The Garden of Maitreya

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  • Upcoming Events in FPMT Romania

    In the next few weeks, we are blessed to be able to participate in quite a lot of events, and we have a lot of ongoing works to do. Please go through the list of events and see if any of them speaks to your heart. Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 14:00 Online discussion and…

  • One Honest Moment at a Time: A Lamrim Journey

    Lotsawa Sherab Garden of Maitreya ISSN 3044 – 8972 ISSN L 3044 – 8972 Transcript and Edit: Veronica Anghelescu June 22, 2025 We have already spent some time together, so I would like to simply share a few thoughts with you. Please do not expect anything new or unusual; all genuine teachings are essentially the same. Every master,…

  • On the Gradations of Mental Pacification

    Teaching excerpt from Commentary on Middle Way June 13, 2025, in Pomaia, Italy Transcribed and translated by Veronica Anghelescu Reviewed by Geshe Jampa Gelek When we speak of mental peace, or mental pacification, it’s important to ask: what is it that keeps us from experiencing that peace? Why is the mind so often unsettled? The…

  • Imprints from Previous Lives

    When someone hears a Buddhist teaching or reads a text, their understanding can vary. Some people grasp the meaning clearly and deeply right away. Others might hear the same teaching but don’t fully understand it, or they might miss the deeper message. This difference is important because if a person doesn’t understand or doesn’t develop…

  • The Subtle Harm of Idle Gossip

    A Reflection on Mindful Speech Among the various forms of unwholesome speech, meaningless and idle gossip is often regarded as the least harmful. Unlike harsh words that wound, divisive speech that sows discord, or falsehoods that deceive, idle chatter appears, on the surface, to be benign. And yet, despite its seemingly harmless nature, it is…

  • WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A BUDDHIST?

    Sometimes, Teachers ask us very difficult questions, to test our understanding and knowledge on certain topics that are being studied, or perhaps just to test our mindfulness and attention – the quality of which can always be improved. And sometimes, it may happen that a Teacher can ask very simple questions, and more often than…

  • You Have Taken Refuge… Now What?

    Venerable Thubten Dechen The Garden of Maitreya – Bucharest, Romania Moderator: Veronica Anghelescu February 20, 2025 V.A: It is my great joy to welcome you all to this teaching that our beloved Dharma friend, Ani Thubten Dechen from Lama Tsongkhapa Institute accepted to hold for us, for which reason we are very grateful. And so…

  • The Power of Effort: Bridging Buddhist Wisdom and Everyday Life

    To start off this theme, I should first underline what effort actually means from both Buddhist and non-Buddhist points of view. Effort, from a Buddhist perspective, is a mental event where one takes pleasure in performing a wholesome activity, whereas an ordinary person might define it as energy exerted for a short-term or long-term benefit…

  • Nurturing Hearts and Minds: Cultivating Compassion, Forgiveness, and Inner Peace in Children

    In these truly challenging times, one of the most significant contributions we can make to the lives of children in modern society is to instill in them the values of kindness, love, compassion, and patience—qualities His Holiness the Dalai Lama consistently advocates. These virtues hold immense potential to benefit not only the children themselves but…

  • Happy New Year!

    In the last days of 2024, I finished a wholesome Dharma book gifted to me by Geshe Jampa Gelek, our Teacher. Within its introductory pages, those words by the translator Toh Sze Gee, stroke me as so very true and important. “Traveling on the path takes humility and self-awareness. What may appear to be assiduous…