Thrangu Rinpoche’s Vision for Empowering Himalayan People Through Education and Healthcare Thirty-six years ago, SMD opened to serve the needs of the forgotten children of the Himalayas. A Tibetan lama founding a school for lay children was unheard of, but Thrangu Rinpoche’s compassion was vast and his vision far-reaching. He established SMD to help Himalayan folk preserve the language, culture, …
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LOSAR TASHI DELEK! 2023
Happy New Year – The water rabbit year 2150 By the blessings of the truth of the Three Jewels and Three Roots, As this New Year of the Female Water Hare dawns, May all misfortune of illness, famine, and war be pacified, And may the glorious qualities of an age of perfection grow. -Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Namo Buddha, Nepal Losar …
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NEW STUDENTS!
Our Boarding Programmee – November 2021 SMD has mostly been closed since March 2020. Our students have been attending online classes with full support including rations, clothing and learning materials, as needed. We’ve just admitted new students at the end of November (some still to arrive). They have been waiting since normal intake times April 2020 and 2021. The newbies …
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The new Rinpoche.com launched
Meet the whole Thrangu Family and view all of Thrangu Rinpoche’s activities on his new website, www.rinpoche.com On the very special occasion of “Lhabab Dhuchen”, Thrangu Media launched Thrangu Ripoche’s new website, www.rinpoche.com with a new responsive design. This website is completely run by the monks of Thrangu Monastery. Rinpoche’s activities and teachings will be posted on this website. 60 …
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Online & Village Classes Continue
Online & Village Classes in full Swing Our SMD School campus continues to be closed but our students (all but 11 who are too remote) have been able to still access education, either online or in the village classes in the mountains. SMD alumna Tsewang Dolma Lama immediately returned to Ripchet when she heard the children were begging for classes …
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SMD’ers Have Best Teeth in Nepal!
SMD School Students Have Best Teeth in Nepal! Global Dental Relief (GDR) began working in Nepal in 2001 when a small group of volunteers brought dental care to 450 children at the Shree Mangal Dvip School (SMD) in Kathmandu. Since then SMD has hosted 69 week-long clinics at the school, allowing GDR volunteers to treat tens of thousands of …
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New Song: Pray for the World
Ross Green of Music Seeds International has done it again! This is his third song-writing/recording project with SMD School students in Kathmandu, resulting in “Pray for the World,” just released in time for Losar (Tibetan New Year)! As usual, the students chose the topic and wrote the lyrics. Check out Thrangu Band perform their new song with Ross: Ross also …
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Thrangu Express ~ SMD’s Student Paper
SMD Students have created their own newspaper for all friends, family and supporters to enjoy. Click on the latest issue and enjoy the read! December 2019: Issue 02 September 2019: Issue 01 Jan-Feb 2018: Issue 07 December 2017: Issue 06 November 2017: Issue 05 September 2017: Issue 04 August 2017: Issue 03 July 2017: Issue 02 June 2017: Issue 01
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SMD School Summer Update
This summer SMD School students had a lot of fun and excitement with many extracurricular activities being offered. They certainly think it’s fun to take breaks from studying. Our support staff, Buddha Tamang with his black belt Karate skills, has successfully developed an SMD Karate program that the kids are loving…and now they impressed us all with their new Karate …
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Accepting over 40 new kids
SMD School students finished their last day of the 2018 – 2019 school year on April 5th. We had the best exam results this year for years. Every year, after finishing the “Iron Gate” exams, our Class 10 kids go on pilgrimage to the Buddha’s birthplace, Lumbini. Their escort and teacher was our nyerpa (monk manager) Tashi Gyatso. The same …
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Nutritionists at SMD
Holistic nutritionists, Maria and Arantza from Mexico City, came to SMD in September to share their knowledge about nutrition and meal planning. They became part of our family the moment they landed. Following is a summary of their experience: Last September, we had the extraordinary opportunity to teach holistic nutrition for four weeks at SMD School for Himalayan Children in …
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Tribute to a Mentor
Harry Pigot first visited SMD School when he was studying at Neuchatel Junior College, a Canadian school in Switzerland. At the time, he said he’d come back when he finished an engineering degree. He finished the degree at UBC and then spent a year mentoring SMD students, co-founding Himalayan Makers’ Guild (HMG) and Code Club with Tashi Choeden Lama B716. …
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