Kalachakra Retreat Hall in Chutong Monastery, Tibet

Chutong Monastery in South East Tibet is home to 500 monks who study the Kalachakra generation & completion stage practice. The hall that existed previously was only a very humble room, home and sanctuary to many true practitioners in the region.

Residing there for a number of years was Kalachakra lineage holder and master Lama Lobsang Tinley. Lama never focused on material things, only study and practice, so no upkeep was ever done on the hall by the monks.

After Lama’s passing in 1999, the hall kept deteriorating until it was nothing but a pile of rubble in 2004. The monks who practice at this monastery at the moment cannot live there and are forced to do very basic study and practice. They rely on the kindness of nearby families to provide food and shelter for them so they are able to do minimal practice.

The Kalachakra teaching is one of the most profound and important teachings known to Tibetan Buddhism. We wish to build a new hall for Chutong monastery so we can cultivate many extraordinary Kalachakra practitioners and to keep the authentic and extraordinary practice flourishing in its homeland.

While construction has commenced on the new hall and about US$80,000 has been spent to date, we need at least a further US$25.000 to complete the building. We are hoping to have enough money raised so we can complete the construction of the hall in 2009 or at least have the needed funds raised by this time.

These photographs show the current state of the hall:

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