Sed-Gyued Monastery - About us

The Sed-Gyued Institute of Buddhist Studies, the main seat of the Sed-Gyued lineage, is based in Salugara, West Bengal, India. The institute currently enrolls 96 monks and 18 staff members. The Founder and President of the monastery is Sed-Gyued Dorjee Chang Jampa Wangyal Rinpoche. The Abbot of the monastery is Gyued-Med Khensur Lobsang Delek Rinpoche.

Aims of the Monastery

To promote the learning of Buddhism as a whole.

To lay special emphasis on the preservation and practice of the Sed-Gyued tradition of Mahayana tantric texts, passed on for centuries by great Sed-Gyued saints and philosophers in their authentic form.

To educate Buddhist philosophers and scholars in general, and prominent masters in the Sed-Gyued lineage of Buddhist tantric practice in particular.

To impart monastic as well as modern education to the monks.

To preserve and revive the lost Buddhist culture in the Himalayan area and to cooperate with Tibetans residing in the borderland.

To open admission to all categories irrespective of race, creed or origin. But special preference will be given to the Himalayan regions.

To limit admission at 150-200 monk students.

To run a medical clinic having a Tibetan doctor as well as an Indian doctor, to treat the needy local patients and monks alike.

To provide vocational training for monks according to their choice.

To have a library for monastic studies as well as for the public interested in Buddhist studies.

To offer guest rooms for visitors.

The Prescribed Academic Syllabus

After successful completion of the above courses, the student is awarded the degree and certificate of "sNyags-ram", and is exempted from going to school and other regular activities of the monastery.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sed-Gyued Monastery

"Sed-Gyued Monastery, Salugara, is the main seat of the Sed-Gyued lineage or whispered lineage. Whispered lineage is a secret teaching transmitted only to the closest disciple through direct communication with their root teacher or meditational deity ... It is because of the unbroken secret teachings of Sed-Gyued lineage and commentaries that the Tibetan secret Mahayana practice is intact today ... The purpose of Sed-Gyued Monastery is to preserve and promote the unique tantric study, practice, experiences and culture of this lineage, as well as the subsequent lineage holders and Sed-Gyued masters ... I appreciate and admire Sed-Gyued Dorjee Chang Jampa Wangyal Rinpoche for his tireless effort to preserve the Sed-Gyued tradition. I wish and pray for the better establishment and further development of Sed-Gyued Monastery.”

29th September 1999, Gyued-Med Tantric University, Hunsur, India