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Tibetan Losar (New Year) wishes to all! Despite a two-year hiatus from this newsblog, we are happy to report the Gebchak nuns continue to thrive in their original contemplative tradition of 19 annual drubchens and other retreats. Their dedication to yogic practice is striking considering the mainstream world’s orientation nowadays, including many economic & cultural […]

Tashi Delek greetings to all! It’s been a challenging year for the Gebchak nuns with Covid arriving late to the nunnery. Prolonged restrictions across China since 2020 had little effect on them, since they already live mostly in retreat. But when lockdowns were abruptly lifted last December, Covid spread rapidly through the Nangchen population and […]

It has been another year of ‘practice as usual’ at Gebchak Gonpa. Nineteen drubchens, dark retreats, Nyungneys, and Dzogchen meditation gazing out from hillsides to the clear winter sky. All practised by the nuns with compassion and prayers for all their relations, and for all who suffer in this world. The nuns are preparing for […]

Our two youngest children have now reached middle school (grade 7) while our three oldest are in vocational colleges. The rest of our 21 Yushu children are between in grades 8 to 12, except our very oldest, Choyki Jurmey, who has graduated from college and is now getting licensed as a teacher! Transitioning from education […]