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Schedule of annual ritual ceremonies at Benchen Monastery 2026-2027

Benchen Office, March 28, 2026

Here you find the schedule of annual ritual crermonies at the Monastery in 2026 - 2027:

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Snapshots of Rinchen Terdzo

benchen.org webadmin, February 28, 2026

001 BPD After four month the Rinchen Terdzo ended in February. Here some nice impressions. The pictures are unsorted and not in a chronological order. Thanks a lot to all of the Bechen Monastery fotografers, they did a VERY GREAT job! Just click to enlarge ....

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Traditional Tibetan Medicine center opens at Benchen Free Clinic

Lotus Direkthilfe, November 11, 2025

Clipboard 11 11 2025 01 Just in time for the four-month Rinchen Terdzo initiation, the Traditional Tibetan Medicine center, run by Yonten Wangpo, is opening its doors at the Free Clinic of Benchen Monastery in Kathmandu. All participants can now receive treatment there free of charge.

Yonten Wangpo comes from the remote Tsum Valley in the Himalayas and joined Benchen Monastery in 2003 at the age of nine. After completing his education at Benchen School and the monastery, he decided to study Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM) at Palpung Sherapling Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Last year, the now 31-year-old Benchen School alumnus returned to Nepal to receive an oral Kangyur transmission at Benchen Monastery. Back then, Yonten was already treating many people in his private room with ancient Tibetan salt treatments, soothing acupressure massages, and Tibetan medicine. Shortly thereafter, he was introduced to a renowned Tibetan physician with decades of experience, with whom he was then able to complete a six-month internship. Yonten is overjoyed and feels blessed to have had the opportunity to learn from the old master, and he is committed to continue doing his best to deepen his education and support Benchen Monastery through his medical practice.

The medical center relies on additional donations, especially when purchasing expensive Tibetan medicines, particularly during the current four-month Rinchen Terdzo empowerment.

Condolence Khenchen Vajradhara Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

Benchen Monastery Office, June 26, 2024

Khenchen Vajradhara Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

Benchen Monastery express their deep sadness over the passing of Khenchen Vajradhara Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the teachers and students of Osel Karma Tekchok Ling Nunnery and Karma Drubdey Palmo Choskyr Dingkhang, as well as all who are mourning his loss.

Khenchen Vajradhara Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche was a prolific Scholar, accomplished Buddhist Meditation master, and Poet of the Kagyü School of Tibetan Buddhism. Renowned for his Dohas (songs of realization) and often praised as an Emanation of Milarepa, his passing is a significant loss for the Buddha Dharma, especially for the Kagyü lineage

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