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About Us
Monday 5 November 2007
"All the people who are living and working here have brought about the near completion of new building. This big new building, the whole building, is in a very good state; and we have a lot of rooms in the new building. What we should do from here onwards is protect and keep a vision for the (...) > continue
A Day at Nalanda
Friday 9 November 2007
"Regarding all the people who are working here in the monastery; from having worked here they have accumulated great collections of merit and this merit could become the basis for creating all kinds of happiness, for the pacification of all kinds of problems such as sickness or problems within (...) > continue
Sponsor a Puja
Friday 9 November 2007
Sponsor a Puja
According to Buddhism the world in which we live and all what happens to us is a result of our past actions. Harmful actions in the past create suffering and skillful actions create happiness.
One way to increase our potential to experience happiness is to make offerings to (...) > continue
Art Workshop
Tuesday 4 December 2007
Nalanda has a well equipped art-workshop in which statues, stupas and tsa-tsas (plaster-cast images) are produced, painted and gilded.
We do not supply them for commercial use e.g. making statues to sell; but we are happy to provide them for a price that covers materials and postage only. (...) > continue
A Brief History
Friday 9 November 2007
2500 years ago the Buddha established a community of monks and nuns, known as the Sangha, and set up guidelines of conduct for them, the Vinaya. The Buddha said, "Wherever there is Sangha, there the Dharma will flourish."
He also said, "Wherever a monk or nun observes the Vinaya, that place (...) > continue
Getting to Nalanda
Saturday 22 December 2007
The closest airport to Nalanda Monastery is Toulouse International Airport (TLS). There are many cheap airlines that fly from various destinations in Europe, however for overseas visitors (i.e. USA), it is advisable to fly into the UK and take an economy airline such as EasyJet or FlyBe to (...) > continue
Retreat at Nalanda
Friday 9 November 2007
The monastery offers the possibility for serious lay practitioners as well as monks to do meditation retreat in good conditions. We have all the facilities where the various preliminary practices, such as prostrations and making tsa- tsas, can be done. In particular we have both the facilities (...) > continue
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Nalanda Monastery, Rouzegas, Labastide St. Georges, 81500 Labastide Saint Georges, France.
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