Through the magic of the internet, we heard from Lopon Tsering Nyima, the Assistant Director of the Kagyur Karchag Project, who updated us on the team’s progress so far. More than 50 researchers from all Tibetan Buddhist schools work on this vast project, which will...
SINI’s newest initiative, the Applied Studies Program, empowers monastics to create or direct their own project in areas of interest to them. Select students are invited to submit a project proposal in order to receive mentorship, collaboration, and modest seed...
Franziska Oertle (Switzerland), Juan Garcia (Columbia), Anastasia Stoliarova (Russia) Lhakpa Tsering (India) and many native-speaking Tibetan tutors are working together across time zones and countries to offer the wonderful Colloquial Tibetan program. Since starting...
We are excited to have completed the first year of our EDP Program using SINI’s own EDP curriculum and textbook. SINI’s Associate Director of the English for Dharma Purposes Program and textbook series author, Eden Merritt, completed the EDP Year One Textbook earlier...
By Patrick Dowd When I arrived to SINI's Summer Program in Manali, both students and staff overwhelmed me with kindness and hospitality; I drank more cups of tea in the past week than I have in the preceding year. More importantly, I feel like I stepped into a vast,...
February 12th marked the successful conclusion of the 33rd Nyingma Monlam World Peace Ceremony, founded by Tarthang Tulku. Learn more about the history of this auspicious event, the texts distributed this year, and food offerings made to local residents in Bodhgaya.A...
The year is quickly coming to an end, but before it does, we'd like to thank SINI’s growing community. We have received generous support in many forms: interest and effortful study; connections with partners and collaborations with institutions; and receipt of kind...
We are pleased to share with you our most recent brochure of SINI’s activities and projects. We hope it warms your heart and inspires you to stay connected. Many of these projects are the result of decades of committed work in the fields of Dharma preservation,...
SINI offers Sanskrit chanting instruction for most auspicious and sacred Dharma teaching, the Manjushri Namasangiti.
Tarthang Tulku lights a butter lamp during the first Vesak Celebration in the White House as Wangmo Dixey and Douglas Emhoff look on.