His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Drepung Gomang Monastery's Prayer Hall Temple on 29th Dec afternoon, blessing the monks, senior monks and benefactors of the monastery who gathered at the Prayer Hall Temple.
At Drepung Gomang His Holiness was presented with a written report that he looked over. He noted that of the 62 original Gomang monks who came down from Buxa, now only 26 remain. He explained:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking during his visit to Drepung Gomang Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India on December 29, 2014.
“Due to the upheaval in Tibet in 1959 many Gomang scholars were imprisoned by the Chinese. Among the refugees who arrived in India, the Indian government was at first only prepared to support 500 monks. We persuaded them to increase that figure to 1500, so the camp that was set up in Buxa, in Assam, came to house 1300 monks, most of them Gelugpas with some Sakyas. At a low point in Gomang’s fortunes, the Himalayan people rallied to their support, followed after some time by an influx of monks from Amdo and later still by Mongolians. This is a monastery following the Nalanda tradition based on the use of reason and logic. The main thrust of the texts we study is the investigation of the mind, something that today also attracts the interest of scientists.
“Since last year, I have had discussions with Ganden Tri Rinpoche, Sharpa and Jangtse Chöjeys and the Abbots about what we can do to improve things here. We talked again over lunch today. We need to improve our studies and extend ourselves to better serve the people. I’d like to encourage all of you to join in and discuss these things amongst yourselves too.”
This monastery solely survives on the donations, contribution, and prayer offering and every single fund help us a lot in taking care of our monks here.
We convey our sincere thank you to kind donors, sponsors, well-wishers for their continuous support which has made this monastery to survive here in exile.
We sincerely appeal to everyone to continue kind support towards this monastery and will understand if you are unable to do so. We thank you all once again and will include you all in our daily prayers.
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PROJECTS YOU CAN HELP US ON:
DONATION FOR DEBATE COURTYARD PROJECT
DONATION TO HIRE QUALIFIED DOCTOR/NURSE AT DISPENSARY
DONATION FOR DISPENSARY/HEALTH ALLOWANCE
FOOD FOUNDATION DONATION.
DONATION FOR SCHOOL
DONATION FOR LIBRARY
DONATION FOR DEBATE /CLASSROOM PROJECTS
DONATION FOR FENCING PROJECTS
MONK SPONSORSHIP
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Drepung Gomang Monastery organized an Interfaith ceremony on 5th of July at the ground floor of Prayer Hall temple in the event of His Holiness the Great 80th Dalai Lama and gratitude ceremony to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Beside the distinguished guests, Swami ji from Hubbali, Rev. Father from Corana,Goa and Dr. Abdul Kareem from Dharwar attended this interfaith ceremony.
His Eminence Kyabje Sharpa Cheoje Rinpoche, Drepung Tripa Khensur Rinpoche, Drepung Gomang 's Khen Rinpoche and various other Rinpoche, Representative from Settlement office also attended the ceremony.
Memento was presented to special invitees, lunch for guests and public in general was arranged by Drepung Gomang Monastery on occasion of this auspicious ceremony.
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First shot of Hepatitis vaccination for Drepung Gomang monks was administered today on 19th April, 2015. The monastery sincerely extends advance thank you to Kevin Liu and all donors, Dr. Subhuti for the support on this project. Funds or donation are still needed for the continuity of this project. So Kindly donate to this project. You can find wire transfer details by clicking this link
Hep B screening was organized here for the monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery from 8th-10th April with help from Settlement Hospital. About 1095 monks came forward to screen for Hep B. In coming week, first immunization shots will be given to monks whose result has come out negative after screening. Any funds/donations for this Hep B immunization program is very much welcome. Please contact us directly for any contribution or donations. Thank You so much for the kind donation.
Debate courtyard/hall in a monastery is an important place where monk students study all the five major monastic classes through critical debate. With logical reasoning as the governing rule, students practice the art of debate by questioning one another. This method of monastic debate is considered one of the best means of gaining a profound understanding by establishing the realities of things. As such, debate courtyard/hall is one of the most important places of learning for the monk students of major Tibetan monasteries. It is an integral part of a Tibetan monk’s training, and is an effective means of expanding the mind, increasing mental sharpness, developing analytical capacity, and gaining internal clarity.
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