It is with great pleasure that we announce a retreat with Rabjam Rinpoche in Mexico, September 19 – 22.

Rabjam Rinpoche, accompanied by Matthieu Ricard, will be teaching in Hong Kong Sept. 8-12, and in Singapore Sept. 13-17.

The monks and nuns of Shechen Monasteries are currently participating in the annual “summer rains retreat” (yarney), from August 2 to September 16.

We are delighted to bring you the first Shechen Newsletter from Shechen Monastery in Nepal.

Two graduates from the Shechen Philosophical College are now resident teachers at the Shechen Mexico Center.

Pema Odsel Ling, the retreat center of Shechen Monastery in Nepal, is located a few miles from one of the oldest known pilgrimage places in the world, Namo Buddha.

Shechen Monastery’s Eco Group, under the direction of Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, is working on environmental issues in Nepal.

This is the twenty-fifth year of the Shechen Sponsorship Program for monks and nuns. Thank you to all our sponsors and also to the donors who gave  to the rebuilding the Namo Buddha Retreat Center roof and the classrooms in India. We deeply appreciate your support!

Four nuns from the Shechen Nunnery in Bhutan are training in the Barefoot College to become solar engineers.

Shechen Centers in Mexico, Taiwan, and Croatia, were created by Buddhist practitioners around the world to study and practice according to the lineage of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Recently Rabjam Rinpoche and a tulku and khenpo from Shechen Monastery held a seven-day teaching seminar in Croatia.