Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies (KSNI) is a monastic college, or shedra, founded in November 1981 at Rumtek Dharma Chakra Centre in Sikkim by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, supreme head of the Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism. Construction of Karma Shri Nalanda Institute began in 1980 and was completed in 1982. After the Karmapa passed away in 1981, his spiritual sons and administrators affirmed their intention to carry out his wishes exactly as he had stated. The principals, who had been appointed by the Karmapa, based their activity on his intentions. The first principal was His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Tibetan refugees and students from India, Nepal, and Bhutan form the majority of the current student body. Most students cannot pay any of the costs associated with their education, and the shedra provides free education, textbooks, food, and lodging for qualified applicants who wish to pursue monastic study there. The institute receives financial support from individual donations which makes it possible to offer this assistance.
After enrolling in the institute and completing seven years of university courses in the full shedra program, students are awarded the shastri degree, equivalent to a bachelor’s degree, and after two more years, the acharya degree, the master’s degree in Buddhist studies, is conferred by Sampuranand Sanskrit University.
ARYA KSHEMA – WINTER DHARMA GATHERING FOR THE KAGYU NUNS Beginning of 2014, the historic first Arya Kshema – Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns was convened by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. He chose to call it the Arya Kshema after the nun of the same name who was the foremost of the Buddha’s female disciples, the wisest of the wise and the most confident, as a cause for the nuns to become better educated and more confident. Hundreds of nuns would come together every year to study and debate at the Arya Kshema. KKCT sponsors and manages all aspects of these gatherings every year; food, accommodation and travel expenses of more than 600 nuns from 10 nunneries across Himalayan regions. For more details please visit www.aryakshema.com
KARMA DRUPGYU THARGYALING NUNNERY, TILOKPUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling in Tilokpur, India is a practice center for nuns of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. At the request of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, an English woman, Freda Bedi founded the nunnery in 1968. We extend financial support to the nunnery. KKCT supports annually towards salaries of staff at the nunnery. For more details, please visit www.tilokpurnunnery.com
Khoryug is an association of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries working together under the leadership of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa for the environmental protection of the Himalayan region by practically applying the values of compassion and interdependence towards the Earth and all living beings that dwell here. Khoryug currently connects over 50 monasteries, nunneries and centers throughout India, Nepal and Bhutan in the Himalayas and South India. Khoryug aims to develop a partnership with community based organizations and NGOs wherever there is a member monastery or center so that together with our communities, we can help and protect all life on Earth now and for the future. Please visit Khoryug’s website for more details www.khoryug.info
This is a school run by a Trust for children from financially disadvantaged families in villages surrounding Rumtek, East Sikkim. Kun Kyong Charitable Trust extends aid in the form of Free Mid-Day meal to around 200 children in the school. KKCT has donated a bus for students’ convenience. KKCT donates uniforms and stationery to the school.
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Trust organises free medical camps of both western and traditional Tibetan medicines in Sikkim. In the past, KKCT have collaborated with Men-Tsee-Khang ( Tibetan Medical & Astrological Institute), Gangtok to hold such camps.
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Tibetan refugees and students from India, Nepal, and Bhutan form the majority of the current student body. Most students cannot pay any of the costs associated with their education, and the shedra provides free education, textbooks, food, and lodging for qualified applicants who wish to pursue monastic study there. The institute receives financial support from individual donations which makes it possible to offer this assistance.
After enrolling in the institute and completing seven years of university courses in the full shedra program, students are awarded the shastri degree, equivalent to a bachelor’s degree, and after two more years, the acharya degree, the master’s degree in Buddhist studies, is conferred by Sampuranand Sanskrit University.
ARYA KSHEMA – WINTER DHARMA GATHERING FOR THE KAGYU NUNS
Beginning of 2014, the historic first Arya Kshema – Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns was convened by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. He chose to call it the Arya Kshema after the nun of the same name who was the foremost of the Buddha’s female disciples, the wisest of the wise and the most confident, as a cause for the nuns to become better educated and more confident. Hundreds of nuns would come together every year to study and debate at the Arya Kshema. KKCT sponsors and manages all aspects of these gatherings every year; food, accommodation and travel expenses of more than 600 nuns from 10 nunneries across Himalayan regions. For more details please visit www.aryakshema.com
KARMA DRUPGYU THARGYALING NUNNERY, TILOKPUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH
Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling in Tilokpur, India is a practice center for nuns of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. At the request of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, an English woman, Freda Bedi founded the nunnery in 1968. We extend financial support to the nunnery. KKCT supports annually towards salaries of staff at the nunnery. For more details, please visit www.tilokpurnunnery.com
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