Tibetan Buddhist Views on LGBTQ life

Everyone is welcome at our Center regardless of religion, spiritual tradition or teachers, path of practice, opinions, class, nationality, culture, ethnicity, race, language, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or physical, perceptual or mental abilities.

The teachings held by the Buddha and the Drikung Kagyu lineage challenge us as individuals to recognize and dissolve barriers that separate us from others. As a community of practitioners, we work to teach the understanding of and respect for the basic goodness inherent in all individuals, social groups and cultures.

At this center, we are committed to the teachings of our lineages, to the practice of meditation and meditation-in-action, and to genuine communication. As part of our intention to create enlightened society, these also help us gain insight into others’ realities, appreciate diversity and work with conflict. We strive to foster a welcoming atmosphere free of prejudice and to develop an inclusive and enlightened society with facilities fully accessible to all persons.

Our center is committed to creating a practice, study, and work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. In addition to being bound individually and as a community to basic Buddhist standards of conduct, we are also citizens of the larger societies in which our centers are located worldwide and, therefore, must abide by public laws. These include, but are not limited to, laws pertaining to alcohol, drugs and sexual conduct.

If any individual wishes to make recommendations to the Garchen Mila Buddhist Center, or is concerned that the actions of a member of the center, including any of its office holders, may not have been in accordance with these aspirations, please contact the President of the Board, or any appropriate person in the local leadership. If your complaint is about the President of the Board, please contact another Board member.