Tag Archives: Wangdrak Rinpoche

Happy Year of the Dragon!

The Gebchak community wishes you a very happy Losar, the Tibetan New Year! May we welcome the Year of the Dragon with all its auspicious qualities. The Gebchak nuns: The nuns are staying centered and engaged in their bodhisattva practices of inner transformation despite drastic changes in their surrounding Tibetan community. They are busy this […]

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Gebchak News, June 2011

NEWS FLASH – another earthquake – June 25, 2011! Many of you may have heard of a recent earthquake of magnitude 5.2 shaking the region of Gebchak Gonpa! There is no word of any deaths or serious injuries, but many homes were damaged in Nangchen village as well as other villages nearby Gebchak Gonpa. The […]

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Tibetan New Year 2011

27 February 2011 Dear Friends of Gebchak Nunnery, As Tibetan New Year approaches on March 5th, the Gebchak nuns and lamas send tidings and wishes for your health and joy in the lunar year of the Iron Rabbit! The Gebchak Nuns’ Health: The nuns are well and happy as ever, though a few suffer from liver […]

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Orphan Update, September 2010

Dear friends, The orphans of the Yushu earthquake that you have been supporting are still living in tents with extended family members or friends looking after them in groups of three or four. They are rosy-cheeked, runny-nosed and playful, what with the warm summer weather – a big improvement from their colorless faces right after […]

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