Practically, the students use six different methods to study the major Buddhist texts: memorization, instruction, debate, recitation, reading and discussion. They also study other subsidiary subjects.From the very beginning, students start memorizing the following root texts: Maitreya’s Ornament for Clear …
The teachings of the Buddha, in general, and the teachings of the Perfection Vehicle (Paramitayana), in particular, are studied in this monastic college. The root texts of the five major Buddhist texts, their commentaries and commentary’s commentaries of the two …
The Chant Master is directly appointed by the Khenpo. He must be of good voice, excellent in chants and well informed of the common and uncommon chants of the monastic college. He should possess qualities such as gracefulness. After appointment, …
The students of Madhyamika and above classes gather in the prayer hall and list the most deserving candidates for Disciplinarian. The monks again vote from the list. The votes are counted by the heads of Khangtsens and whoever gets the …
The Khenpo directly appoints an elder Geshe as the Lama Zhunglenpa, who is well informed of the responsibilities of the Khenpo. His enthronement ceremony is traditionally celebrated in his Khangtsen (a regional division in a monastic college). The term of …
In 1959, among those who followed His Holiness into exile in India, 1,500 monks were selected from the three monastic universities of the Geluk tradition and the Nyingma, Kagyu and Sakya traditions as seeds of monasticism in exile. They were …
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