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Happy 88th Birthday, Your Holiness! May your light shine brighter with each passing day! May you live long and the eternal lamp of love, harmony, and peace in you keep enlightening the world!  

VISITORS:- Western Guests Many teachers and students have attended the workshops at Drepung Science Centre. They love to pay a visit to our nunnery. Some also give talks to science students and have a look around at our surroundings and science classrooms. Officials Many officials from the Central Administration of Dharamsala also make their valuable…

GRATITUDE NOTE: Every year Jangchub Choeling Nunnery arranges an essay writing and oral memorization test which is especially dedicated to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on the occasion of his birthday. This is a way to express our gratitude and remembrance for all the kindness, love, and services that have been contributed by the…

Geshema Examinee:- Every year, our graduated nuns make an appearance in GESHEMA Examination. This year, 29 nuns from Jangchub choeling nunnery are going for the Geshema test which will be held at Jamyang Choeling Nunnery, Dharamsala. This year it will start from July 21 to August 20.We bid farewell to them on 22nd June, with…

Acquit innocent animals:- Another way to make merits is being vegetarian for this duration. One can take this further by buying animals intended to be slaughtered and setting them free. Our nuns did their part by contributing to the program of acquitting animals organized by settlement organizers.  Reading spiritual texts:- Jangchub Choeling Nuns serve…

The profound purpose of Buddhist debate and reasoning is to clear away a wrong conception of our natures and thereby to become free of suffering and even death. Daily practice in the monastic debate is important in traditional Tibetan Buddhist learning. Through debate, nuns and monks test and consolidate their classroom learning and gain a…

 Overnight Tara praises:- On the 5th of the VESAK month nuns of Jangchub Choeling Nunnery, we are gathered to perform an overnight Tara recitation to promote peace in every part of the world, which brings harmony & happiness in the life of all sentient beings. Lighting Butter lamps The lighting of butter lamps is…

Events:- Many varieties of rituals and ceremonies were performed during Saga Dawa.  FASTING RETREAT The Nyungne Retreat is a practice of austerity and fasting based upon the supplication to Lord Chenrezig in the thousand-armed form. It is a powerful means for karma purification and merit accumulation, to pacify obstacles on the path to enlightenment, and…