Chodrak Nunnery

Originally constructed in the early 20th century, Chodrak Nunnery was destroyed during the Communist Chinese invasion of eastern Tibet. Chodrak Methu Geygun Kacho Dechen Choling Nunnery has been rebuilt and re-established by His Eminence Chodrak Saljed Rinpoche. In 1984, His Eminence Saljey Rinpoche appointed Venerable Lama Karma Zangpo as his representative to supervise the rebuilding of the nunnery. On the eighth day of the tenth month of that year, His Eminence ordained sixty nuns. Since 1984, many more nuns have come to live there and nowadays up to three hundred nuns are associated with the nunnery. At present, the nuns are not all able to live at the nunnery due to lack of accommodation and facilities and so some live in neighbouring areas with family and friends.

In order to assist the nuns to achieve their spiritual goals, Venerable Sonam Tenzin Rinpoche has been working with his Australian student, David, to create a website dedicated to the nuns of Chodrak Monastery. Please view the website at www.chodraknunnery.org for a most moving account of the great obstacles that these dedicated and accomplished lama nuns encounter in their quest to pursue their spiritual practice.