Sera Jey Ngari Khangtsen

The Ngari Khangtsen

This site represents Sera Jey Ngari Khangtsen which is one of the sixteen Houses of Sera Jey Monastic University, located in the oldest Tibetan refugee camp in India, Bylakuppe, State of Karnataka, South India. Khangtsen is the Tibetan word for HOSTEL. As in the great monasteries of central Tibet, each hostel is linked to a province in Tibet and has to accommodate the monks that hail from this area. These houses function independently and have to find their own donators to provide the monks with the living necessities, which includes medical care, and schooling material, as well as housing. 60 % of our monks fall in the 15-30 age group and many come from underprivilaged areas/families. They are therefore in need of considerable financial support. The Ngari Khangtsen is one of the poorer Khangtsens of the Sera Jey Monastic University.   Click on the picture to the left to see some of our students! © Carla Vestin/Sera Jey Ngari Khangtsen

The Purpose of Buddhist Studies is among many things, to maintain and expand peace and harmony, create goodness in human beings and to promote a sense of responsibility. The Khangtsen helps us feel at ease, since we are surrounded by monks who speak with our dialect and are accustomed to our background. Since so many of us are very young, this is very important. It creates a feeling of home away from home, whilst we study hard to maintain our buddhist heritage.

Below you see the Khangtsen monks in 2007 and in 1980, when first arriving in Bylakuppe. In the picure to the left, we are missing Khensur Jampa Tegchok, who at the time of the picture was lecturing in America.

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