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Transmitting the Teachings
Doing no harm whatsoever,
Practice virtue perfectly;
Tame your mind completely–
This is the teaching of the Buddha.
-from the Vinaya. (Translated in Kathmandu by Ngawang Chodron , an American nun.)
Nepal, birthplace of the Buddha, has long been a focus for the transmission of Buddhist teachings, particularly of the traditions of the Newari Vajrayana Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism. Since 1959, in the wake of the Tibetan diaspora, Nepal has been serving as well as a vital place to preserve and propagate the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, which have now been virtually eliminated from their own native land.