Rigchung Ceremony 2022 Day 1The annual Rigchung Ceremony, the smaller (junior) debate ceremony, held each year on the 25th day from the 6th Tibetan calendar month, commenced from 21st August 2022. This is a ceremonial debate for class stage - Surkol Sarpa (Paramita III), on completion of their two year study on Shung (basis of Prajna Paramita / Perfection of Wisdom). Where 16 pupils are nominated on merit, for performing the debate before the sangha assembly during for four day ceremony.
The topics of debate are –
1) རིགས།……………Buddha Nature.
3) ཆོས་འཁོར།........... Turning the wheel of Dharma.
3) སྦྱོར་ལམ།…………་Preparatory Path.
4) ཡང་དག་མཐའ།….. Ultimate Reality.
5) བྱམས་གཞུང་།…… .Maitreya Text.
6) སྐྱབས་གསུམ།……… Three Refuge.
7) བཀའ་བསྟན་བཅོས།….Buddha’s Canon and its commentaries.
8)སེམས་བསྐྱེད།……… Generation of mind of enlightenment.

Annual Prize Distribution 6Aug2022The 3rd day of Sera Jey Monastery’s annual Prize Distribution Ceremony was held on 6 August 2022. Prizes were awarded for the meritorious students in the four main examinations in the academic year 2021. The ceremony concluded with scarf offering to the Abbot, Disciplinarian, Chant Master and Philosophy Teachers / Instructors.

Annual Prize Distribution 5Aug2022The 2nd day of Sera Jey Monastery’s annual Prize Distribution Ceremony was held on 5 August 2022. Prizes were awarded for the meritorious students in the four main examinations in the academic year 2021. The ceremony was graced by the monastery’s Abbot, Disciplinarian and Chant Master; and was organized by the monastery’s Administration & Board of Examinations.

Annual Prize Distribution 4Aug2022Sera Jey Monastery’s annual Prize Distribution Ceremony was held on 4 August 2022. Prizes were awarded for the meritorious students in the four main examinations in the academic year 2021. The ceremony was graced by the monastery’s Abbot, Disciplinarian and Chant Master; and was organized by the monastery’s Administration & Board of Examinations.