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After 14 years of existence, we are excited to announce that next year 2021, our new name will be Tashi Lhunpo Foundation (TLF). Why change? Here is a brief background…. The Panchen Lama Tashi Lhunpo Project (PLTLP), a U.S. based nonprofit charitable organization, was first created in 2006 under the leadership of a great scholar and Abbot Khensur Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan with the help of Ruth Hayward, former Executive Director. The ultimate purpose of PLTLP was to help restore the former glory of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in exile, a mutual dream of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Khensur Rinpoche. Such a monumental task! The initial effort was the building of the Main Prayer Hall, which was completed in 2015, and now magnificently towers in the center of the Monastery campus. The next project was the building of the state-of-the-art TaLhun Monastery Library, beautifully completed in 2019. Having accomplished these two major building projects, the organization is now poised to expand its mission to fully support the various educational goals, programs and outreach efforts set by the Monastery. The Tashi Lhunpo Foundation will now exist in perpetuity to help bring the rich Tibetan Buddhist culture to the rest of the world. We are utterly excited and in great anticipation to work under the leadership and guidance of the new Abbot Zeekgyab Rinpoche. The Board of Directors look forward to this milestone change with renewed commitment to embrace the great many initiatives of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in its continued effort to restore the great Scholastic Center that it was once upon a time, in Shigatse, Tibet. We are profoundly grateful to your unwavering faith, support and commitment in this ongoing endeavor of making PLTLP’s vision a reality!
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