Seeding Buddhism in New Zealand: Namgyal Rinpoche and the Lake Rotoiti Retreat, 1973

One of the earliest Buddhist events to take place in New Zealand was a three-month retreat led by a Canadian Buddhist teacher known as Namgyal Rinpoche, on the shores of Lake Rotoiti, in 1973. This article will provide a qualitative case study of the retreat, and show how the practices and motivati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hadleigh Tiddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for the Study of Global Buddhism 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Global Buddhism
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Online Access:https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/2172