Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling

Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It has ties to both the Kagyu and Nyingma schools, hence the combined name "Ka-Nying".

The Sixteenth Karmapa instructed Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche to found a monastery in Nepal. Tulku Urgyen obeyed, taking his wife Kunsang Dechen and two sons, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Chokling Rinpoche. Construction began in 1972, and the monastery was dedicated in 1976. HM King Birendra attended. Tulku Urgyen died that same year, whereupon his son Chokyi Nyima succeeded him as abbot (his brother becoming "vajra master").

Today the monastery boasts about 180 monks, and 108 nuns at an affiliated nunnery, Nagi Gompa (located some distance away).

In 1981 the monastery established the Rangjung Yeshe Institute (or Shedra Institute), a multi-year course in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy designed for Western dharma students. It has since entered into a cooperation agreement with Kathmandu University whereby its students can be awarded BA and MA degrees from that institution, with a major in "Buddhist Studies with Himalayan Language."

Books

*Moran, Peter. "Buddhism Observed: Travelers, Exiles, and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu." RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. An anthropological / sociological look at "Western" Buddhist tourists / pilgrims to Boudhanath. Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling is mentioned periodically throughout the text (along with several other area monasteries), but see especially the section beginning p. 74.

External links

* [http://www.shedra.com/othercenters/index.php General Description]