September 2021 Progress
Thanks to the solar cap, construction work can continue into the winter. See these videos and photos for the great progress being made!
The exterior
The solar cap and inner courtyard
The rooms – Help us purchase the equipment and supplies for the classrooms and living quarters! Donate HERE.
Here are some more videos
Help us purchase the equipment and supplies
for the classrooms and living quarters!
Donate HERE.
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Shedra construction finished for the 2020 season!
Tremendous progress this 2020 building season!
Click on photos to enlarge.
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2020 construction on the shedra restarts!
2020 construction on the Kilung Shedra and Community Center began again on the auspicious day of Saga Dawa, June 5th.
Here are some photos and videos of the construction now ongoing.
Click on photos to see full-size slide show.
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Orgyen Terja tea business – Sustainable economic development
In 2019, working with the local nomad community, Kilung Foundation successfully established an herb tea business, Orgyen Terja, in Dzachuka.
In folk stories, Orgyen Terja was brought to Tibet as a hidden treasure by Guru Rinpoche. The dried leaf made tea has been traditionally enjoyed by Tibetans for hundreds of years. However, in recent years, this herb tea was almost forgotten. But its delicate flavor and healthful properties inspired us to revive it for the benefit of people drinking it, and also to promote local economic development.
Professors in Peking University identified the herb as Potentilla tatsienluensis.
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End of August Construction progress and videos
Construction continues at a high rate with great progress! Here are photos and videos from the end of August.
Your support is greatly needed to rebuild the shedra!
DONATE HERE
Your support is greatly needed to rebuild the shedra!
DONATE HERE
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Dza Kilung Rinpoche, Monks and Construction Workers at the Shedra
Tremendous progress is being made with the shedra rebuilding. Here also are some photos of Rinpoche, the monks and the construction workers at the site.
Click on photo to start full-size slide show.
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Kilung Shedra 2018 Construction Video
View this summary of the construction of the Kilung Shedra in 2018 HERE.
This video details the history of the shedra, its destruction by fire in 2016, and the current rebuilding of a modern shedra that will serve the educational, community, and spiritual needs of Dzachuka nomad children and monastics.
Funds are still needed for the construction planned in 2019! Donate HERE.
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Building foundation underway
Heavy rains have slowed things down from time to time, but progress is being made!
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World Sang Day
World Sang Day (Dzamling Chisang), a ceremony of incense-offering for World Peace, was celebrated on June 28th, 2018 (the 15th day of the fifth Tibetan month.)
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Groundbreaking Ceremony photos
Here are some photos of the groundbreaking ceremony held on June 17, 2018.
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