Today we are sharing with you a brief Q&A session with three young monastics from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Karma Tsondru Gyaltsen has been based in Thrangu Sekhar Retreat centre for several years. He is progressing extremely well in his studies. As well as having mastered the Tibetan language, he is in the top…

We are very pleased to share with you some pictures of the recent work on the monastery project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.. These photos show the progress on the future temple and the monks’ accommodation blocks, both currently under construction.BSF is extremely happy to be able to fund this initial phase of…

We are pleased to announce that work is well underway on the site of the future monastery in Lubumbashi. Currently the focus is on completing the perimeter wall, building foundations and associated groundworks. BSF is very pleased to be funding this initial phase of the work.The accompanying images show members of the Buddhist Community working…