A grand prayer ceremony was held at the prayer hall temple on the eve of Losar or before the start of the Tibetan Wood Dragon Year 2151. The prayer ceremony was attended by His Eminence Khen Rinpoche and all the monks of the monastery. Losar Khabtse was distributed to all the monks as arranged by the administration. The Losar holiday was announced by the discipline Head till the commencement of the Annual Monlam Chenmo Ceremony at Gaden monastery this year.
An overnight Namdrel mass debate session was held on 4th Feb at the debate courtyard of Drepung Gomang Monastery. His Eminence Khen Rinpoche attended this special event with learned scripture/text teachers/geshes of the monastery and monk students in general. In this event, new Geshes of the monastery showcase their dialectical skills in front of the congregation with intensive participation from the learned Senior Geshes testing the new Geshes with a series of tough deliberation and cross examinations.
Jamshug Tsenphu : An overnight mass debate congregation on the initial part of the Perfection of Wisdom concerning ‘The Life of Maitreya Buddha’ was held on 18th January 2024 at the debate Courtyard with His Eminence Khen Rinpoche, Discipline Head, text teachers, Geshes and monks students in participation.
The year 2000, in the presence of the abbots from the major monastic centers of learning and hundreds of key monastic scholars and leaders, His Holiness announced that he would like to introduce science education to the monastic curriculum and his request for the Tibetan Library to shoulder this historic undertaking. Since then, a monastic science center has been a community space in a monastery. It serves as a central hub for monastics to learn science and further discourse with Western science, assisting in the introduction of Science into the main curriculum of the monastic academic as per His Holiness's vision.
Annual Science exam conducted in the year 2024 January month under the supervision of H.E. Khen Rinpoche, Discipline Head, and Science teachers/faculty.
At Shawari Mahakala Cave at Bodh Gaya on 25th Dec 2023, an extensive prayer was held with His Eminence Khen Rinpoche, H.E. Khensur Rinpoche, lamas/tulkus, Geshes and all the monks in attendance. Six-armed Mahakala is the official deity/protector of the monastery, during the H.H. the Dalai Lama teachings at Bodh Gaya, our monks gathers at Shawari Mahakala Cave to offer prayers to the official deity/protector for the accomplishment and success of all the work of Buddha dharma.
From 17th-20th December 2023, Padma Shri H.E. Thiksey Rinpoche visit Drepung Gomang Monastery, His Eminence Thiksey Rinpoche met our Abbot H.E. Khen Rinpoche Geshe Jigme Gyatso at the airport on the way to Bodh Gaya. His Eminence Thiksey Rinpoche was received at the Hubballi airport by the directors and representative of Ladakh monk students and khangtsen.