Pure Land Vistas

Posted on June 8, 2016May 31, 2018by Teahouse

Raymond Lam “Pay respects to the Buddha first, then to me,” advised my preceptor once, when we visited him at his monastery, Guan Yin Temple. “Because we take refuge in the Buddha first, then in the Dharma, then in the Sangha.” He was implying that compared to the Buddha images of our temple, he was […]

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