Shedra students start their daily classes

The Shedra student start their daily class after the return of their Ani teachers from Varanasi. Here are some picture of their recent class.

Group Pictures of 2011

1. Khenpo Karma Dradul with senior nuns.

2. Khenpo K. Dradul, Acarya Anis and Shedra Nuns

3. Group Picture with Root Guru Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche at Namo Buddha in April

4. Group picture of Nuns with Khenpo K. Dradul during the Losar 2138 ( Tibetan New Year)

Monks and Nuns of both Clinic working together to make incense at the Abbey

Nuns of Thrangu Tara Abbey Clinic are making incense at the Abbey. Monks from Namo Buddha Thrangu Clinic and Astrology department also came to Abbey to make incense of their own. Monks and nuns of both clinic are working together at the Abbey.

Preparation work for wall paintings in the main shrine hall.

Tashi Delek. We have started to do the wall paintings in our shrine hall from May, 2011. The wall paintings will be of the 21 Taras as per our Root Guru Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche's advice. There will be small paintings of Kagyu Lineage masters and Dharma protector Mahakala with Thrangu Protector called Thrangu Gyenyen. The whole paintings work will take maximum of one year time. We will keep up to date. We would like to Thank the members of The Friends of Tara Abbey and all the others sponsor who made this come true. Thank you for your generosity. We still need about NRs. 900,000.00 (nine hundred thousand Nepali Rupees) to completed the whole paintings. Please contact Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol for more information at chonyirangdrol@gmail.com

Vegetable Garden now hand over to Ani Nyerpas, Food Department

Ani Nyerkhang has taken care of the Vegetable Garden from April, 2011. In the past Ani Karma Dolma and her team were taking care of the Vegetable Garden. Ani Nyerkhang want to have more organic vegetables for nuns in the kitchen so they took full initiative for this project. The pictures were sent by Ani Karma Lhamo, present food manager of the Abbey. We would like to thank all the sponsor for their generosity.

The Mirror of Wisdom (Monthy News Letter of Thrangu Tara Abbey) Second edition

Happy Losar 2138, Year of Female Iron Hire

Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters,

We would like to wish you all A Very Happy Losar 2138. May this new year of Female Iron Hire brings you lots of joy and happiness. May you have good health and well success in your Dharma Pracitice. May you benefit many beings. Happy Losar!

Khenpo Karma Drodul's teaching at the Abbey

Khenpo Karma Drodul with Tsokdra Nuns after completing the Ngondro study Curse

Last day of the Ngondrup Class, Tsokdra Nuns

Last day of the Ngondro Class, Tsokdra nuns

Khenpo Karma Drodul with Shedra Nuns in Class

Khenpo with Upper Sherim student after completing Vajrayana vow curse

Khenpo Karma Drodul has been teaching Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan Grammar and composition to the nuns at the Shedra at Thrangu Tara Abbey for the last three years. He also taught the preliminary practice (Ngondro) from the Chakchen Nyidon Dronme to the Tsokdra nuns and has just completed the curse last week. We are happy to share some of pictures here. The first three pictures were taken on the last day teaching to the Tsokdra nuns at the abbey and the last two pictures were taken with the Shedra students (Upper sherim class) after the completion of the teachings on Vajrayana vows.

We, the administration of Thrangu Tara Abbey, would like to thank Khenpo Karma Drodul for his excellent teachings and tired less support to the nuns' higher Buddhist studies.

At present there are four other Nun teachers who are teaching the nuns at the shedra. All four of them has done their Shastri degree from the University of Higher Buddhist Studies in Sarnath, Varanas, U.P. India. They are now teaching at the shedra and giving their private Acharya examinations at the same university. They are Ani Karma Dolma, AniChungta, Ani Tenzin Sangmo and Ani Phuntsok Dolma.

We would also like to thank them for their great support for the shedra nuns.

Monthly News letter called "The Mirror of Wisdom"

The nuns of Thrangu Tara Abbey recently published their first ever monthly news letter called "The Mirror of Wisdom". You will be able to know the monthly activities of the Abbey along with some poems and articles by the nuns of the Abbey. We will include poems and articles in English and Nepali soon.