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Autumn 2013 – a season for Gebchak News

Passing of Choje Akong Rinpoche The Gebchak nuns are extremely saddened at the recent death of Akong Rinpoche and are engaging in 49 days of prayers for this great master as are many sanghas worldwide. Akong Rinpoche was the founder of ROKPA, an NGO that performs some of the most skillful charity and cultural preservation work […]

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Wangdrak Rinpoche Returns to Australia

With fond memories still fresh from his first visit to Australia, Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche has been welcomed back for a second time to the Sydney area and Melbourne – from 24 June to 14 July 2013. On this visit Rinpoche will lead extended meditation sessions and weekend retreats, as an opportunity to deepen the connection and meditation experience […]

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Greeting the Female Water Snake Year

The Tibetan year draws to a close and February 11 marks the start to the Year of the Female Water Snake. Deep in their winter retreat intensives (similar to the one seen in this video), the Gebchak nuns pray for the removal of obstacles from the past year, paving the way for the new one. And, as […]

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Gebchak News September 2012

NEWS FLASH – Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche will make his first visit to Australia in October!  Find his complete public schedule in the regions of Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Melbourne posted here. We request all of you who have connections in Australia to help us forward this information. Nuns build temple – meditation in action! […]

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