To give complete access to Buddha’s teachings and the Karma Kagyu teachings of each lineage , and for the welfare of all sentient beings, Choje Lama Phuntsok and Lama Jachen–la worked tirelessly to establish the Karma Lekshey Ling Buddhist College at Swoyambhu, Kathmandu. It began as a Junior College which also cared for a wealth of texts and scriptures, and to make sure quotations from them were correct.
1992
To complete the Buddhist education an advanced Senior College was added.
1998
To solidify the teaching of Buddhist texts in the Kagyu realm, Choje Lama Phuntsok initiated the excellent system of the Kagyu Winter Debating Ceremony at Karma Lekshey Ling, which opened a further path to Buddhist teaching. Making these debates more demanding we invited Tulkus, Khenpos, and Acharyas from various Buddhist Colleges in India and Nepal to attend the Debate Ceremonies, which were praised by His Holiness, the 17th Karmapa: The Debating Ceremony has promoted the wealth and depth of Buddhism as a whole, which is a remarkable achievement.
The 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, with great compassion & kindness, attended the first Kagyu Debating Ceremony, which very much helped to permanently establish this kind of dharma conference. In the first annual debate, Khenchen Trangu Rinpoche taught the meaning of “Dictionary of the Ocean of Quantitative Reasonings”, the theory of Madhyamaka, and about the importance and merits of the Kagyu Debate Ceremony. Khenchen Tsultrim Gyatso Rinpoche gaveteachings on quantitative reasonings from the“Song of Realisation of Milarepa” and on the good traditional rules of the Kagyu lineage. From that time on, the groundwork of the Kagyu debating scriptures was laid. For a period of one month, Khenpos from various Buddhist academies give lectures to the monks. Hundreds of monks discuss the scriptures with each other. With any first annual debates on scriptures, bright lights of Dharma are litin the hearts of the monksgreatly benefiting from a deeper understanding of many reasonings.
1999
The Karma Lekshey Ling Buddhist College sponsored the second Annual Kagyu Debate Ceremony, where important debates and discussions were conducted on: teaching, debating, and composing. In comparison to the first Annual Debate, we paid more attention to the scriptures of the Kagyu lineage as a base for debating. Monks with a sharp intelligence were able to clearly understand the teachings and reasonings, and even monks with medium intelligence made some progress. The second Annual Debate Ceremony ended with most of the monks having attained different degrees of progress in learning the Dharma. Since then the Annual Debate Ceremony has taken place uninterruptedly like the flow of water of the Ganges River. In the future, although the monastery and the Buddhist College operate separately, the monks spend a long time living and studying together. Eventually, the sound of the ritual instruments in the monastery and the first Buddhist College disturbed the learning environment of the monks so much the principal decided to relocate the monks to a quieter place.
2001
In order to allow the monks to study in a quieter environment, the principal found a new place near the old college and began to build new houses for the Lekshey Ling Buddhist College.
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2002
About ninety-five monks relocated from the old college to the new college to continue their studies. At that time, the conditions and equipment of the college were not perfect. The monks studied under poor conditions, which were very difficult to live with. At that time, blackouts in Nepal were very common. There was frequent power–off in the evenings, and monks had to study using candles. See the college from possessing nothing to the present Lekshey Ling Buddhist College.
2002年噶玛列些林佛学院
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2007
The Buddhist Collegeadded the Karma Lekshey Ling Primary and Junior High School. The students there are mostly from poor families living in high mountain regions. With the help of the Buddhist College, they can come here to study and we provide food, accommodation and education for free. It is the first non-for-profit and government-registered Primary school in Nepal. The courses are the same as the other public schools. Our curriculum includes Nepalese, English, Mathematics, and Common Studies. They also must learn Tibetan.
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2011
In 2011, the Karma Lekshey Ling Retreat Centre was established. Two sessions (three years and three months for one session) have been successfully completed under the guidance of Rinpoche according to the rules of the Karma Kagyu lineage. There have been a total of 11 retreat lamas. (Only who completes a three–year–and three–month session of practice in a retreat can be called a Lama).
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2013
Since the establishment of the Primary School in 2007, the number of students has increased continuously over the years. The construction of new classrooms and two dormitories for the primary school were completed. In 2013, the total number of monks in the Buddhist Colleges and primary and junior high schools increased to 250.
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2017
The Karma Lekkshey LingBuddhist Nunnery and Collegewas established. Up to now, there are 26 young nuns enrolled at Lekshey Ling Primary School. In addition to the general primary school courses, there are also Tibetan courses. They are responsible for the Tara Temple and daily pujas.
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2020
In October 2020, the Dharma Protector or Mahakala Hall was rebuilt.There are six retreat lamas and senior Khenpo/teachers who hold monthly pujas.
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In January 2021, the Wechat account(KLLI 善說林) (KLLI Shan Shuo Ling)will be added. KLLI is the English abbreviation of the Karma Lekshey Ling Institute in Nepal. Shan Shuo Ling is a Chinese rendering of the name and sound of Lekshey Ling. We hope the general and international public will gradually get to know what the Karma Lekshey Ling Institute is and what it does. (Shan Shuo Ling).
In January 2021, a special websiteis beingpublishedonline with news and pujas from Nepal Karma Lekshey Ling Buddhist College/Institute.
Please go to the website for details.
The Karma Lekshey Ling Ten–Thousand Buddha Hall is being consecrated. There are ten Buddha statues of different sizes in theTen–Thousand Buddha Hall. Once the rebuilding of the Hall has been fully completed, the main hall of the Buddhist College and the Thousand–Buddha Hall are being connected. There are two floors: the first floor is the main hall used mainly for big puja gatherings and the second floor is the Ten–Thousand Buddha Hall of which can be used for small puja gatherings.
