By the grace of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and under the right guidance of the exile Tibetan government the monks were first sheltered in Buxa and thereafter moved to settlement in the south where the Monasteries were re-established and revived complete tradition of religious activities and facilitated study of all the five major Buddhist philosophical subjects and treatises as prevailed in Tibet. It was then the Tibetan kids from the settlements began entering the Monastery and at the same time, as per wishes of late Lama Thupten Yeshi and Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche and Khen Rinpoche Lhundup Rigsel, Kopan Monastery also started to send its young novice monks to join this Khangtsen due to which the number of Khangtsen inmate rapidly increased.

Towards the end of 1970s, due to the supreme leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and massive political and moral support given by truth, justice and freedom loving people in the Asian nations and Western countries, the communist Chinese government experimented a liberalization policy in Tibet. That enabled large number of monks and children to join exile Tibetan Monasteries and witnessed a sudden surge in the number of monks in all these Monasteries in exile. Even today there is not a single Monastery left there inside Tibet which is true centre of learning.

Through the incomparable leadership and farsighted vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the living Buddha of this century, today, the Tibetan Monasteries and Buddhist centres belonging all School of Tibetan Buddhist traditions including the three greatest seats of learning centres of Gelugps School dotting the continents and countries across the world are the only true centre of excellence in Buddhist studies and spiritual training. It is no surprise then that not only new comers from Tibet keep joining this Khangtsen from Tibet at great personal risk in crossing the treacherous Himalayas under the shadow of Chinese border security gourds who do not hesitate to shoot at Tibetans escaping into Nepal, and monks from traditional Buddhist belt of Himalayan regions keep joining this Khangtsen, as such today, we have here 267 inmates in the Khangtsen.



We are faced with shortage of monks' quarters and to compound the accommodation problem the old existing rooms are in very bad condition and the situation is worsened during summer raining season when the roofs start leaking and due to extreme heat generated by asbestos sheet the monks had to go out in search for shadows. Moreover, as three and more monks have to share one room, it causes huge inconvenience to all the room-mates to study and memories scriptural texts. Seeing all this genuine problems faced by the Khangtsen monks, at the direction and advice of Khen Rinpoche Lhundup Rigsel, we have prepared following Monks' Quarter Construction Estimate to build 100 Rooms, which is as follows.

With due humility, we appeal to you to make any amount of donation towards this Project. In this regard, we would like to give you our full assurance that the donation received shall be fully utilized for this stated construction project as per details given below. Furthermore, we will positively request the holy Sangha assembly to dedicate special prayers for you and your family.

With our profound appreciation and prayers of gratitude, we remain,
Yours sincerely in the Dharma service
The Sangha community members of Tsawa Khangtsen

Submitted on 2nd October, 2008.


ESTIMATED COST OF MONK'S QUARTER CONSTRUCTION
1. Number of quarters to be built: 100.00
2. Cost of One Quarter in US Dollar: 4,500.00
3. Cost of One Quarter in Euro: 3,300.00
4. Total cost of the project in US Dollar: 450,000.00
5. Total cost of the project in Euro: 330,000.00

In case, you wanted to sponsor one or few monks' Quarters, we would be happy to dedicate these in your name by inscribing your name on the respective quarters. Please know it that whatever amount you will donate, would be helpful to us and shall be deeply appreciated.