Monastery Education Directory
Below is our ever-expanding* list of monasteries that offer supplementary education in secular subjects. To learn more about a school, click on the name and you will be forwarded to another page with more details and contact information.
*If you have a program you’d like us to include on this list, email [email protected].
Nepal
♦ Arya Tara School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Ani Choying Drolma
Lineage Kagyu/Nyingma
♦ Benchen Primary School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead S.E. Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche / Ven. Tenga Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Compassion Education, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Hinang Thrangu Tashi Choephel Ling Monastery, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Thrangu Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Karma Lekshey Ling School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Choje Lama Phuntsok / Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Mount Everest School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lineage Gelug
♦ Namkhyung School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Ven. Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
♦ Nar Satek Thrangu Monastery, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Thrangu Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ O Sal Choling Godawari Monastery, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Sherab Tendar Rinpoche / Lama Sherab Tendar Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Padmai Ga-Tshal Choiling School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Sherab Tendar Rinpoche / Lama Sherab Tendar Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Pema Ts’al, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead: Venerable Khenpo Kar
Lineage
♦ Samtenling School (Mahayana Buddhist Progressive Education Centre), Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Yongzen Yeshi Gyaltsen
Lineage Gelug
♦ Serang Monastery School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Chokyi Nyime Rinpoche / Nuptul Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery/Shechen Mahaboudha Vidyalaya, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche / 7th Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
♦ Shelkar Monastic School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Pang Lotsawa Lodoe Tenpa / H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Lineage Gelug
♦ Shree Mangal Dvip School, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Thrangu Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Tek Chok Ling Nunnery, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Tergar Ösel Ling Center for Transformative Learning, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu/Nyingma
♦ Thrangu Tara Abbey, Nepal
Founder and Spiritual Lead Thrangu Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
Tibet/China
♦ Dzongsar Khamje Shedra, Tibet/China
Founder and Spiritual Lead Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo / Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Lineage Rimé
♦ Rigul School and Shedra, Tibet/China
Founder and Spiritual Lead Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
Bhutan
♦ Chökyi Gyatso Institute, Bhutan
Founder and Spiritual Lead Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche / Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche
Lineage Rimé
♦ Karma Drubdey Nunnery, Bhutan
Founder and Spiritual Lead Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Pema Choling Institute, Bhutan
Founder and Spiritual Lead Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
♦ Phajoding Monastery Project, Bhutan
Founder and Spiritual Lead Phajo Drugom Zhigpo / Lama Namgay Tenzin
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Shechen Orgyen Chodzong Nunnery, Bhutan
Founder and Spiritual Lead Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche and Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
India
♦ Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute, India
Founder The Tibetan Nuns Project
Lineage Nonsectarian
♦ Drepung Gomang School, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Jamyang Choeje / H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama / 80th Abbot H.E. Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Gyaltsen
Lineage Gelug
♦ Drikung Kagyu Institute, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead H.H. Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang / H.H. Drikung Kyabgön Chungtsang
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute (DKCLI), India
Founder Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche / Khenpo Choying Dorjee
Lineage Rimé
♦ Gyuto School, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Jetsun Kunga Dhondup / H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Lineage Gelug
♦ Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling (Tilokpur) Nunnery, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Freda Bedi / H.H. the 17th Karmapa
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Karma Jamyang Khang Primary School, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead H.H. the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa / Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Lineage Kagyu
♦ Namgyal Monastery, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
Lineage Gelug
♦ Ngayur Sangchen Pemayangtse Tholop Legshed Ling Shedra, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Lhatsun Namkha Jigmed / H.H. Yangthang Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
♦ Palyul Choekhorling Lower Secondary School, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Ven. Rigo Tulku Rinpoche
Lineage Nyingma
♦ Sakya College for Nuns, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead His Holiness the Sakya Trizin
Lineage Sakya
♦ Serkong School, India
Founder and Spiritual Lead Yeshe-Ö / Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche
Lineage Gelug
Myanmar
♦ Phaung Daw Oo Integrated Monastic Education School, Myanmar
Founder and Spiritual Lead Ven. U Nayaka
Lineage Theravada