What we do
The Bonpö Triten Monastery
The Bonpö Triten Norbutse Monastery was inaugurated in 1995 at Swayambunath, an ancient religious complex near Kathmandu. The goal of its founder, the master Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rimpoche, is to protect Bonpö culture and religion outside Tibet.
The Monastery has become an important centre of studies, able to give a complete education to Bonpö monks in exile, so that once they have completed their course of study the monks return to Tibet to teach and keep the precious Bonpö teachings alive.
In 1996 ASIA started the distance support project, because the monastery and those who live inside it need everything: food, means to keep warm, to study sacred texts and objects for their rituals. Today there are 52 monks we support thanks to the commitment of our supporters.
