About Sera Jey & Lawa Khangtsen
Peace begins within. With host communities in each city, we teach peacemaking, reconciliation, forgiveness, and nonviolence — an invitation to become peacemakers, offered freely in the spirit of bodhicitta.
Sera Jey & Lawa Khangtsen
Lawa Khangtsen is part of Sera Jey Monastic University, a principal seat of the Gelug tradition. Sera Jey is organised into houses (khangtsen). Reestablished in South India after 1959, Lawa Khangtsen was rebuilt in exile.
What is a khangtsen?
Within a large monastery, monks belong to a khangtsen — a regional house providing lodging, meals, and close study companions.
Current needs
Monks arriving from Tibet need classrooms, an enlarged International Peace Library, and hostel rooms. The World Peace Tour helps fund these projects.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama encouraged Geshe Tashi Lama and the team of six to reach into the global community.
Founder & lineage
Geshe Yodron is Lharampa Geshe Lobsang Gyatso (1932–1998) — the same person; Lama Yeshe Jinpa's root teacher and co-founder of Lion's Roar Dharma Center in 1992.
Lion's Roar Dharma Center
The tour runs through Lion's Roar Dharma Center, Sacramento, CA (nonprofit since 1998).