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Geshe Dadul Namgyal, an esteemed Buddhist scholar, joined the Abbey as the first male resident teacher. He joins abbess and founder Ven. Thubten Chodron and author Ven. Sangye Khadro as a senior teacher guiding and instructing the monastery’s now 20 monastics.

Questions about sexuality shouldn’t be an issue among Buddhist monastics because of what you noted above: celibacy. However, shouldn’t be doesn’t mean it isn’t.

HBO features former Buddhist monk who creates home for abandoned children

On Aug. 16 Sravasti Abbey will welcome Venerable Thubten Lobsang (formerly Brian Lawson) to its monastic community.