Stay at The Monastery of

Theg-Chog Norbu Ling®

THEG-CHOG NORBU LING® Monastery is a non-profit charitable organization registered under the French Religious Association 1905. Our funding is supported only by private donations through "Dana" or practiceof generosity.

The contribution to the accommodations, meals, memberships etc. help to support the running of the monastery, its residential community of monastics and practitioners, this is helping us to nurture the roots of the living Dharma in the West.

MEALS

The contribution for the three meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), needs to be added to the accommodation price for each night booked.
Contribution for three meals per day : €25

• 50% for Monastics member.
• 50% for children 4 to 12.
• FREE for children 0 to 3.

Meal contribution for people staying off the site :

Breakfast – € 6
Lunch – €13
Dinner – € 6

Meals are served in our sangha dining-room :

• Are vegetarian organically grown at our vegetable garden or wherever possible bought locally.
• Teas/coffee are available at our Café Dewachung run by our resident nuns.

ACCOMMODATION

A set of linen including sheets, duvet, pillowcase and towels is placed on your bed.

If you stay in at the room with six beds, personal tent or caravan/camping car, the set of linen and towels is not included.

Usage of washing machine including detergent is available for €5 per usage.

Situated 10 km from the Monastery of Theg-Chog Norbu Ling®

'THEG-CHOG NORBU LING'® - 'The Sanctuary of the Unsurpassable Jewel Path' was legally established in year 2000 with the view to spread Buddhism and the traditional teachings and practices of Tibetan Buddhism and the Karma Kamtsang Lineage in particular. Its main focus is to facilitate and promote the formal practice of Dharma.

The following information is provided to help you better prepare and enjoy your coming visit.
Would you need any further clarification, feel free to contact TNG administration by email, click here.

Memberships

Participating to the activities of TNG Centre® implies the payment of your annual membership. Annual memberships are available online.

Location

Hidden in the forest, offering calm, tranquillity and solitude for your retreat, the centre is located in a cool valley at the source of the river “L’Orbieu” in the “Hautes Corbières”. The site has a residential park and parking area for the visitors accessing by road. There are full boarding facilities limited to 25 people. Moreover there is the possibility to sojourn in camping car or under pesonal tent in the park on the river side.

Transportation fees

Calculated per person, 20% additional share by each person. ( Reserved only for Member of Theg Chog Norbu Ling® )

Internet

Internet facility is offered to individual room boarding members daily from 10h00 to 18h00.

For other boarding members, connexion is available on Sunday to 15h00 to 17h00, in case of urgence need during the week, contact the office.

Dharma Shop

Dharma items are available for purchase on Dharma Shop website accessible from the webgate or by clicking here. Shop is open twice a week on a regular basis. Access exclusively through the Shop Manager.

Printed material such as sadhanas and teachings texts are available at fix rates published on this website. 

Please pay directly to the office who will follow up your order and deliver the requested texts.

Karma Yoga

The practice of some hours of “Karma Yoga” is mandatory. Retreatants as well as visiting members are expected to participate in the maintenance of the centre. See the chart on site to determine your activities with the coordinator.

Teachings

Group teaching is conducted every Saturday when Lama Sangyay Tendzin is in residence. Attendance is charged 5 € to guests and ordinary members. It is free for members owning higher membership status.

Retreat Ethics

While you are on retreat, it is important to practice virtuous actions of body, speech and mind. Observing the following points will greatly enhance the benefit of your time spent in retreat:

• Practice gentle and meaningful speech when not silent;

• Listen carefully and take notes during teachings and use the time between sessions to study them diligently and to rest;

• Practice generosity by making various offerings no matter how small;

• Practice punctuality by being at all pujas & teaching sessions at least 5 minutes prior starting time.

Library & books

The library has a collection of over 500 books and more than 400 hours of multimedia recorded material.

Theses resources are accessible to members through request to the Resident Lama. 

The use of the library is free for all memberships. Lenting period is two weeks. Contact the Resident Lama for access. 

After two weeks non-returned books  are being charged 2 € per week.  

Audience with Lama

If you wish to have a private audience with a Lama (both, resident and visiting), kindly put in your request through filling for an appointment with Lama's Private Secretary, Dragpa Tobden and indicate the object of your request (counselling, individual teaching, personal request etc.)

Remember to bring an offering to present Lama at the end of the audience.

Offering Ethics to the Lama

Kathags are traditionally offered to present your offerings to the Lama after teaching sessions or after elaborate pujas. They are available at the Dharma shop.

Price varies according to size and quality: count between 3 and 10 €/piece according to size and quality. Contact the Shop manager.

Temple offerings

During pujas and practice sessions, making offerings to the shrine is beneficial to you and meritorious.

Butter lamps and incense are available in the temple and can be bought to the office:

• Butter lamp                             

• Incense stick offering