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		<title>A lesson in impermanence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Khenchen Appey Rinpoche&#8217;s cremation stupa has now been dismantled and the foundations are being laid for a new stupa, which will be filled with many precious relics and substances, including an incredible number of tsa-tsas, made from Rinpoche&#8217;s ashes, which are being painted by the I.B.A. monks. More photos to follow.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=186&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khenchen Appey Rinpoche passed away</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are deeply sorry to share with you the news that our founder and precious teacher, the Ven. Khenchen Appey Rinpoche, passed away on Dec. 28. This is a huge loss for many of us, and the Sakya tradition in particular. He was a renowned teacher and hidden practitioner. His simple presence inspired countless, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=177&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recess in the IBA courtyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IBA basketball court came in handy recently for local thangka makers who made good use of the spacious expanse to assemble a Kagyu refuge tree, destined for a Kagyu monastery in Bhutan. Debate! SOL students (pictured below) enjoy their recess by engaging in some lighthearted Rangtong/Zhentong debate on sugatagarbha&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=164&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBA goes to Lumbini</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November IBA staff and students took a well deserved break from their hard studying and decamped to Lumbini to attend the annual Sakya monlam. This year there were additional celebrations for the Golden Jubilee anniversary of the enthronement of HH Sakya Trizin. The event staged a great gathering of the Sakya lineage, with high [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=152&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009&#8242;s 10 Day Retreat on Parting From the Four Attachments Comes to a Close</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 10-day retreat, Parting from the Four Attachments, led by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche and Lama Chodak Rinpoche, was an amazing experience this year.  From June 2 &#8211; 10th, over 300 students from over 45 different countries gathered at the International Buddhist Academy for the teachings. Please check back soon for an update and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=105&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help Needed For Book Transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the request of H.H. Sakya Trizin, and in accordance with the wishes of Khenchen Appey Rinpoche, Dr. Khenpo Ngawang Jorden, IBA&#8217;s inspiring teacher and respected scholar, will be leaving his professionally paid post at the University of Chicago to serve as Headmaster of IBA, in charge of IBA&#8217;s full range of year-round educational programs. In order for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=91&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Lojong Text</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yangonpa’s Instruction on Training the Mind. No composite thing has permanence, So cut your ties to them and be free from clinging. There is no joy in the cycle of existence, So engender the disenchantment of renunciation. Mundane existence has no essence, So place not your trust in falsehood. Your own mind is the Buddha, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=90&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abhidharmakosa : 1st Two Chapters</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/abhidharmakosa-1st-two-chapters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBA&#8217;s two-month course for 2008 brought a dedicated group of students into a concentrated study of the first two chapters of Vasubandhu&#8217;s fourth century classic, the Abhidharmakosa-bhasya, his autocommentary on the Abhidharmakosa, an exhaustive analysis of phenomena. The autocommentary critiques and refines the reasoning central to Vasubandhu&#8217;s own earlier studies in the light of his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=74&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have published a new edition of Teachings on Sakya Pandita’s Clarifying the Sage’s Intent. The text is drawn from teachings Khenchen Appey Rinpoche gave on Sakya Pandita’s classic, Clarifying the Sage’s Intent. This book is published here in Nepal by Vajra Publications but it will be available worldwide through Amazon.com and other distributors. From [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=64&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 day retreat 2008 &#8211; Triple Vision</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/10-day-retreat-2008-tripple-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anandbk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just finished the annual 10-day meditation retreat at the IBA in Kathmandu. In the Buddhist tradition, the complete learning experience begins with teachings, which are then contemplated and finally put into practice. Meditation encompasses the many methods to familiarize oneself with the contemplated topic. As Buddha said, &#8220;Do not believe only because I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=58&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shantideva&#8217;s Classic, Part one!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty-five students from more than thirty different countries, ( including Russia, Guatemala, Switzerland, Peru, New Zealand, Estonia, South Africa, Belgium, Georgia, The Netherlands, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil and Portugal ) have registered for studies at the International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu this year. Such a genuinely &#8220;International&#8221; atmosphere stimulates a great deal of appreciation for what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=55&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBA&#8217;s Post-Graduate Leadership Training Program</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/ibas-post-graduate-leadership-training-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in late September of this year, the IBA will be expanding its educational role to offer a three-year Post-Graduate training program for a very dedicated group of young monks. Participants in the program will already have completed their monastic training and attained a high academic standing in Buddhist Philosophy. These young monks will also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=53&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Learn Tibetan</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/how-to-learn-tibetan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, &#8220;How do I learn Tibetan?&#8221; is one of the most common questions that I hear. So let me do my best to address it. I&#8217;m sure others will have useful points to add. Nevertheless, a few tips I can attest to: 1) Make an unshakable resolve to learn Tibetan. Don&#8217;t think about how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=50&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Khenpo Jorden&#8217;s visit to Victoria, Canada</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/khenpo-jordens-visit-to-victoria-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 06:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IBA&#8217;s Khenpo Jorden recently made a five-day visit to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., where the Khenpo teaches at the University of Chicago. The visit was sponsored by Geshe Tashi Namgyal&#8217;s Victoria Dharma Centre, and was greatly enjoyed by those members (of Sakya Thubten Kunga Choling), whose beloved teacher, Geshe-la, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=49&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Questions of Nyimo Gomchen</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/questions-of-nyimo-gomchen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Questions of the Contemplative Nyimo Gomchen and the Responses of Sakya Pandita I reverently bow at the feet of the Holy Guru! The glorious Sakya Pandita wrote the following lines to Nyimo Gomchen, a contemplative filled with faith and spiritual aspiration, applying himself earnestly to his practice: In response to your questions: What is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=45&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BUDDHISM WITHOUT SECTARIANISM by Venerable Deshung Rinpoche</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/buddhism-without-sectarianism-by-venerable-deshung-rinpoche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In undertaking to study the Dharma, we need to understand that there is a right way to do it. As you listen to this exposition of Buddhist teachings, put aside all distractions and focus your mind with single-minded intent upon its words and their meaning. This, too, should be done in an attitude of remembrance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=44&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mahayanasutralamkara</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/mahayanasutralamkara/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an intensive schedule over the last two months, Khenpo Dr. Ngawang Jorden has just completed bestowing the full transmission of Maitreya&#8217;s Mahayanasutralamkara, (including the &#8220;lung&#8221;), to a group of IBA students who consider themselves extremely fortunate to have received the blessing of hearing this highly inspiring work. Our base text was a recently published [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=43&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking for the words of the Buddha &#8211; Exploring the Kangyur</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/looking-for-the-words-of-the-buddha-exploring-the-kangyur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christianbernert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As beautiful, inspiring, and profound the words of the Buddha can be (and definitely are), they are at times very hard to locate. And this is not only true within the world view expounded in the teaching on the precious human life, where we are told what an incredibly rare opportunity it is to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=40&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Concise Presentation of the Mahayana Path by Shri Sakya Pandita</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/the-concise-presentation-of-the-mahayana-path-by-shri-sakya-pandita/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I prostrate with devotion to the feet of the sublime Guru. With a mind free from objects, with hands folded, I praise that practice cultivated according to any Dharma taught by the Muni. Any misdeeds someone may commit, those are also conditioned; therefore, they possess the quality of impermanence, consequently do not be tormented about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=38&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>video of HH the Sakya Trizin in France 2007</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/video-of-hh-the-sakya-trizin-in-france-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rinchen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A montage of His Holiness the Sakya Trizin&#8217;s visit to Lerab Ling, Rigpa&#8217;s international retreat centre in the south of France, where His Holiness gave teachings and an empowerment.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=36&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taming the body, taming the mind…</title>
		<link>http://ibanepal.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/taming-the-body-taming-the-mind%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>belen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost one year ago, inspired by H.H. Sakya Trizin´s Vajrayogini teachings in Spain, I started to practice yoga on a daily basis, and seeing the results in my body(more flexibility, strength and vitality) the desire to become a yoga teacher-practitioner developed, too. But what surprised me most was the endurance that yoga gives, and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ibanepal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1437452&amp;post=31&amp;subd=ibanepal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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