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SJSMRC Groundbreaking cer 3Apr2021 A formal Groundbreaking Ceremony of "Sera Jey Science & Meditation Research Centre Project's" building complex was performed on 3 April 2021.

The project is proposed by the monastery's council to faciliate adequate infrastructure for conducive conduct of science classes, laboratory practicals and meditation research work, in view of the growing interest and collaboration by academic universities & institutions on research in meditation.

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Annual Science Exam 2021 The annual Science Examination for the two batches and the Special Science Class was held on 25 November 2021. Science has been introduced as an co-curricular discipline at Sera Jey in 2012. The examination is on the three science discipline, Physics, Biology and Neuroscience, which are the three main subjects in science discipline at Sera Jey Science Centre. Since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic virutal classes were conducted by the science faculty.

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SJOIS Foundation Day 10Dec2021 Foundation Day of Sera Jey Online School School was held on the 32nd anniversary of Noble Peace Prize conferment to His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama at Sera Jey Tashi Choeling Centre, Bylakuppe, India on 10 December 2021.
Sera Jey Online School provides online teaching of Tibetan language, Tibetan Buddhism, Mathematics to young Tibetan children across the major dense Tibetan diaspora settled in USA and Europe.
It is founded with the noble objective towards preservation of the Tibetan language and religion to the fast & wide spreading of the Tibetan diaspora, where language is the crucial factor for the preservation of a culture.
The online school has been receiving very positive and encouraging feedback from the Tibetan diaspora and more so the honouring of a Letter of Appreciation from the Private Office of His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama.

Link to the Foundation’s Day ceremony Facebook Youtube

Official Link to Sera Jey Online School site page

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Conference 21Jan2022 On the Parinirvana Day of Jetsun Choekyi Gyaltsen, the syllabusText composer of Sera Jey Monastery, a Conference on “Pramanasamuccaya”-Compendium of Valid Cognition by Great Master Dinaga at was conducted at Sera Jey on 21st January 2022. The conference was held amongst the three Geluk monastic institutes Sera Jey, Sera Mey & Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, under the organization of Geluk International Foundation.

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TU VC visit 23Jan2022 Tumkur University’s Vice Chancellor, Col(Prof) Y S Siddegowda paid a cordial visit to Sera Jey Monastic University on 23rd January 2022. He was accorded a warm welcome by the monastic institute’s Abbot, Chief Administrator and The Director with Section Heads of Sera Jey Modern Education Department.

The VC was given a good tour visit to Sera Jey Secondary School and the monastic institute campus. Later the VC had a meeting session with the various department section heads of Sera Jey Modern Education Department. It was a big honor for the monastic institute and its departments to host the visit of The Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University.

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Eng Language Translation Dept 11Apr22 Sera Jey Monastery’s English Language & Translation Department new academic session was inaugurated on 11 April 2022 by the monastery’s Administrator and Director of Sera Jey Monastery’s Modern Education Department. The coordinator of the department presided the ceremony and presented the previous year’s report.
The department announced the commencement of four sections of English Language, three sections of translation course and two sections of real-time translation (Tibetan – English) course during this academic session.
The department is also commencing a six month basic course in Tibetan language & grammar for foreign student monks. The program was inaugurated during this ceremony

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Chinese Lang Transl new Acad 21Apr2022 Sera Jey Chinese language & Translation Department under Sera Jey Modern Education Department, will organize two Buddhist courses in Chinese language and two Basic Chinese language courses in this new Academic year 2022. These courses will be undertaken by the department’s senior students.

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NIOS Secondary inauguration 21May2022 Sera Jey NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) Study Centre, Secondary level, M08059 was inaugurated on 21st May 2022 at Sera Jey Tashi Choeling Centre Auditorium. The abbot, Tenzin Choesang Rinpoche was the Chief Guest, Guest of Honour for the ceremony were Shri V. Sathish, Regional Director (Adm), NIOS Regional Centre Bangalore and Dr. Hemamalini HC, Asstt. Regional Director, IGNOU Bangalore Regional Centre; the Chief Representative of South Zone Tibetan settlements and the Representatives of the two Tibetan settlement Office were the Special Guests.

The Chief Guest, two Guests of Honour and the Special Guests addressed the Ceremony.

During the ceremony IGNOU graduation certificates were presented to respective candidates by the guests.

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SJIOS Summer Camp Inaug 11Jul2022 The first Summer Camp (2022) of Sera Jey International Online School was inaugurated at SJ Tashi Choeling Centre Auditorium on 11 July 2022. This first Summer Camp 2022 is a 20 day long event, scheduled from 11 - 30 July, specifically organized for children of Tibetan Diaspora with an objective to provide an opportunity to get a feel and experience real Tibetan and Buddhist culture that they are devoid. About 60 students are enrolled in this first Summer Camp 2022.

Sera Jey International Online School conducts online coaching for children of Tibetan diaspora with an objective to provide coaching in Tibetan Language & Buddhist Culture to children of Tibetan diaspora, to preserve ones language and culture. The online school was formally commenced from 10 December 2020.

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About Us

Current Core Offices

Ganden Tri Pa

Lhundup Tsundue
Jedrung Thupten Kunga

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Lobsang Tenzin
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Former Abbots

61st Khensur Ngawang Gyatso
64th Khensur Lhundup Thapkhe
65th Khensur Lobsang Wangchuk
66th Khensur Lobsang Dhonyoe
67th Khensur Dhondup Topgyal
Khensur In Tibet Lobsang Sherab
68th Khensur Ngawang Legden
69th Khensur Lobsang Thupten
70th Khensur Lobsang Tsering
His Eminence Geshe Lobsang Tsering, the 70th abbot of Sera Jey Monastery, was born in Tibet in 1923. He was ordained at the age of five and started his Buddhist philosophical studies at twelve. At the age of seventeen, he joined Sera Jey Monastery and underwent rigorous philosophical studies. He served as a philosophy teacher at his native monastery for three years. In 1959 he was imprisoned by Chinese authorities for seven years and had to undergo extreme hardship. In 1969, he fled Tibet under immense hardship, to India for exile. At Sera Jey Monastery in South India, he earned the first position in his Geshe Lharampa Examination in 1978. In 1986, he was enthroned the 70th abbot of Sera Jey Monastery and made several developments in both spiritual and administrative fields. He devoted his entire life to teaching the Buddhist philosophy to scores of aspiring students.
71st Khensur Jampa Theckchok
His Eminence Jampa Thekchok, the 71st abbot of Sera jey Monastery was born in Phenpo, Tibet in 1930. He was ordained at the age of eight and began his study of major Buddhist texts around the age of ten. His eminence arrived in exile in 1959 and continued his studies in major Buddhist texts. He taught Buddhist studies at Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, for seven years and travelled aboard to give teachings. In 1993, he was enthroned as the abbot of Sera Jey Monastery and he served the monastery in great length in both spiritual and administrative fields.
72nd Khensur Lobsang Dhonyoe
His Eminence Jetsun Lobsang Donyo, the 72nd abbot of Sera Jey monastery, was born in 1925. At the age of nine, he joined Lhatse monastery, gained basic Tibetan education and memorized all traditional monastic scriptures and studied basic Buddhist epistemology. At the age of nineteen, he joined Sera Jey Monastic University and studied all major Buddhist texts.

In 1961, he left Tibet to take exile in India and continued his study at Buxar in north India. He has served as proof-reader at monastery’s printing office. In 1967, he studied at Central University for Tibetan studies, Sarnath and received the Acharya degree.
In 1999, he was enthroned the 72nd abbot of Sera Jey Monastery and made great contribution to both spiritual and temporal affairs.
73rd Khensur Lobsang Palden
His eminence Jetsun Lobsang Palden, the 73rd abbot of Sera Jey Monastic University, was born in 1936. At the age of twelve, he joined Dhargye Monastic School and memorized all traditional monastic scriptures as well as studied basic Buddhist epistemology and other texts.

At the age of seventeen, he joined Sera Jey Monastery and studied all major Buddhist texts. In 1959, he fled to India and continued his studies at Buxar in north India. In 1965, he studied at Central University for Tibetan studies, Varanasi, and received the Acharya degree.
In 2005, he was enthroned as the 73rd abbot of Sera Jey Monastic University and made great contribution to both spiritual and administrative fields. Moreover, he devoted most of his time to give teachings and oral transmissions on Buddhist scriptural resources to scores of pupil monks.
74th Khensur Lobsang Delek
His Eminence Jetsun Lobsang Delek, the 74th abbot of Sera Jey Monastery, was born in 1939 at Karze district in Tibet. At the age of seven, he joined Karze Monastery and started memorizing traditional monastic scriptures. His given name is Lobsang Delek and received ordained name as Ngawang Soepa while he was newly ordained at age of seventeen. In 1959, he fled to India and continued his Buddhist philosophical studies at Buxar in north India. In 1968, he received the full-ordained vows from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 1982, he was honored with first position of Lharam Geshe degree. Moreover, in 2005, he was enthroned as the abbot of Gudme Tantric Monastery, and he became the 75th Sera Jey Abbot on 6 May 2012. Generally, he devotes his precious regular time in giving teaching and conferring different initiations and oral transmissions.
75th Khensur Gedun Choephel
His Eminence Jetsun Gedun Choephel, 75th abbot of Sera Jey Monastery, was born in 1941 at at his native Kartze province in Eastern Tibet and was initiated at the age of 8 in his native Kartze monastery. He joined Sera Jey Monastery – Tibet in 1955. In 1969 left Tibet for India and was among the foremost member monks to re-establish the monastery at exile in South India. He has received the highest monastic scholastic award of Lharam Geshe – Doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy, and has dedicated his entire life to teachings at the monastery. He was enthroned the 75th abbot of Sera Jey Monastery on 18th July 2016.