Dukkar, Goddess of the white umbrella (Sanskrit: Ushnisha-sitatapatra) is a powerful female deity of the Buddhist Vajrayana pantheon. She manifests her power with her thousand heads, arms, and legs, and has eyes on the palms of each of her hands and soles of her feet; each head has three eyes.
Founder: 86th Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang TharchinThe late Khensur Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin of Sera Mey started this food fund by sponsoring its capital on 1st Oct 1993. To add to this capital, the monastery has sourced from those generated from fieldwork, contributions from sponsors of prayer, general offerings, offerings received
Infrastructure The Academic year 2019 started on 1st March 2019 after the 2-month break during January and February. New students started to join the School with the start of the new Academic Year. A total of 247 fresh admissions were there during 2019 – taking the School strength up to
15th November 2019, London: At the Investiture ceremony this morning at The Tower of London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, awarded The British Empire Medal to Khen Rinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsering for services to Buddhism in the UK. The BEM dates
The Tibetan New Year Celebration at the monastery begins with the monks gathering together at the monastic prayer hall. Special prayers are said at the gathering and the breakfast is served at the prayer gathering. There is a tradition of visiting the Lamas or the spiritual masters on the first
The Tibetan New Year celebration is followed by the Great Prayer Festival which celebrates the victory of Buddha Shakyamuni over demonic forces. The Monlam Chenmo, also known as The Great Prayer Festival, is the most important Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the year. It falls on the 4th – 11th day
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