Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Two Tibetan-Buddhist centres in Riga
September 3-4: Visit to 2 Tibetan-Buddhist centres 1) Ganden Centre Wednesday at 6.30pm I had agreed to meet Oskars at the Ganden Buddhist Meditation Centre (http://ganden.lv), which is part of FPMT, the network of the 'Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition'. That belongs to the Gelug tradition. The O Sel Ling centre where I [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Namgyal Stupa under construction
21 August: Rusenai - Overnight at Namgyal Stupa under construction Thursday I drove with Albertas from Vilnius to Rusenai to visit the stupa that the Ridgzin community of Vilnius is building there. His friend Andrius is coordinating the works there, under the supervision of Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche, who is here [...].
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Benchen Karma Kamtsang Centre in Sopot
4 August: Sangha - Buddhist faith community Today I visited the sangha of the Benchen Karma Kamtsang Buddhist Centre in Sopot, near Gdansk.The headquarters of this tradition, equipped with a Dharma centre, temple, stupa and a large Buddha statue, is in Grabnik, some 40 km outside Warsaw. The components of the Buddha statue were manufactured in Nepal. There [...]
Bike tour 2023: Wintering at meditation centre O Sel Ling - 2
Photos O Sel Ling 1 January: SalobreñaIt's never too late for a first time! On Saturday 24 December, it was the first time I was able to enjoy a Christmas lunch in T-shirt on a sunny terrace. Today, the first day of 2023, it was the first time I spent a few hours on a sunny beach [...]
Bike tour 2022: Wintering at meditation centre O Sel Ling - 1
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Bike tour 2022: Nagarjuna Alicante
Wednesday 2 Nov: Nagarjuna centre in El Campello Director Jessica Pastor welcomed me to Nagarjuna Alicante a little after six. However, since the corona pandemic, the centre is no longer based in Alicante. When activities were not allowed to continue for quite some time and income dried up, the rent in Alicante was too high. In 2022, the centre moved to the cheaper El [...]
Bike tour 2022: Nagarjuna Valencia
24-26 Oct: Nagarjuna - Valencia: In Valencia, I attended three activities of the Buddhist study and meditation centre Nagarjuna Valencia. Every Monday except holidays, Ven. Paloma gives a class on Buddhist studies. I was lucky enough to attend a class on the Buddhist notion of 'emptiness', a subject that is quite difficult for Westerners to grasp. It is about [...]
Bike ride 2022: Tushita Meditation Centre
Photos Tushita 30 Sept - 1-2 Oct: silence weekend at Tushita meditation centreFriday evening a little before 18:30 I arrived at the Tushita meditation centre, just in time for the welcome by director Alberto Gamez. Tushita is in the highest part of Viladrau and, as in most villages, a final, very steep slope awaited me to get there [...]
