THE GREAT ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF DREPUNG LOSEL LING MONASTERY BEGINS TODAY VIZ

19th AUGUST 2016. THE FIRST THREE DAYS ARE MEMORISATION TEST. THE MEMORISATION TESTS FOR ALL CLASSES ARE EXPECTED TO FINISH IN THREE DAYS.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CANDIDATES APPEARING FOR THE EXAMINATION THIS YEAR IS 1820. THE MEMORISATION TESTS ARE GIVEN BY GESHES, BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY TEACHERS AND THE FRESH GRADUATES OF THIS MONASTERY.
FROM TUESDAY MORNING ONWARDS, THERE WILL BE WRITTEN TEST FOR BUDHIST PHILOSOPHY, TIBETAN GRAMMAR AND POETRY, AND HISTORY OF DHARMA WHILE IN THE AFTERNOON, DEBATE TEST ON BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY WILL BE CONDUCTED. ONCE THE WRITTEN TESTS ARE FINISHED, THE DEBATE TEST ON BUDDHIST PHILOSPHY WILL BE GIVEN IN THE MORNING, AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF VENUES FOR DEBATE TEST IS EIGHT AS USUAL, THE VENUES ARE CONFINED ONLY TO THE DEBATE HALL AND THE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EXAMINERS FOR THE DEBATE TEST APPOINTED THIS YEAR IS 32. THE EXAMINERS COMPRISES OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY TEACHERS, GESHE LHARAMPAS AND THE FINAL YEAR CANDIDATES OF GELUG BOARD EXAMINATION.
THE MEMBERS OF LOSELING EXAMINATION BOARD, THE DISCIPLINARIAN AND HIS ASSISTANTS, KHANGTSEN WARDENS HAVE BEEN, AS USUAL, APPOINTED AS  SUPERVISOR AND INVIGILATOR DURING THE EXAMINATIONS.  THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY OF THE MONASTERY HAVE CONSENTED TO EXTEND ALL SUPPORT IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ALL THAT ARE NECESSARY BUT AS PER THE NEED, FOR EXAMINATION TO GO SMOOTHLY.
LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, ALL FROM THE ABBOT OF THE MONASTERY TO THE CANDIDATES FROM ‘SCIENCE OF LOGIC’ CLASS ARE REQUESTED TO ACT RESPONSIBLY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CONDUCTING OF THE EXAMINATION.