Tibetan Nuns Project

10/14/2026

The Tibetan Nuns Project 2026 newsletter is here! 🎉Here's a sneak peek 😉 You can read it in the news section on our website at tnp.org. Here's the link to the PDF: https://tnp.org/wp-content/uploads/Tibetan-Nuns-Project-2026-Newsletter.pdf

10/14/2026

Every Wednesday morning, hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist nuns at Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute chant prayers to Tara, the female Buddha who embodies the wisdom and the compassion of all enlightened beings. Here's a blog about the Tara puja with a beautiful recording that you can listen to. https://tnp.org/tara-puja/ Photo by Heather Wardle

10/13/2026

It's here! Your 2026 annual newsletter is available online as a PDF and printed copies will be mailed to everyone in our mailing list who requested it. Here's the link to the PDF version:https://tnp.org/wp-content/uploads/Tibetan-Nuns-Project-2026-Newsletter.pdf

10/13/2026

Gratitude to the hard-working nuns in the tailoring section at Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute near Dharamsala. They make prayer flags, shopping bags, kataks (prayer scarves), Tibetan door hangings, and handmade monk and nun dolls. These products are available for sale through our online store at tnp.org and help to support over 900 nuns at seven nunneries in India. 🙏🙏🙏

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day. May all beings be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. 🙏🙏🙏Here are some words of wisdom from our patron, His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2010. "I write this as someone who lost his freedom at the age of 16, then lost his country at the age of 24. Consequently, I have lived in exile for more than 50 years during which we Tibetans have dedicated ourselves to keeping the Tibetan identity alive and preserving our culture and values. On most days the news from Tibet is heartbreaking, and yet none of these challenges gives grounds for giving up. One of the approaches that I personally find useful is to cultivate the thought: If the situation or problem is such that it can be remedied, then there is no need to worry about it. In other words, if there is a solution or a way out of the difficulty, you do not need to be overwhelmed by it. The appropriate action is to seek its solution. Then it is clearly more sensible to spend your energy focussing on the solution rather than worrying about the problem. Alternatively, if there is no solution, no possibility of resolution, then there is also no point in being worried about it, because you cannot do anything about it anyway. In that case, the sooner you accept this fact, the easier it will be for you. This formula, of course, implies directly confronting the problem and taking a realistic view. Otherwise you will be unable to find out whether or not there is a resolution to the problem." Photo courtesy of Olivier Adam.

10/09/2026

They've arrived! The 2027 Tibetan Nuns Project calendar is printed. Order yours today and help support over 900 Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India. 🙏🙏🙏https://tnp.org/products/tnp-calendar/

10/07/2026

A photo from our archives of Tibetan Buddhist nuns playing Tibetan long horns or dungchen. They have a deep, low sound and are played to welcome high lamas and Rinpoches to a monastery or temple. Photo by the Media Nuns.

10/06/2026

Critical thinking and reasoning are the bedrocks in the pursuit of Buddhist teachings. While the nuns are very familiar with the Tibetan style of debate, this year the Tibetan language teachers at Dolma Ling Nunnery introduced the nuns to the Western style, where students take opposing sides of an argument, and each side presents its view. The question is then put to a vote. Here are photos from an April debate session held in front of the main temple, with the Dolma Ling Principal, members of the nunnery Education Committee, and the nunnery’s leadership team present. Five topics were discussed: the value of studying the Tibetan language, the pros and cons of AI, the Potala Palace, the Four Principal Commitments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the benefits of learning poems. Photos courtesy of the Dolma Ling Media Nuns.

10/05/2026

His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains that spiritual practice can be part of our everyday life. It does not depend on being in a special room, having sacred objects, or simply sitting quietly. If we do our work honestly and with compassion, that itself can be a spiritual practice. Video originally recorded on February 5, 2017.

The Official Website of The Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

10/04/2026

REPOST: The original post is from the Tibetan Nuns Project’s office in India. Here's a video by the Dolma Ling Media Nuns showing monastic debate as part of the annual Jang Gonchoe event. Each autumn, hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist nuns from nunneries in India and Nepal gather for one month to receive intensive training in debate. Monastic debate is of critical importance in traditional Tibetan Buddhist learning. Through debate, nuns test and consolidate their classroom learning.