Nalanda Monastery

To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas

Study Dharma

FPMT Basic Program

5 year residential & online

taught by Geshe Jamphel

Started in September 2023

FPMT Masters Program

7 year residential & online

taught by Geshe Gyaltsen

Started in February 2024

Exploring Buddhism

14 months online

taught by Geshe Namdak & Geshe Losel

Started in May 2024

Our upcoming events

FPMT Planetary Crisis Summit 2025

27 – 28 September 2025

The Monks of Gyutö Tantric University

7 – 12 October 2025

Yamantaka Retreat

9 – 25 January 2026

Our auspicious agenda


Support us

In the same manner that the lay community needs the spiritual support of the monastic community, Nalanda Monastery depends on your generosity to support its activities.

“We need to remember that we are all human beings. We have to think about the whole of humanity, not just my group. We can achieve this through education, one of whose roles is to reduce the gap between appearance and reality. The appearance is that there is a difference between “them” and “us”, while the reality is that humanity is one.”

Nalanda's Lineage
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Lama Yeshe

Founder of Nalanda Monastery

"We’re establishing Nalanda Monastery to produce many saints and scholars. That’s why I called it Nalanda. We can be just like the ancient Indian monastery Nalanda, which produced such great Indian pandits as Atisha, Naropa, and Shantideva. I really feel that our own monastery can produce such saints and pandits."
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Spiritual Director of the FPMT

The real heroes are those who are practicing Dharma. Many people don’t understand Buddhists; they don’t understand Sangha living in the West...However, you are the real hero! You are practicing Dharma, guru devotion, renunciation, contentment. Contentment is a great source of peace and happiness to you and others. And you are practicing bodhichitta—wow! This brings all happiness to you and every single being all the way up to enlightenment.
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Geshe Jamphel

Current Abbot

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Geshe Gyaltsen

Resident Teacher

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Geshe Losel

Resident Teacher

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Ven. Sherab

Current Director

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