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Growing Skyward: Raising the Roof of the Institute
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Growing Skyward: Raising the Roof of the Institute

When we left you with the season finale cliffhanger last June, we had just bundled up our baby building with prayers that she’d survive the monsoon rains without a roof. That was asking a lot from a big mud sandcastle! We put her fate in the hands of a few well-fastened tarps, some slate shingles, and a whole lotta flax husk mud plaster. Well, the monsoon was merciless!

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Sunday@Sunset: Compassionate Action
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Sunday@Sunset: Compassionate Action

MCLEODGANJ, HP, INDIA: Chatral Rinpoche, now 98 years old, is considered by many to be a living Buddha. On Sunday, 12 December, 2010, at 6:00 pm at KhanaNirvana Community Café, hear and discuss Chatral Rinpoche’s teachings with special guest Geshe Thupten Phelgye, member of Tibetan Parliament, along with Zach Larson, editor of the book Compassionate Action (2009, Shechen Publications).

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LANDSLIDE!
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LANDSLIDE!

The Dharmalaya team returned to the building site of the Dharmalaya Institute after extraordinarily heavy monsoon rains to discover that mother nature had delivered a surprise.

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Rocking the Foundations
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Rocking the Foundations

Dharmalaya is pleased to announce the completion of the foundations for the Main Building of Dharmalaya Institute, an eco-friendly service-learning campus in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. The Institute is being constructed in a style based upon the traditional vernacular architecture of the area, known as ‘Kangra style’, using eco-friendly materials and non-mechanized building methods.

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Organic garden beds
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Organic garden beds

To promote healthy and sustainable food-growing methods and protect both the public health and the natural environment, Dharmalaya Institute is working with local villagers to create model organic gardens, and is transforming part of its campus into a showcase for natural edible landscaping. Read More

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Dormitory Building
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Dormitory Building

Our dormitory is a two-storey building with an outdoor seating area. There are separate dorms for female and male residents, each on its own level with its own separate entrance and WC facilities.

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Dormitory Building: Exterior
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Dormitory Building: Exterior

Our dormitory is a two-storey building with shower and toilet facilities on each level, plus an outdoor seating area. There are separate dorms for female and male residents, each on its own level with its own separate entrance. Each of the two dorms have six beds, for twelve in total.

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