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In 2016, the Central Government, on the advice of the University Grants Committee (UGC), declared that the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Choglamsar, Leh (Ladakh) was ‘deemed to be university’ [4] for the purpose of the UGC Act, 1956, but provisionally for a period of five years under the de novo category, from the date the CIBS disaffiliated its courses / programmes from ...
Buddhist Digital Resource Center, formerly Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. In cooperation with the Harvard University Open Access Project (HOAP), BDRC is making its entire library completely open access. It also coordinates internships with graduate students from Harvard Divinity School and the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard.
The Choglamsar Bridge over the Indus River connects the town to Chuchat Yakma, the site of an Imambara. [3] In 2019, the Indian Army built a suspension bridge in 40 days, connecting Choglamsar to Chuchat Yakma and Stok. Named Maitri Bridge, it is the longest suspension bridge built over the Indus River. [8]
Buddhist Universities — other Buddhist educational institutions of higher learning. ... Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies; Champasak Sangha College; D.
Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa (Klud-kyil) is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, Northern India. It is located at 3700m elevation, approximately 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of Leh . It is picturesquely situated on a little hill in the valley, [ 1 ] in Likir village near the Indus River about 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) north of the Srinigar to Leh ...
Zangdok Palri Monastery or Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma school, located at Kalimpong in West Bengal, India.The monastery was founded by Dudjom Rinpoche in 1957 [1] and built where Dudjom Rinpoche settled while in exile from Tibet, atop Durpin Hill.
Namgyal Tsemo Monastery or Namgyal Tsemo Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Leh city of Leh district, Ladakh, northern India. [1] Founded by King Tashi Namgyal (1555-1575) of Ladakh, it has a three-story high gold statue of Maitreya Buddha and ancient manuscripts and frescoes. [1] It is situated near the Tsemo Castle.
Its mission is to provide graduate level education in the entirety of the Buddhist tradition with specialization in Jodo Shinshu ministry and Buddhist chaplaincy. It is the sole seminary for ministers serving temples in the United States through the Buddhist Churches of America , the U.S. mainland branch district of the Nishi Hongwanji sect of ...