Projects
Jamgon Publishing
Jamgon Publications is dedicated to the preservation, the translation and the publication of works in Je Tsong kha pa’s tradition as preserved in the oral transmission from Master to disciple.
Specifically, Jamgon Publications is dedicated to the preservation and publication, in bilingual Tibetan-English editions, of the works of one of the pre-eminent representatives of that tradition, Kyabje Khensur Kangyurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche, lineage-holder of the Kangyur (the totality of the Buddhist corpus attributed to Buddha Shakyamuni), former Abbot of Sera Jey Monastery and one of the foremost authorities on the Mother Tantras.
Kachoe Ling Retreat Centre Project
The Late Kyabje Khensur Kangyurwa Losang Thubten Rinpoche was the Founder and Spiritual Leader of Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Adelaide. He was an exceedingly esteemed and venerated Lama, who possessed awe-inspiring insights and whose teachings were vast and profound, making him one of the most revered Lamas at Sera Jey Monastic University. As he was passing away in 2014, his dying wish was to create a retreat centre. He vividly described a Gompa, Stupa, accommodation for the teacher and retreaters, beautiful gardens, tranquil and peaceful surroundings suitable for retreating and meditation. Rinpoche also mentioned that the retreat centre not be too far away from Adelaide.
Kachoe Ling is named after Vajrayogini (a highest yoga deity). Having completed a three-year retreat on Vajrayogini, this became one of Rinpoche’s main practices. His vision was for Tibetan Buddhist Institute to locate a sanctuary, creating an ambience that is calming, serene and pleasing to the senses, enabling us to free our minds from the afflictions that torment us. With an untroubled, composed mind practitioners will more easily further their meditation practice to gain insights into themselves and the world around them. We are inviting you to help us realize Rinpoche’s dying wish and bring it to fruition.
How you can help
If you would like to become a benefactor and offer an interest free loan please contact the Founders Representative, Nawang Dargye (Tenzin). We are confident and optimistic that, with everyone’s generosity, devotion to the Dharma and thirst for knowledge of the teachings, we will be able to raise the necessary funds to bring Rinpoche’s most precious wish to completion. Any offering is most welcome. We are incredibly fortunate that we have the seed of our project donated from an extremely kind and generous benefactor who contributed sixty thousand dollars to our Retreat Centre Project.
Donors’ names, or those of a loved one, can be dedicated at Auspicious Days Pujas. Alternatively, you may wish to repay the kindness and honour your teachers, family, a deceased person and all sentient beings.
Tax deductible donations can be made by direct debit into Tibetan Buddhist Institute’s Building Fund Account:
Account No: 057 568 040
BSB: 105 081
Identification code for donations: Retreat Surname First name.
Tibetan Sponsorship Scheme
In 1988, Kyabje Khensur Kangyurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche, who is the founder of Tibetan Buddhist Institute, founded the Tibetan Sponsorship Scheme. It was established to help support monks at Sera Jey Monastic University, which was originally one of the three Great Monastic Universities in Tibet, and reestablished in India in the early 1970’s. The Scheme also supported the monks’ relatives, some of who were nuns at Jungchub Choeling Nunnery, some 200 kilometers from Sera and lay Tibetans who lived in camps near Sera Jey Monastery. From its humble beginnings, the Scheme has grown, to where it is today.
How it works & Donations
Summary of how the Scheme works:
- Sponsorship is $10 (Australian dollars) a month (minimum).
- The recipient receives the entire $10.
- No funds are kept back for administrative purposes, unless specified by the sponsor.
- Volunteers administer the Scheme.
- Receipts are issued every six months for all payments received.
- Recipients sign for their contribution, the sheets are then sent back to Administration in Adelaide, Australia, the administration centre.
- Sponsors and recipients can correspond.
- There are hundreds of Monks, Nuns and Lay Tibetans awaiting sponsorship, and over 1000 sponsored.
- There are more than 400 sponsors currently in the Scheme.
- The Scheme has sponsors from Australia and around the world.
Donations are always welcome for the Scheme:
BankSA
Name of Account: Tibetan Sponsorship Scheme
BSB: 105 032
Account: 147 865 240
Please add your name and ‘donation’ so it appears on our statement.
MEMBERSHIP AND SUPPORT
This enables the Tibetan Buddhist Institute community to
support the dharma and allow us all to receive precious
teachings from our teachers.
“I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the 14th Dalai Lama