Central Administration

CATEGORY: Central Administration | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:3032

The Central (General) administration manages the general and financial affairs of the monastery. An Administration Committee, referred as chanzo-khang in Tibetan, comprising of 5 members appointed by the governing body for a term of three years... Read more

Digital Library

CATEGORY: Digital Library | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:8238

The monastery's Digital Library "Sera Jey Rigzod Chenmo" (The Great Knowledge Repository of Sera Jey Monastery),  –"www.serajeyrigzodchenmo.org", was launched on 19th August 2015.  The Digital Library provides an open archive platform... Read more

Philosophical Studies

CATEGORY: Philosophical Studies | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:3148

Academic - Committee For Sera Jey Philosophical Studies & Board of Examination The committee is responsible for the administration of Monastic University Course, similar to that of a modern Academic University Department. The Committee manages t... Read more

Education

CATEGORY: Education Department | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:4422

The Education Department has lately been formed as a complimentary platform to the main Philosophical studies curriculum of the monastery, where general academic subjects from language, to science and humanities can be made available for studies as e... Read more

Science

CATEGORY: Science | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:3439

Sera Jey Science Center founded in 2013 is another major landmark in the monastery's academic educational field. The well equipped science classrooms and laboratory with qualified science teachers provides the best available resources to the present ... Read more

Language Translation

CATEGORY: Language | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:4459

With the requirement of our monastery’s rich knowledge resources on Buddhist Philosophy and culture for sharing and to the service of the outside world of Buddhist sphere, outreach programs were initiated. The language of English and Chinese a... Read more

Library

CATEGORY: Library | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:5374

Sera Jey Library is the institutional library of Sera Jey Monastery. The library serves as a textual repository for a vast collection of Buddhist texts and scriptures relating to monastery's study curriculum and other Buddhist Philosophical works. In... Read more

Secondary School

CATEGORY: Secondary School | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:3372

The Monastery is privileged and fortunate to have a well-established modern Secondary School functioning from Class I to X th, with CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) affiliation. The school has a regular annual strength of over 700 novice ... Read more

Health Care Committee

CATEGORY: Health Care Committee | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:3183

Sera Jey Health Care Committee was initially established with an objective to provide health care and medical services to monks of this Monastery. But nevertheless, the need for others is wholly respected and sympathised - the sick and poor monks, nu... Read more

Sera Jey Yiga Choeling Centre

CATEGORY: Yiga Choeling Center | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:10680

The Centre was established in 2004 and was the same year when special guests of the Monastery during His Holiness The Dalai Lama's Teachings, was hosted as the accommodation and meeting venue. The centre is well planned in design conception and bears... Read more

Community Kitchen

CATEGORY: Community Kitchen | PUBLISHED:: 16-06-2016 | Hits:2544

Sera Jey Community Kitchen is one of the main department of the monastery, catering meals to sanga community everyday all round the year. Introduction -The common Kitchen of the first 197 native monks at Sera Jey Monastery was the beginning of this ... Read more

Ganden Tri Pa

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    Jedrung Thupten Kunga 

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104th Ganden Tripa

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    Lobsang Tenzin 

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Former Abbots

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    61st Khensur Ngawang Gyatso 

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    64th Khensur Lhundup Thapkhe 

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    65th Khensur Lobsang Wangchuk 

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    66th Khensur Lobsang Dhonyoe 

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    67th Khensur Dhondup Topgyal 

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    Khensur In Tibet Lobsang Sherab 

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    68th Khensur Ngawang Legden 

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    69th Khensur Lobsang Thupten 

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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