Buddhist Center of New Mexico

A couple of very good monks living in a bad section of Abq. Its a bit of a conundrum but I know that Thai monks will accept wherever they are sent as the way to enlightenment. It was fun to practice my Thai with them.

The community is very generous! The Thai people invited our Buddhist group to their community lunch while we were attending long-awaited teachings with our lama His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche in their temple.

We just moved to ABQ and even though we aren't Buddhist, visiting the temple has been one of our favorite experiences in our new home city thus far. Ran into some of the monks at the Nuclear Museum of all places and they invited us to come to their center. We had a wonderful time just sitting and chatting with the monks and caretaker/manager, who kindly offered snacks and waters and didn't mind at all our young son wandering around climbing onto the furniture and jumping on the bed in the living quarters :) One of the monks even did a special chant for our daughter who suffered a playground accident to her ear. The kindest and most good-hearted people you can ever meet.

Great wisdom to be had here. The Monks are here to provide that as well. Very kind and courtious. Visit to have a better understanding of life, philosophy, and a deeper appreciation of Buddhism.

A place of serenity. Warm, friendly buddhist monks. They pray and even grow tomatoes !