Debate in Action
What is a Debate? A bunch of young women in traditional robes are wildly gesticulating, jumping up and down and […]
Monastic Education
Monastic Education
The Five Great Treatises
The Five Great Treatises form the basis of all Buddhist philosophical studies. Here is an overview and short explanation of
Monastic Education
Monastic Training
In Tibet, the Buddhist monasteries have traditionally been great centers of learning. Each of the monastic center of learning is
Branches
Supporting Yulo Koepa
The main practice at the nunnery is the invocation and praise of Mother Tara, the female Buddha that has vowed
Branches
Yulo Koepa Nunnery
Yulo Koepa Nunnery started out as a project of Universal Education School in Sarnath, India. The Tara Temple was established
Our Lamas
Khensur Lama Lhundrup
Ex-Abbot of Kopan Monastery Geshe Lhundrup Rigsel was born in Tibet in 1941, to a poor peasant family. He joined
Our Lamas
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami near the Mount Everest region of Nepal. At the tender age
Our Lamas
Lama Thubten Yeshe
Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935, not far from the town of Tolung Dechen. Two hours away
Our Lamas
H.H.14th Dalai Lama
Good human qualities… honesty, sincerity, a good heart, cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced by
