Sera
Jey Ngari Khangsten is pleased to inform all our dharma friends across the
world that once again Ngari Khangtsen has recently produced two new Geshes
named: Geshe Rinchen
Tsering & Geshe Lobsang Tashi.
Geshe
Rinchen Tsering:
Born in
Tibetan settlement, Mundgod and
did his formal schooling in Sera Jey School. Later Geshe la earned his Acharya
Degree from the prominent Central University for Higher Tibetan Studies (CUHTS),
Sarnath Varanasi. Currently he is serving as the Principal of Sera Jey
Secondary School based in Bylakuppe, Mysore. He also served as a Tibetan
teacher for several years in Central School for Tibetan, Solan (HP) before he
was appointed as the Principal of Sera Jey Secondary school by the glorious
Sera Jey Monastery University for Advanced Buddhist Studies and Practice. On
the 12th of July 2012 corresponding to the 24th day of the 5th Tibetan Lunar
year, Sera jey Monastic University conferred him with the Geshe Degree in the
presence of entire monks of Sera Jey at the congregation having completed his
intensive monastic philosophical courses. On his Geshe degree convocation day,
he made the extensive feast offerings to the assembly members or the Sangha of
Sera Jey Monastery and later on to the Sera Jey Ngari Khangtsen as a mark of gratitude
and thankfulness. The Geshe degree conferment was kicked off in the morning
with the recitation of Geshe Shedpa (Oral recitation of texts) followed by
wonderful dialectical Buddhist Philosophical Debate called Geshe Damja Chemo. Geshe
la family members were present on the joyous occasion of his final degree of
Geshe at Sera Jey monastery.
