一個讓人回到自己的地方。

A place to return to yourself.

在尼泊爾喜馬拉雅山中的 Manang，一片承載古老修行記憶的土地，正在重新成為一個可以停下來、修行，也重新看見自己的地方。這裡不是為了離開生活。而是希望讓人有足夠的安靜，重新與自己連結，再回到生活裡。

High in the Nepal Himalayas, in Manang, a land carrying old memories of practice is becoming a place where people can stop, practice, and see themselves clearly again. This is not a place for leaving life behind. It is meant to offer enough quiet to reconnect with yourself and then return to life.

一個山谷，一千年的修行記憶

One valley. A thousand years of practice memory.

在 Yogini Retreat Manang 出現以前，Manang 已經是一片與修行相連的土地。既有公開資料將歷史上的 Nyeshang／Manang 地區，與密勒日巴尊者在此修行，以及他與獵人 Chira Repa（Gönpo Dorje）的故事相連。但我們說這段故事，不是為了一個新的建築計畫加上一層神聖的光環。真正重要的是故事裡留下的可能：

一個人的生命，可以改變方向。

獵人原本被追逐、傷害與恐懼推著走。與密勒日巴相遇之後，另一條路開始出現。千年之後，噶奇美多傑仁波切描述 Manang 的 Vision，仍然回到同一個人的問題：

Reconnect → Accept → Adjust → Harmony

重新連結 → 接受 → 調整 → 和諧

歷史不是終點。它是一扇門。

Before there was Yogini Retreat Manang, this was already a land connected with practice. Previously published materials connect the historical Nyeshang / Manang region with Milarepa's practice here and his encounter with the hunter Chira Repa (Gönpo Dorje). We do not tell this story to place a sacred aura around a new construction project. What matters is the possibility inside it:

A human life can change direction.

The hunter had been driven by pursuit, harm, and fear. After meeting Milarepa, another direction became possible. Centuries later, GarTul Chimi Dorjee Rinpoche's Vision for Manang returns to a similar human movement:

Reconnect → Accept → Adjust → Harmony

History is not the destination. It is a doorway.

傳承不是一張族譜，而是一種活法

Lineage is not a family tree. It is a way of living.

Manang 的故事也穿過 Mase 家族的幾個世代。仁波切談前幾代時，最想留下的不是頭銜，而是那些人怎麼生活。修行沒有把他們帶離家庭、工作與村落。反而讓人可以靠近。Papa Rinpoche 是一位 Tulku，但仁波切回憶他時，說的是：

「一個非常簡單的人。」

智慧在那裡。但智慧不是冷的。它透過照顧家人、工作、修行與待人，變成愛、尊重與溫暖。仁波切說：

「更重要的是，愛還在。那份溫暖還在。」

這也是 Manang 真正想傳下去的東西。

The story of Manang also moves through generations of the Mase family. When Rinpoche speaks about earlier generations, what he most wants to preserve is not title or status. He remembers how people lived. Practice did not remove them from family, work, or village life. It made closeness possible. Papa Rinpoche was a Tulku, yet Rinpoche remembers him as:

"A very simple human being."

Wisdom was there. But it was not cold. Through caring for family, working, practicing, and relating to others, it became love, respect, and warmth. Rinpoche says:

"More importantly, the love was there. The warmth was there."

That is what Manang hopes to carry forward.

上師與弟子：把責任交到下一代手中

Teacher and student: responsibility carried forward

噶奇美多傑仁波切與噶千仁波切之間，有家族的關係，更重要的是上師與弟子的關係。這條關係也延續著 Mase 家族與歷代噶千仁波切之間長久的修行連結。後來，噶千仁波切鼓勵仁波切：

「去為 Manang 做點事情。」

仁波切用一句很有力量的話記得這份提醒：

Stretch your limbs. Stretch your heart.

伸展你的手腳。也伸展你的心。

因此 Manang 不只是外在工程。工作本身，也成為修行的一部分。

GarTul Chimi Dorjee Rinpoche and Garchen Rinpoche are connected through family, but more importantly through the relationship of teacher and student. That relationship also continues a longstanding connection between the Mase family and successive Garchen Rinpoches. Later, Garchen Rinpoche encouraged Rinpoche:

"Go do some work for Manang."

Rinpoche remembers the spirit of that encouragement in a striking phrase:

Stretch your limbs. Stretch your heart.

Manang therefore became more than an external project. The work itself became part of practice.

從承接這片土地，到把教法帶回 Manang

From taking responsibility for the land to bringing the teachings back to Manang

2019 年，第三代噶奇美多傑仁波切承接 Manang 的責任後，園區的籌備工作便逐步展開。隨著村民積極投入，團隊也開始一戶一戶協調，陸續購置並整合未來園區所需要的土地。在這個過程中，仁波切看見的不只是建立一個閉關園區的可能。他也看見村民對佛法的信心，以及當地對聞思與實修機會的需要。為了利益村民，2024 年 5 月，仁波切前往拉契，向怙主直貢澈贊法王請法。法王慈悲應允。同年 9 月，瑪南大法會舉行。法王親臨 Manang 傳法、灌頂，並與大眾走訪與密勒日巴及獵人故事相關的修行之地。一個從 2019 年開始，由第三代與地方共同承接、逐步籌備的計畫，也因此進入另一個重要階段：

在持續建立未來修行空間的同時，

教法也真正再次來到這片土地。

In 2019, after responsibility for Manang was entrusted to the third generation, GarTul Chimi Dorjee Rinpoche began the gradual work of preparing the retreat project. With strong participation from local villagers, the team worked household by household, gradually acquiring and bringing together the land needed for the future retreat campus. Through this process, Rinpoche saw more than the possibility of creating a retreat center. He also saw the villagers' devotion and the need for greater opportunities for Dharma study and practice. Wishing to benefit the people of Manang, in May 2024 Rinpoche traveled to Lapchi to request teachings from His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche. His Holiness graciously accepted. That September, the Manang Grand Dharma Gathering took place. His Holiness came to Manang, taught, gave empowerments, and joined the community in visiting practice places associated with Milarepa and the hunter story. What had begun in 2019 as a responsibility carried gradually by the third generation together with the local community now entered another important phase:

Alongside the continuing work of creating spaces for future practice,

the teachings themselves returned to the land.

上師真的走進這片土地

A teacher truly walked this land.

直貢澈贊法王在 Manang 期間，也親自走入未來的園區土地，聽取團隊對場域與設計的說明，並參與金剛瑜伽母殿早期方向的討論。我們不想把這些照片變成「名人背書」。更重要的是那個真實的畫面：一位上師真的來到這裡。走過土地。聽。看。一起思考：

如果要在這裡建立一個修行的地方，什麼才真正重要？

後來，金剛瑜伽母殿成為 Manang 長期修持願景的重要核心。

During his time in Manang, His Holiness Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche also entered the future retreat land, heard the team's presentation of the site and design, and took part in early discussions around the direction of the Vajrayogini Temple. We do not want to turn those photographs into celebrity endorsement. The more important image is simpler: A teacher truly came here. Walked the land. Listened. Looked. And joined a conversation around one question:

If a place for practice is built here, what truly belongs at its

heart? The Vajrayogini Temple later became an important center of Manang's long-term practice vision.

Vision：建築不是答案，而是一個 Platform

Vision: the buildings are not the answer. They are a platform.

Manang 真正要建立的，不是一組漂亮的建築。而是一個讓修行可以發生的平台。一個人來到這裡，可以慢下來。感受身體。看見情緒。認出覺知。重新與自己連結。仁波切描述的路徑是：

重新連結 → 接受 → 調整 → 和諧

不是逃離生活。而是更清楚地回到生活。

What Manang is ultimately creating is not a collection of beautiful structures. It is a platform on which practice can happen. A person can come here and slow down. Feel the body. See emotion. Recognize awareness. Reconnect with themselves. Rinpoche describes the movement as:

Reconnect → Accept → Adjust → Harmony

Not an escape from life. A clearer return to it.

我們的重要夥伴：SMA

Our important partner: SMA

Vision 要真正落在高山土地上，需要的不只是理想。也需要長時間理解 Manang 的風、日照、水、積雪、地形、材料、施工季與生活方式。

SMA 是 Manang 園區規劃與建築工作中的重要夥伴。

從 masterplan 到 retreat cottages、Grand Café，以及 orchard、wetland、moon pond 等場域關係，SMA 協助把「這裡要發生什麼」轉譯成「空間應該如何存在」。這不是把一套外來建築放進山谷。而是學習：

怎麼和 Manang 一起蓋。

For a Vision to become real on high Himalayan land, idealism is not enough. The work must understand Manang's wind, sunlight, water, snow, terrain, materials, short building season, and ways of living.

SMA is an important partner in the masterplanning and architectural

development of Yogini Retreat Manang. From the masterplan to retreat cottages and the Grand Café, and to the relationships among the orchard, wetland, moon pond, and other parts of the site, SMA helps translate "what needs to happen here" into "how space should exist." This is not about placing an imported architecture into a valley. It is about learning:

how to build with Manang.

我們正在建立的，是修行的條件

We are building conditions for practice.

金剛瑜伽母殿

Vajrayogini Temple

連回修持的核心與長期願景。

Connecting the place to its deeper practice direction.

教學與團體閉關空間

Teaching & Group Retreat Space

讓聞思、教學與共同修持可以持續發生。

For study, teaching, discussion, and practice together.

獨立閉關房

Personal Retreat Houses

讓人真正住下來，在安靜與保護中修行。

So practitioners can truly stay in quiet and protected conditions.

Grand Café

Grand Café

提供現代廚房、團體餐飲、工作人員日常、社區交流與訪客接點。每一棟建築都必須先回答：

它讓什麼樣的修行與生活得以發生？

Providing a modern kitchen, group dining, staff life, community exchange, and a visitor threshold. Every building must first answer:

What kind of practice and life does this make possible?

從下一個真正能完成的步驟開始

Begin with the next step that can truly be completed.

Manang 不會一次完成。高山的施工季很短，每一步都必須配合雪季、工班、材料與現場條件。所以我們不要求任何人一次完成整個願景。我們從下一個真正能蓋完、能使用、也能被清楚交代的工程開始。

Manang will not be built all at once. The high-altitude construction season is short. Each step must respond to snow, crews, materials, and actual site conditions. So we are not asking anyone to complete the whole Vision at once. We begin with the next milestone that can genuinely be built, used, and clearly accounted for.