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On June 4, 2025 the Graduation Ceremony of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative’s 6-Year Implementation Program was held at the Drepung Losiling Monastery in the presence of His Eminence Gadan Tri-Rinpoche.
Candidates of Sera Jey Monastic Institute who could not attend the ETSI Graduation Ceremony in person, Sera Jey Science Centre organized a brief ceremony at the Science Auditorium on 12 June 2025. Venerable Geshe Yeshe Phuntsok, Disciplinarian and Geshe Ngawang Nyingje, Administrator and Geshe Jampa Choewang, Director of Modern Education Deptt. honoured the occasion and presented the 6-Year Implementation Program of ETSI-Emory University’s Completion and Participation Certificates to the monastic science graduates. The faculty and staffs and coordinators were also presented with appreciation certificates and traditional scarves (Khatak).
The accomplishments and the event honours our gratitude to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's kindness, and His 90th Birthday - Ghoton- Year of Compassion. The ceremony successfully concluded with the appreciations to ETSI community and the faculty, staffs of Sera Jey Science Centre, of the past & present, and heartfelt Congratulations to the science graduates.
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On 2nd July 2025, Ven. Thupten Kalden, faculty member at Sera Jey English Translation department, presented a lecture on “Buddhist Perspective in Positive Psychology” to 1st & 2nd year M.Sc. Psychology students of Department of Studies and Research in Psychology, Tumkur University. He also gave a talk on Buddhist meditation, and answered questions from the students on the lecture. Geshe Jampa Choewang, Director of Sera Jey Modern Education Department also addressed the class gathering.
The event was part of our programs under the MoU between the two institutes.
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The fourth Sera Jey International Summer School, was inaugurated on 8 July 2025. The summer school is part of Sera Jey International Online School’s program, intended for the young children from different Tibetan diaspora, to have a practical experience of learning Tibetan language, Buddhism, music and culture with fellow children. The ceremony was inaugurated by Sera Jey Monastery’s Disciplinarian, with Mr. Choephel Thupten, as the Guest of Honour.
The online school provides coaching in Tibetan language, Buddhism & Music, and also English, Chinese language & Mathematics specifically for children of Tibetan diaspora where they have no or limited interaction with Tibetan culture.
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61st Khensur Ngawang Gyatso
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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.
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