A Journey Through Shedra
A Journey Through Shedra The Venerable Traleg Rinpoche kindly offered to teach the Shedra to his younger students beginning in 2010. Shedra (the Tibetan word for ‘place of learning’) is…
Book Review by Em Renfrey – The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie
I am a sucker for a good novel and will binge on a good book. I have a stack of Dharma books on my bedside table that is my ‘to…
Mara and my Marbles: Reflections on life in the time of COVID-19
by Em Renfrey If only isolation meant real isolation. Sometime between demand on my time, having to be everywhere but able to be nowhere all at once, I have lost…
Gomde UK
by Matt Dawson Gomde UK – https://gomde.uk/ Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche is building a temple on an island in Yorkshire, England (https://gomde.uk/projects). I was fortunate enough to meet up with Paulette…
The Four Contemplations
His Holiness Sakya Trizin Ordinary Mind Spring 2000 Born in 1945, His Holiness Sakya Trizin has been the head of the Sakya School in Tibetan Buddhism since he was seven.…
U35s Meditation Course
By Robert Taylor On a pleasantly warm Thursday evening, I rode my bike down to E-Vam for the first of the three evenings of Buddhist meditation teachings as part of…
Chenrezig
By Sharon Wells ‘Chenrezig arises radiating clear white light suffused with the five colours. His eyes gaze in compassion and his smile is loving…Chenrezig is within us because love and…
Protecting the Future of E-Vam
Further to our wider communication last week, we are contacting the sangha to share internal changes that are taking place to ensure E-Vam Institute is sustainable during these difficult times.…
Losar 2020
It was a lovely evening to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year of the Iron Rat, at E-Vam Institute on the 22nd of February 2020. We began the evening with approximately…