Donations to VVF are gratefully accepted through our association with Canada Helps
NOVEMBER 2011 MESSAGE FROM SMD DIRECTOR >>>here Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School (SMD)is in Boudha, Kathmandu, near the great stupa. Education is the primary vehicle by which poor children can lift
themselves
out of poverty. Thrangu Rinpoche established the
schoolin 1987 with a vision of providing an education for
children from the Himalayas. While offering ...READ MORE
In 2007, kids from SMD School wrote and recorded a CD Bring Back Peace
Listen to the MP3
Thrangu Tara Abbeyis a monastery for Buddhist nuns in
Swayambunath
on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
In 1991, the first
group of 17 nuns arrived from the province of
Manang near the Tibetan border. Now there are over 230 girls and women...>>.READ MORE
The Thrangu Clinic (Menla-Thrangu Mentsi Khang) (2 hours outside of Kathmandu at Namo Buddha) provides medical services to the villagers who live nearby. It has free
health
care services and essential preventative health information and low-cost medicine.READ MORE
Thrangu Tashi Yangste Monasteryin Namo Buddha is2 hours awayfrom Kathmandu in a Buddhist holy site. Hundreds of monks study lower grades as well as higher Buddhist studies..READ MORE SMD Branch School"has more than 70 students and 12 monk teachers; it runs
from first grade through ninth grade. Occasionally volunteers come from abroad to teach. In addition to formal
study, we are also concerned about taking care of the environment: Each
week the members of the Thrangu Environment Club clean the monastery
grounds."
Vajra Vidya Institutein Sarnath
near
Varanasi, India, was finished in the fall of 1999. An institute of Buddhist studies, the university is currently training more than 70 ordained
monks and nuns in Buddhist Philosophy in general and in the teachings of the
Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in particular so that they may
become Buddhist teachers.They are following the five-year program with the resident
Khenpos (accredited teachers) under the guidance of Rinpoche
