Visit of Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche
KTC was honored to welcome the second Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, spiritual head of the Shangpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, for a weekend of teachings and empowerment October 20-22, 2018.
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2018 Capital Campaign Matching Challenge
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery
New Sponsorship Opportunities
In 2016, KTC hosted the North American Kagyu Monlam for the first time in its 40-year history. 
To host such a large event under one roof, a tremendous effort was required to finish the Maitreya Center in time. The fruit of this effort was a successful Kagyu Monlam followed by the consecration of the Maitreya Statue and the building itself by Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa. The Maitreya Center and the rest of KTC Monastery are now under the direction of Tai Situ Rinpoche.
While many generous donors contributed to the project, KTC was still required to take out a bank loan to finish construction in time for the Kagyu Monlam. We now have an opportunity to pay off the bank loan.
Two generous donors have offered to match all Capital Campaign donation funds up to $250,000 until the end of the year. We have now launched this matching challenge with new opportunities and prices to make donating easier.
We are very grateful for your generosity over many years and invite you to donate now according to your ability to help KTC become debt free, so we can focus our activities on dharma programs for the benefit of all beings.
Sponsor or Donate to Maitreya Center
KTC Monastery welcomes Lama Norgyal,
our new resident Lama appointed by Guru Vajradhara Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and Retreat Center
Under the Spiritual Direction of
Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa
Founded by Lama Norlha Rinpoche
in the tradition of Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche
Top: H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche (Photo: K.S. Lhamo); Left: Lama Norlha Rinpoche (Photo: Robert Hansen-Sturm); Center: Buddha statue in main shrine room; Right: Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and its affiliate centers are branches of the Palpung Institution under the spiritual direction of Guru Vajradhara the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.
Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery and its Retreat Centers were founded in 1978 by Lama Norlha Rinpoche in the tradition of Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche. Now affiliated with Palpung Congregation under the direction of Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa Rinpoche, the monastery provides opportunities for students at all levels. In addition to a daily schedule of practice, study and work, weekend seminars and special courses are led by resident and visiting lamas. The monastery is also home to a traditional three-year retreat program currently in its ninth cycle.
Over more than 30 years, we have been fortunate to host two visits from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and to receive blessings from both the 16th and 17th Karmapas, as well as numerous teachings and empowerments from the spiritual heads and other notable Lamas of all four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
Since its founding, a major focus of Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery has been the three-year retreat program which was initiated in 1982 and offers training to serious students in the core teachings and practices of the Kagyu Lineage. Three-year retreat graduates offer classes in Tibetan language, meditation, and traditional rituals, both at KTC and at our affiliated centers located in many cities throughout the U.S. East Coast and Peru. They also serve as mentors in the Dharma Path Program, a program created by Lama Norlha Rinpoche to provide serious practitioners in the lay community with comprehensive instruction in the progressive stages of meditation and contemplation.
