Sponsor a Chair, or a Desk, or the Whiteboards for the Shechen Upper Secondary School. With a gift from a new donor, we were able to build two additional classrooms for the many young monks studying at Shechen in Nepal. Funds are needed to furnish the new classrooms: • One desk $104 x 10 • […]

A new exhibition of thangkas painted by the Shechen Tsering Art School opened in Hong Kong September 1 until the 11th.  The director of Tsering Art School, Konchog Ladrepa, and five students and graduates from the school were invited by Khamgar Pendhe Ling Foundation to exhibit these sacred Tibetan paintings, The exhibition featured many magnificent […]

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Every year the Shechen monks in India and Nepal and our nuns in Bhutan observe the Summer Rains Retreat. In the Nepal monastery, the practice is being held in the dining room until the temple which was damaged in the earthquake, can be restored. The practice stems from the Indian custom established by the Buddha […]

We honor the resilience and courage of the Nepalese people on the anniversary of the second earthquake (7.3 magnitude) that struck the country on May 12, 2015. Nepal was still reeling from the devastating quake of April 25 when the second earthquake hit. It was followed by numerous strong aftershocks; created major landslides that buried […]

You can now read the latest newsletter about Rabjam Rinpoche,  the nuns in Bhutan, and other new events. https://shechen.org/about/newsletters/14-may-2016-newsletter/#completion

Dear Friends of Shechen, On April 25, 2015 a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the heart of Nepal killing more than 9,000 people and injuring tens of thousands, destroying homes, world heritage sites, and many Buddhist monasteries. One of those most affected was our beloved Shechen Monastery, home to 500 monks,140 children, sacred art, and the […]

March 8 is International Women’s Day…a perfect time to honor Shechen nuns in Bhutan. One hundred and twenty nuns of varying ages live at the Shechen Orgyen Chozong Nunnery in Bhutan. Over fifty nuns attend the nunnery’s shedra (philosophical college, a 9-year course), seven are on three-year retreat in their small retreat center, and the […]

The annual ceremonies and sacred dances are continuing in Shechen Monastery Nepal just like they did every year since the time of the previous Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

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