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The Panchen Lama - Tashi Lhunpo Project

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is the smallest and poorest of the Tibetan monasteries in exile. The existing site and facilities are extremely inadequate for the health, education and well-being of the monks and for the practice of their great tradition. Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan, appointed Abbot in 2005, urgently needs your help to expand and improve the property and buildings, in a modest style, and to increase the number of monks from 350 to 1,500 - as he requested of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who has approved and blessed the project.
The Panchen Lama - Tashi Lhunpo Project (PLTL), under the direction of Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tenzin, respects and supports the unique Tibetan Buddhist scholarly lineage and culture of His Holiness the Panchen Lama, who was abducted by the Chinese government in 1995, when he was six years old.

Urgent Needs 2007- 2008

$25,000 to $30,000 for purchase of five-acre plot to permit new construction

$1,000,000 to $1,500,000 for construction of new Temple, with adequate Assembly Hall, offices, and apartments for The Panchen Lama, The Dalai Lama and the Abbot; existing building to be used for additional Tantric College facilities
$200,000 for purchase of adjacent chicken farm, to prevent health risks (from water and air pollution) and provide space for sustainable agriculture-based income-generating project

$300 per-year per-monk 200 of the present monks still need sponsors

Technical assistance to assess sustainable income-generating potential and to develop a business plan in conjunction with purchase of adjacent property (chicken farm)

Sponsor Tashi Lhunpo monks
(secure online credit card or pdf form to print and mail)
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Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is kindly accepting your donations to purchase the following basic necessities for the monks that live there. Your donations which will be used to buy these items will tremendously help in the daily activities of the monks there.
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  • Construction of new Temple, with adequate Assembly Hall, offices and apartments for the Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama and the abbots, for Tantric College facilities

  • Adjacent chicken farm

  • Technical assistance

  • Sponsorship for monks

  • General Donation

Donate Online

or

Donate via mail
 (printable pdf format)

The PLTL Project is administered entirely by volunteers.
Abbot and Director: Khen Rinpoche Kachen Lobzang Tsetan
Advisors: Tenzin Choegyal and Huston Smith, Ph.D.
Executive Director: Ruth Hayward, Ph.D.
Coordinator: Kathi Rogers