Your donations support Khenchen Rinpoche’s dharma activities, preserve his teachings, and sustain his nunneries in Nepal and Bhutan. Choose from the Marpa Foundation projects below to make your contribution today.
Following Khenchen Rinpoche’s wishes and under the guidance of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Tek Chok Ling is preparing kudung stupas for the cave near Rinpoche’s retreat house in Yolmo (Nepal), Tek Chok Ling Nunnery, and Karma Drubdey Nunnery.
Your donations help preserve Khenchen Rinpoche’s teachings and make them available worldwide.
Sponsor nuns at Tek Chok Ling (Nepal) and Karma Drubdey (Bhutan). Your tax-deductible gift of $2/day provides over 200 nuns with education, housing, food, medical care, and support for their dharma study and practice following Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche’s instructions.
The Nunnery Endowment secures the future of Rinpoche’s nunneries. This permanently restricted fund covers education, food, clothing, salaries, and building maintenance. Your donation ensures the nuns can continue their dharma practice and flourish for generations to come.
School-age nuns at Tek Chok Ling attend Shree Mangal Dvip School, founded by Thrangu Rinpoche. They study English, math, science, Nepali, social studies, and computer studies (nursery through grade 12) alongside their dharma education at Tek Chok Ling. Annual tuition: $430 per nun.
Karma Drubdey’s main nunnery faces unstable land and severe building cracks. We’re relocating it 8 km to Samchöling while retreat buildings and monastic college remain. The new facility houses 214 nuns with classrooms, library, kitchen-dining hall, and temple.
Marpa Foundation, a US nonprofit religious corporation (501c3), is part of Khenpo Rinpoche’s Marpa Network.
In conjunction with Marpa Verein (Germany), Marpa Poland, Zabsang Shedrub (Taiwan), and Projet Sahle O (Canada), Marpa Foundation’s main focuses are the long-term support of Khenpo Rinpoche’s nunneries through its Nunnery Endowment initiative and the Nuns Sponsorship program, and supporting the Teaching Preservation Project.
Donations to Marpa Foundation by check can be mailed to:
Marpa Foundation
PO Box 321
Otego, NY 13825 USA
For more information about donating to Marpa Foundation, please email Marpa Foundation’s director.
Canadian donors who wish to make tax-deductible donations, may donate to Projet Sahle O. Donate online here; please also email Diane Denis or call 819-475-9059. Checks may be sent to:
Projet Sahle O
890 rg St-Jacques,
Ste-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Qc. G0X 3C0
To donate to Marpa Verein, please contact Jobst and Dorothee Koss.
German and French donations to Marpa Verein are tax deductible.