The Venerable Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
An extensive website with information on the Venerable Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche's teaching schedule, publications, and worldwide network of dharma centres established by his students.

Projects Sponsored by the Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche

The Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche, Abbot of Gampo Abbey, has sponsored a number of projects to foster the Dharma, preserve Tibetan culture and provide educational opportunities for the Tibetan exile community.

• Tara Abbey Nunnery
  • Tara Abbey, which was founded in 1992, provides monastic support for 114 nuns from Tibet and the Himalayan regions of Nepal. It is located in Swayambhu at the western end of the Kathmandu Valley.
• Thrangu Tashi Choling Monastery (Nepal)
  • In 1982 Thrangu Rinpoche built his first monastery outside of Tibet in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. The Thrangu Tashi Choling Monastery in Boudhanath is the center of monastic life for nearly 250 monks.
    
• Thrangu Tashi Choling Monastery (Tibet)
  • Since the late 1980's Thrangu Rinpoche has been overseeing the rebuilding of his monastery in Tibet. The temple, monks quarters, the Stupa, and shedra (monastic college) are now completely restored and at this time there are 135 monks in residence.
• Namo Buddha Retreat Centre and Monastic College
  • Namo Buddha, which is located in the mountains about 2 ½ hours from Kathmandu, is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal and one of the holiest in this part of the world. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche has built a retreat center, a college for higher Buddhist studies (Shedra), a translation and publication house, a house for the office and staff and several guesthouses. As well, a new temple is under construction.
• Namo Buddha Medical Fund
  • The clinic was opened its doors in April, 1995 and serves the local villages as well as the 30 monks in residence. As of July, 1996 this clinic had medical records for 2,060 people! The clinic is open three days a week, except on holidays, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. and is currently staffed by a monk health assistant, Karma Yonten, and a local Tamang villager, trained as a medic in the Indian Army.
• Shree Mangal Dvip, (School for Himalayan Children)
  • Thrangu Rinpoche established Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School in 1987, with a view to providing an education for children from the Himalayas. The students are both Tibetan and Nepali from the Himalayan region, but they are Tibetan in terms of language, culture and philosophy, so apart from offering these children a secular education, Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School also helps to preserve Tibetan Buddhism as well as the language and the cultural identity of Himalayan peoples.
• Vajra Vidya Institute
  • In the fall of 1999, Thrangu Rinpoche completed his project to build an institute of buddhist studies in Sarnath near Varanasi. Sarnath is where the Lord Buddha first turned the wheel of the dharma for sentient beings. It is a very auspicious place for learning. There are many great buddhist universities such as Sanskrit University and Tibetan Vajrayana University located there. His Holiness Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was working on plans to build his monastery there but passed away before starting construction. Thrangu Rinpoche feels by building his institute, it would please the mind of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. The institute is to be called the Vajravidya Institute which was the name of the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. It means "indestructible knowledge".
• Namo Buddha Publications
  • Namo Buddha Publications is a non-profit organization to publish and distribute all of Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings. It was founded in 1989 and now has available 28 paperback books in English as well as tapes, CDs, and DVDs by Rinpoche.
• Vajra Vidya Retreat Centre, Crestone Colorado
  • A North American retreat centre being built under the direction of Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche near Crestone Colorado on land donated by the Manitou Foundation. The first of the three phases of the construction project was completed in February of 2005.

Thrangu Dharma Society, PJ Malaysia
Site dedicated to Venerable Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche which includes an extensive collection of teachings, information on numerous initiatives undertaken by Venerable Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. The site includes an extensive collection of photographs including a visit by H. H. Gyalwa Karmapa to the Vajra Vidya Institute.