Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery Building Project
Basics
Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery is home to over 380 nuns. They are inspiring, joyous, hard working and exuberant. The nuns excel at their studies and the nunner will soon be home to the first Geshe-Ma in India! Many of the nuns come from very poor families, or have fled Tibet with nothing. The nunnery is very crowded, with more nuns arriving every month. Many classes are held outdoors, and nuns sleep up to five in a room.
Due to the constant influx of new nuns, the nuns at present live in extremely cramped conditions. Plans have been drawn up for building a new hostel of 100 rooms at the cost of US$4500 each room. The construction also includes a new gompa, as the present structures are far too small. Later, a new dining hall and classrooms will need to be built.
Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche has advised that the main deity statue in the gompa should be thousand-armed Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), 18 feet high. The cost of the statue is US$57,000.
Some funds for the new buildings have been received through the generosity of donors. Still, a lot more is needed. We invite you to help with the finances for the new buildings, or donate to the Chenrezig statue, with as much or as little as you would like.