Delgeruun Choira Monastery
Gaden Relief’s Mongolia Project helped in the reconstruction of the Delgeruun Choira* Monastery in the “Gobi” or desert province of Dundgovi in southern Mongolia. Delgeruun Choira is the traditional seat of Zava Damdin Rinpoche, a lineage of lamas whose stature was almost as great as the Bodg Khans of Mongolia…
A Tribute to His Holiness the 4th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa
There is no Lama more highly respected and loved within the Mongolian Buddhist community than Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, in every of his incarnations. (Khalkha is one of the largest regions of Mongolia, and Jetsun Dhampa meaning “Lord of Refuge”). The first Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa was recognized by the 5th Dalai Lama, whose incarnation lineage…
Test Of Faith
by Paul Mooney in Amarbayasgalant Its glory long-since faded, the Amarbayasgalant Monastery nonetheless stands out on the almost deserted Mongolian steppes, its chipped red and gold paint contrasting against a green backdrop of mountains. The dilapidated monastery, which dates back to the 1700s, in many ways serves as a metaphor for Buddhism in this country….
Monastery with Dorje Shugden in Mongolia
Two miles to the west of the monastery, on the hillside on the opposite side of the Even River, is the newly constructed Dorje Shugden Temple. Formerly there were three temples here dedicated to Zanabazar, Dorje Shugden, and the Eighth Bogd Gegen. These were destroyed in the late 1930s. The Dorje Shugden Temple was rebuilt…
October 26, 2025
His Eminence Zasep Jamseng Rinpoche
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Farewell to a great master: H.E. Khejok Rinpoche
October 10, 2025
The Controversy of the 10th Zhabdrung Jigdrel Ngawang Namgyal (Pema Namgyal)
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