The Cremation of our beloved founder, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche [ The following updates and photos are forwarded from Thrangu Rinpoche’s website: www.rinpoche.com ] On November 4, 2023, one of the four holiest days in the Buddhist calendar—the anniversary of the Buddha, flanked by Brahma and Indra, descending a staircase made of precious vaidurya from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three to …
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Blessing from H.H. Sakya Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche
Blessing from His Holiness The 41st Sakya Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, Head of the Sakya Lineage On Friday, October 13th, all the students and teachers, from grades 7 to 11, visited Thrangu Monastery at Namo Buddha to receive blessings from His Holiness Sakya Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, the Head of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness visited Namo …
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THRANGU RINPOCHE’S AIMS
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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INAUGURATION OF SMD High School (CLASS 11 and 12)
Inauguration of Class 11 & 12 and Graduation Day of SEE Students (2079 B.S/ 2022-23) We proudly marked a significant milestone on August 15, 2023, as we inaugurated the Grade 11 and 12 classes at SMD School. The day was also a moment of celebration as we congratulated 40 exceptional students on their graduation this year. Heartiest Congratulations to our …
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Excellent Results of our Kids in the National Board Exam
Congratulations to all the students on their outstanding performance in SEE 2079 B.S (2022-23) Our students have demonstrated unwavering dedication, hard work, and perseverance, making their exceptional performance a true testament to their abilities. Our school deeply cherishes this remarkable achievement, and we are filled with immense pride and admiration for their accomplishments. Among our 40 SEE students who appeared …
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A NOTE FROM SHIRLEY
A Short Message from Shirley Blair – Director and Fundraiser, SMD School Tashi Delek from Vancouver Island. I will be away from Nepal for at least six months of the year from now on avoiding dengue as I had hemimorphic dengue years ago. It is risking life to stay. Shortly before Rinpoche got ill, we talked about it, and I …
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THE ENTIRE SCHOOL PAID RESPECTS TO OUR KIND ROOT GURU
The Very Venerable Ninth Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche ( Founder, Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School ) 1933 – 2023 Read the Short Biography of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Paying Respect to the Kudung of our beloved founder, Kyabje Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche Our kind founder, the Lord of Refuge Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche passed into parinirvana on May 5, 2023, the fifteenth day of …
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A Prayer for the Swift Return of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
མྱུར་འབྱོན་གསོལ་འདེབས་བཞུགས་སོ། ། A Prayer for the Swift Return of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, written by H.H. The Karmapa Fowarded from Rinpoche’s Website: https://rinpoche.com/a-prayer-for-the-swift-return-of-khenchen-thrangu-rinpoche/ Download the PDF: Here ་ནས་རྣམ་དག་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་བདེ་བ་ཆེ། ། སྣང་སྟོང་ཟུང་འཇུག་སྒྱུ་མའི་རོལ་གར་གྱིས། ། སྲིད་ཞིི་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་ཁྱབ་བདག་རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང་། ། མཉམ་མེད་བླ་མའི་ཞབས་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ། ། dö ne nam dak chö ying de wa che nang tong sung juk gyu may röl gar gyi si shi yong kyi khyap dak dor je chang nyam me …
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The Lord of Refuge Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche passing into Parinirvana
To all those around the world who have a connection, direct or indirect, with the Lord of Refuge, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche: With great regret, we would like to share some sad news with you. On May 5, 2023, the fifteenth day of the third Tibetan month of the Water Hare Year, at the age of ninety-one, the Lord of Refuge …
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PRAYERS FOR KHENCHEN THRANGU RINPOCHE
Medicine Buddha and Tara Prayers are Being done at SMD for our Founder The entire Thrangu family have been united in prayer, ever since our beloved founder, Thrangu Rinpoche fell ill at the beginning of the month. He was hospitalized on May 6th in ICU in critical condition. He has rallied and is stable, but is still in the hospital. …
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NEW SCHOOL YEAR STARTED
The New School Year Started On April 23 – We Took In 65 New Children Most are boarders, but there are a few Day Scholars who need help. If you would like to change a child’s life, drop us a line at himalayanchildren@gmail.com SMD Hosted The 29th Thrangu Mani Dungdrup Puja Every year, a ten-day Mani Puja (Recitation of 100 …
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CELEBRATING LOSAR AT SMD
Losar Tashi Delek – Tibetan Buddhist New Year We celebrated the Losar holiday from February 18th until the end of the month. For SMDers, the highlight was seeing Thrangu Rinpoche at the Thrangu Yangtse Monastery, a couple of hours away. At any given time, we normally have above 100 children in residence at our school, but this year, since there …