Tashi Deleg Greetings!
Welcome to the Tharlam Sasang Namgyal Ling in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal!
This web site is dedicated to the Tharlam Monastery (Tharlam Sasang Namgyal Ling) in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Purpose of the Tharlam Monastery:
• Propagation and perpetuation of the holy Tibetan Buddhist Dharma and, in particular, the Sakya Tradition;
• Dedication to the unbroken transmission of the Lord Buddha's Teachings; and
• Preservation and sustenance of the educational, living, health and spiritual needs and upbringing of the monks of the Tharlam Monastery.
The Tharlam Monastery was founded by the late, His Eminence Dezhung Rinpoche III, Kunga Tenpay Nyima, in 1981. H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche III was a great and learned Tibetan lama who fled Tibet in 1959 after the Communist Chinese invaded and occupied Tibet. The first Tharlam Monastery in Eastern Tibet was established over five centuries ago but was destroyed by the invading Communist Chinese Army in 1959.
For the next 30 years, H.E. Dezhung Rinpoche III lived in America, started several Buddhist centers across the United States, and soon became respected as a leading scholar, resource and Tibetan Buddhist master in meditation and teachings of all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
