It warms the heart to see the restoration of the monastery even though it is being overseen by a lay person albeit a very respected and qualified person.

There are a lot of blessed statues there and as the monastery is being restored and maintained, one can assume that the Dharma is more than doing well. In fact, one can say that the Dharma is thriving as even though the monks have to
rely on their families only, they are moving mountains to have the dharma and uphold a tradition.

May Sampheling Monastery continue to grow and spread the Buddha Dharma to the ten directions to benefit many.

Thank you for putting the information on Sampheling Monastery in Chatreng. I have read Trijang Rinpoche’s autobiography titled “The Illusory Play” From that writing I learned how Trijang Rinpoche subdued the originally non Dharmic Chatreng people at such a young age. His effort was not wasted because when the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet to India, he was protected by a guerrilla army called Chushi Gangdruk who consisted of Chatreng men. Definitely Chatreng people have contributed a lot to the survival and the spreading of the Buddha Dharma because if the Dalai Lama did not escape from Tibet back in year 1959 – Tibetan Buddhism would not have been as big as it is today.

Michaela