Tag: HH Karmapa

  • CONVERSATION WITH MINNA STENROOS

      Meena with her son Many of our readers will know Minna from her work on Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s teachings on the The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicharyavatara) by Shantideva, the eighth century Buddhist monk and scholar. We are sitting on the bus taking us from the Bodhicharya Summer Camp in Casa da Torre to Braga in northern…

  • CONVERSATION WITH ANI WANGMO

     Ani Wangmo at the Summer Camp at Casa da Torre in Portugal Ani Wangmo’s story is similar to Tanya’s  (see Conversation with Tatjana Popovic), except that Tanya had decided that after the three-year retreat she preferred not to return to monastic life, for the time-being at least.  Ani Wangmo, on the other hand, took the robes and…

  • A CONVERSATION WITH TATJANA POPOVIC-THURET (TANYA)

      We are sitting in the quiet quadrangle of Casa da Torre.  There is the  sound of birds in the distance.  In the centre of the square is a white statue of Saint Mary, mother of Jesus.  The Casa da Torre is situated four miles north of Braga in Portugal and is a Jesuit centre for Spirituality and…