Home For Elders
CATEGORY: New | PUBLISHED:: 29-02-2024 | Hits:212
Objective:As we witness in our exiled Tibetan community in India, many elders under different circumstances had to live a lonely life without any social and financial support. Hence, this project aims to provide a proper home for elders – those old, weak and helpless, where they can spend their last part of their life in peace and comfort. The monastery has initiated this project with a commitment to alleviate the hardship of such elders and help serve the society as a whole. Project Description:The Home for Elders will be a holistic project, in concept, plan and goal.The functioning of the Home will be based with relevance and compatibility on individual case... Read more
Staff Residential Quarters
CATEGORY: Current | PUBLISHED:: 29-02-2024 | Hits:167
Following our monastery’s introduction of various modern educational disciplines, as Science, Language & Translation (English and Chinese), and IGNOU Special Study Centre, NIOS (Secondary) Study Centre and the three Specialized BA Honours programs, accommodation for the appointed lay resident teachers and staffs has been the major problem and inconvenience. Lack of proper and adequate residential quarters has been the main drawback in recruiting qualified teachers & employees, and in maintaining long term service of existing ones. This shortfall is a major impediment to recruiting and maintaining qualified & experienced faculties, and considerably affects the overall development of our modern education programs. Hence, the administration is compelled to propose a proper Staff... Read more
Sera Jey Science & Meditation Research Centre
CATEGORY: Completed | PUBLISHED:: 15-01-2024 | Hits:279
General Science was first introduced to Tibetan monasteries based in India, Nepal & Bhutan in 2001, through the Science meets Dharma" (SmD) Project by Rikon Tibet Institute, under the patronage of His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, who has consistently advocated the relevance and importance of Science knowledge alongside Buddhist philosophical studies. In the project’s second phase, Science was formally introduced in the monastery’s curriculum in 2012. In 2013 “Sera Jey Science Centre”, was established and inaugurated by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Regular classes in Biology, Physics & Chemistry in theory & practical’s are conducted with periodic workshops, seminars, conferences & exhibitions. Core Purpose:For a better administering of the science curriculum... Read more
Institute for Buddhist Studies - SJTCC
CATEGORY: Completed | PUBLISHED:: 31-08-2016 | Hits:2398
With the growing interest on Buddhist Philosophy and the increasing relevance of Buddha’s philosophical principles - moral & human values, the quest for seeking the knowledge and wisdom of Buddha's philosophy and its wisdom are ever growing in the modern world. Sera Jey Monastery with a very vast human knowledge resource and well sustained traditional culture, fulfills all the obligations to its commitment to establish a distinct institute for specializing on Buddhist Philosophical Studies. This proposed institute for Buddhist Studies has been officially named – “Sera Jey Tashi Choeling Center”. Study Curriculum:The study curriculum is specialization in Buddhist Studies. It will be primarily based on the 'The Five Main Treatises of Buddhist... Read more
Classroom Building
CATEGORY: Completed | PUBLISHED:: 31-07-2016 | Hits:1673
Objective: Class Room project is one of the important projects proposed for undertaking on monastery's commitment to developing further its education curriculum. This project is primarily intended to provide a classroom facility to the existing Debate Court Yard, which is inadequate to hold all the 19 class levels of the curriculum - Five Course Stages. Many of the 19 class levels have to hold their Debate classes outdoors, because of the large student population, totaling 2455. And outdoor classes are frequently interrupted during rainy season and summer heat. The proposed classroom building will provide the facility to conduct classes on monastery's main curriculum for our total 2455 enrolled student monks in 19... Read more
Prayer Assembly Hall
CATEGORY: Completed | PUBLISHED:: 07-07-2016 | Hits:1389
Past Projects Prayer Assembly Hall One of the most significant project was the construction of the New Assembly Prayer Hall, given the time and circumstance of the project that was proposed and implemented. The project commeced from the year 1995 and efficiently completed by 1998. The monastery's monks undertook yearlong Dharma Tours to America and Europe for raising funds for the Project. The project was completed in 1998 and was inaugurated by His Holiness The Dalai Lama in the same year. Read more