DHARMA SERVICE
Dharma Service
Beyond its educational programs, SINI is committed to preserving the sacred texts of Tibetan Buddhism and sustaining the living traditions of ceremony and practice that have been transmitted for centuries.
Preserving Sacred Texts
More than 50 researchers from all five major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism are collaborating to examine the 368 sutras that compose the Kangyur, creating the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the Buddha’s teachings in Tibetan. This work is connected to the Yeshe De Text Preservation Project, founded by Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche in 1983, through which more than 10,000 sets of the Kangyur have been offered to the Tibetan Sangha.
Sarnath Dharmachakra Program
Every year since 2016, we host the ever-growing Sarnath Dharmachakra program with the Light of Buddha Dharma Foundation annually in October in Sarnath, welcoming monks from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, and Nepal. This program unites monastics from Theravada and Tibetan traditions and fosters multicultural and interdisciplinary exchanges between practitioners.
Tibet Peace Ceremony
In 2014, Rinpoche initiated this five-day Tibet Peace Ceremony, which takes place annually in Bodhgaya following the Bodhgaya World Peace Ceremony. This rimed, all-schools ceremony unites over 1200 monks and nuns from the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug, and Jonang schools of Tibet, bringing together the river of blessings from all lineages as participants share prayers and practice for the benefit of the world.
Manjushri Namasangiti Sanskrit Chanting Ceremony
The International Manjushri Namasangiti Sanskrit Chanting Ceremony was established in 2015 by Tarthang Tulku to support the revitalization of this most sacred Sanskrit Buddhist text. This special ceremony takes place annually in February in Bodh Gaya, coinciding with the Nyingma Monlam World Peace Ceremony, and brings together approximately 60 pandits from Varanasi and Gaya, as well as Tibetan practitioners, to restore this sacred text and spread its sublime blessings throughout India and the world.
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