gyuto monks : in australia
Along with their cultural activities, the monks have also, on request, conducted group workshops and retreats in hospice, palliative care and cancer care centres, services for street kids and offenders, drug & alcohol and sexual assault clinics and community houses as well as Aboriginal communities, schools and meditation groups. gyuto monks with one of their stunning sand mandalas

In 1996, Gyuto House hosted two Gyuto Monks offered scholarships to study English, through the generosity of the University of South Australia, the first time a Gyuto Monk has ever received a scholarship in the West.

Following discussions in India in 1996 about the activities of the Gyuto Monks in Australia with the Abbot and Management of Gyuto Tantric University, the decision was taken to establish Gyuto House in Adelaide, which subsequently occurred. At a meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Abbot of Gyuto and Gyuto House Australia Director, Maureen Fallon, the same year, His Holiness was advised of the work in Australia and recorded his appreciation, particularly the work with schoolchildren.

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