Tibetan Nuns Project

Thank you for visiting! On May 27th, 2026, medical students from the University of Minnesota visited Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute. 😃

The Tibetan Nuns Project and Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute participated in the Tibetan Cultural Festival held at the Police Ground, Dharamsala, from April 28th to 30th. The event was organized by the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration.

On the auspicious 15th day of Saga Dawa, the Sangha community of Sakya College for Nuns marked the sacred occasion with presentations on the life and teachings of the Buddha, an introduction to the significance of the holy month of Saga Dawa, discussions on Acharya Nagarjuna’s Mulasarvastivadi Sramanera Karika, and a report highlighting key points from the recently concluded seminar on Tibetan Women’s Empowerment. Sakya College for Nuns is one of seven nunneries in India directly supported by the Tibetan Nuns Project through things like our sponsorship program and teachers' salaries. Photos courtesy of the nuns at Sakya College.

Did you know that you can sponsor prayers by Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India on behalf of a loved one or yourself? You can sponsor many different kinds of prayers or pujas via our online store at tnp.org. All the money goes to support the nunneries and nuns. Photo courtesy of Brian Harris.

The most important month in the Tibetan calendar is Saga Dawa, the 4th lunar month, which runs this year from May 17 to June 15th. Saga Dawa is known as the month of merits. 🙏🙏🙏Tibetans believe that during this month the merits of your actions are multiplied. Tibetan Buddhists make extra effort to practice more generosity, virtue, and compassion to accumulate greater merit. During this sacred time, the nuns at Dolma Ling Nunnery read the Kangyur, the spoken words of the Buddha. Photos courtesy of the Dolma Ling Media Nuns.

Happy Saga Dawa Duchen! Today is the holiest day in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha. On this auspicious day, may everyone be inspired to act with greater kindness, compassion, wisdom and generosiity. May all beings be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. 🙏🙏🙏

The retreat center at Shugsep Nunnery and Institute, before and after. Thank you so much to everyone who made the retreat center possible! 🙏🙏🙏The project was announced in late 2022 and completed this spring. Watch for our upcoming report.😃

White Tara surrounded by mani stones. Tara is especially revered in Tibetan Buddhism and is known as the “mother of liberation”. The Tibetan Nuns Project logo has a circle of 21 TAM, the seed syllable of Tara, the feminine embodiment of compassion. Photo courtesy of Heather Wardle.

Watch for our upcoming blog and report on the wonderful new retreat center at Shugsep Nunnery and Institute. You can sign up for blog posts at tnp.org.