Latest Activities

Institute XVI- 4th Cohort Leadership Program (17-30 March, 2022)

From 17th to 30th March, the 4th cohort leadership meeting took place in LTWA, Dharamsala. The 4th cohort's spring meeting featured rigorous classes on neuroscience, videography, English writing, and a special virtual session with experts from various places.(more..)

The launch of ‘Secrets of Particles’ exhibition at LTWA (14 March 2022)

The exhibition was inaugurated on 14th March by Geshe Lhakdor, director of LTWA, and lasted for two days. The exhibition was exhibited by the 3rd cohort participants.(more..)

Teacher Fellowship Goes Online: (July 2020)

Our nine teacher fellows transitioned to online training in July, starting with four days of two-hourly meetings. Scott Stambach and Jim Lane, experts in teacher training, mentor the teachers. (more..)

Enjoying an Eclipse in Lockdown: (June 21, 2020)

On June 21, 2020, nuns of the Jangchup Choeling, Dolmaling, Geden Choeling, Jamyang Choeling, and Jangsemling nunneries gathered on their terraces and gardens to view the solar eclipse. (more...)

Nun’s Leadership Journey Continues Online: (Summer, 2020)

When COVID-19 made gathering physically impossible, we switched to meeting online. Our first ever all-nun Leadership Cohort, which began in September 2019 (more...)

Nun Science Leadership – Spring Meeting: (March 2 to 7, 2020)

Tanya Baker from the National Writing Project led the one week meeting with 31 nuns representing 5 different nunneries. The nuns participated in activities that furthered their nascent leadership projects. (more...)

Maker Week with Loseling School: (February 10 to 18, 2020)

The Loseling Science and Meditation Center organized a one-week maker workshop open house that saw participation from 70 monk school students from the Loseling School and 20 nuns from Jangchup Choeling Nunnery. (more...)

Teacher Fellows – 3-Day Winter Meeting at Pondicherry: (January 11 to 13, 2020)

Our winter meeting with our eight teacher fellows provided a rich opportunity for the fellows to share videos from their classroom, discuss common dilemmas, and review new and effective teaching practices they tried in the previous months. (more...)

Solar Eclipse Festivals: (December 26, 2019)

Five different teams, four monasteries and one nunnery and a total of 35 monastic science leaders and over 100 other monastics, led a solar eclipse festivals that reached over 3,000 monastics and about 500 laity. (more...)

Gomang Exhibition and Dialogue on Environment, Science and Buddhism: (December 26, 2019)

A self-selected team of monks studying science through the Gomang science center put on a exhibition on the environment. The home-grown exhibits explored scales from particles to ecosystems, to earth systems, and climate change. (more...)