If we can achieve anything in this life, then BE KIND. -- Gen Namgyel-la

Nothing warms the heart like a loving hug. To make the experience even deeper and more healing, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us this practice...

Staying with pain without loving-kindness is just warfare. - Gen Namgyel-la

What I can do about the conditions is limited. What I can do about the mind is limitless. Venerable Namgyel

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children...

Everybody needs comfort and support. However, if you spend the rest of your life trying to be comfortable, there’s no growth. By stepping...

Advices by Gen Namgyel-la: Before you start eating you have such great compassion for the hungry ghosts, that you take a small portion of...

by Emma Seppala, Ph.D. It makes us happy (as happy as getting money)! In fact, it makes us happier than buying things for ourselves. It...

Toni Bernhard, Nov 2, 2018 The Buddha knew that illness is a natural part of human life. Toni Bernhard shares how the first noble truth...

Happy Losar the year of the Wood Dragon! I am writing to each and every student, benefactor, volunteer and sponsor of Venerable Namgyel's...

Auspicous sand mandala to be constructed by Venerable Lama Jampa from the Pokhara Monastery 1st - 10th September: Message from Gen...

If we have samsaric minds and we are in a difficult situation, we blame others, we blame the situation, we blame the world - none of...

"Beings that abide in the formless realm do so in a blissful state of existence for thousands of millions of years. However, in the...

VNOS Gompa Etiquette Guidelines provides suggestions and advice about how to make the most of the teachings we attend and to support...

Merry Christmas! Looking back over this year, what made you humble and amazed? I've been amazed seeing my students’ patience and...

Posted on the 25th May 2020, Facilitated by Jennifer Coyne for Venerable Namgyel Question: If there are insects on plants, is it ok to...

Coronavirus has spread rapidly around the world in only a few months. People infected with coronavirus suffer from mild to serious...

This is an except from Ringu Tulku's book, Daring Steps. Then what are the three things to abandon in connection with the refuge vow?...

All suffering without exception springs from our desire for personal happiness, A perfect buddha is born from a mind set on accomplishing...

Following the Vajrayana teachings, we do not give up or reject anything:  rather we make use of whatever is there.  We look at our...