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After 14 years of existence, we are excited to announce our new name: Tashi Lhunpo Foundation (TLF). Why the change? 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 to fund the building of the state-of-the-art TaLhun Monastery Library. This beautiful facility was completed in 2019 and has begun to help facilitate the education of not only those at the monastery but also the surrounding community and the outside world. 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 feel very fortunate to continue our 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.
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