Sera Jey Monastic University For Advanced Buddhist Studies & Practice
Sera Jey Foundation (Center) is the official branch of Sera Jey Monastic Institute in India, the Center organizes and provides programs on Buddhist philosophy, culture, and ritual services for the Tibetan community in the area and the public.
The history of Sera Jey Monastery dates back to the early 15th century AD. Founded by the Venerable Kunkhen Lodroe Rinchen Senge, during the early history of Buddhism in Tibet, and at the time of the great Lama Tsong Khapa (1357 – 1419), the founder of the Gelug order. A highly learned and noble saint, Lama Tsong Khapa was a master of the Scriptures on Buddhism, with a gift of supreme power of visualization and knowledge.
In 1970, a group of 197 Sera Jey monks, along with 103 monks from Sera Mey were moved to a special site within the resettlement of Bylakuppe in Mysore district, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, for the re-establishment of the Sera Monastery, under the patronage of H.H. the Great 14th Dalai Lama and the central & state government of India.
Sera Jey Monastery is recognized as one of the biggest and premier monastic institutes of learning traditional Tibetan Buddhism, with over 4800 monks students. The monastic curriculum and activities for this vast number of pupils requires regular funding !
In 2022, the University of Mysore recognized Sera Jey Institute’s Undergraduate Program ( B.A.) under the Specialized Program of its category.Thus, it become the first-ever Tibetan Institute to be affiliated with an Indian University
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