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A special mass prayer ceremony was held at Sera Jey Monastery’s main prayer hall, in dedication to late Kasur Gyalo Dhondup, elder brother of His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, who passed away on 8th February 2025 at 5.45 pm in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India.
Kasur Gyalo Dhondup, was a phenomenal figure in the post era of Tibet’s occupation by communist China, facilitating His Holiness escape from Tibet & refuge in India, and as the liaison for dialogues between His Holiness and the Chinese government. He has served as the elected Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan government in exile between 1991 - 93.
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The annual Sangchoe Monlam Prayer Ceremony is scheduled from 6th - 10th February 2025.
This sacred prayer ceremony is annually conducted in veneration to the learned scholar & author of Sera Jey curriculum texts, Jetsun Choekyi Gyaltsen, after the first week of His mortal departure.
The prayer ceremony commences early in the morning and extends up to the night with short intervals; and it is attended by all the monk community of Sera Jey,
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Sera Jey Monastery and its entire sangha community commemorated the Churgu Choepa ceremony on 17 January 2025, in veneration of Jetsun Choekyi Gyaltsen's (Text Composer of Sera Jey Monastery) parinirvana, which falls on the 19th day of the 11th month of Tibetan lunar calendar. The ceremony was presided by the monastery’s Abbot, former Abbot in the presence the Chief Disciplinarian, Chant Master, Tulkus, Geshes and member monks.
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Sera Jey Monastery organized a special mass prayer offering on the evening of 8 December 2025, in dedication to the victims of the devastating earthquake that struct Shigatse and neighbouring regions, with Dingri being the most severely affected from the quake’s magnitude of 7.1.
The special mass prayer offering was led by the monastery’s former Abbot, Khensur Geshe Lobsang Delek and the Abbot of Namgyal Monastery Khen Rinpoche Thamthog Rinpoche, with the participation of the Chief Disciplinarian, Chant Master, Tulkus, Geshes and member monks.