A Buddhist temple in the province of Pisa: there is a permit to build it. Here’s where it will be built
“Inspired by the vision of Geshe Ciampa Ghiatso – underlines Massimo Stordi, president of Sangha onlus – it will be the first monastery of the Tibetan tradition in Italy and the first monastery built from scratch”
The permit to build the temple of the Buddhist monastery in Riseccoli – Poggio alla Penna in Pomaia was issued on Thursday 16 June. This was announced by the association of monks and nuns of Sangha Onlus explaining that this completes a long bureaucratic process, which began in 2007 with the delivery of the first feasibility study. The temple will be built on the rock, like the monasteries of Tibet, recovering the territory marked by the excavation of a previous quarry, in the immediate vicinity of the Lama Tsong Khapa Institute. “Inspired by the vision of Geshe Ciampa Ghiatso – underlines Massimo Stordi, president of Sangha onlus – will be the first monastery of the Tibetan tradition in Italy and the first monastery built from scratch. The architecture, designed by the architect Gino Zavanella, will be sensitive to ancient traditions and the landscape context and will follow a path of eco-sustainability, ensuring low environmental impact, energy saving and resources. It will be a place where monks and nuns will be able to live in accordance with the discipline and ethics taught by Buddha Sakyamuni, to receive teachings, study, progress in practice and keep the Buddhist tradition alive. “
It will also be an open place because some spaces will be reserved for silence and spiritual advice, allowing people of different faiths to open up to dialogue and, Stordi concludes, “through the Park of contemplation, open to the community, a concrete contribution will be made to peace. and environmental conservation “. The temple will rise in the municipality of Santa Luce, between the provinces of Pisa and Livorno.