Host a stop
Bring the monks to your community
In the spirit of bodhicitta, the monks of Lawa Khangtsen, Sera Jey Monastery travel with host institutions — schools, museums, libraries, churches, retreat centers, and civic venues — to co-create an educational residency. This is collaboration, not a performance: your team helps welcome the public, shape the schedule, and carry teaching on peacemaking, reconciliation, forgiveness, and nonviolence. Programs may include sand mandalas, sacred music, teachings, and dialogue.
Start an inquiryWho should host
- Universities and colleges
- Museums, galleries, and cultural centers
- Retreat centers
- Private homes
- Dharma centers
- Interfaith councils
- Peace organizations
- Public libraries, civic venues, and community arts spaces
What hosts receive
- A collaborative residency your staff and volunteers help shape — education and participation, not entertainment for a passive audience
- Meaningful educational content for religion, philosophy, art history, Asian studies, peace studies, and interfaith audiences
- A direct, accessible program on peacemaking, reconciliation, forgiveness, and nonviolence
- Flexible formats — from a short blessing or lecture to a multi-day residency
- Programs that may include a sand mandala, sacred music, teachings, and dialogue — chosen with your team
Ideal venue types
- A quiet, secure room large enough for a 4–6 foot sand mandala platform
- An accessible public-viewing area
- An adjacent or nearby space for evening talks
- Basic AV (microphone, projector)
- Secure overnight storage of materials
What the monks offer
- Sacred Sand Mandala (Peace Mandala) · 5–7 days
- Lama Dance & Sacred Music · Opening / selected evenings
- "Becoming a Peacemaker" talks · 6:30 – 8:30 PM
- Meditation instruction · 6:30 – 8:30 PM
- Reconciliation & nonviolence workshop · Two evenings
- Open dialogue & community conversations · Varies
- Nonviolent Communication teachings · Varies
- Peace Walk & mandala dissolution · Final afternoon
Example event formats
The full residency (5–7 days)
Opening ceremony with Lama Dance and Sacred Music; daily mandala creation 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; selected evening talks or meditation; closing dissolution and Walk for Peace.
The weekend visit (2–3 days)
A condensed mandala or blessing-focused program.
The single evening (1 evening)
Sacred music and a brief teaching.
The classroom / campus day (1 day)
School or university programs.
What hosts provide
- A supportive venue for the residency and public events
- Help with fundraising for the International Peace Library and Hostel construction at Lawa Khangtsen
- Publicity and local outreach
- Housing for six monastics for 5–7 days
- Vegetarian meals during the stay
- General hospitality and on-site support
- Volunteers (greeters, ushers, platform watchers, drivers)
- Transportation and daily logistics
In-kind and volunteer needs
Printing, signage, AV, refreshments for ceremonies, flowers for the shrine table, and volunteers as greeters, ushers, platform watchers, and drivers.
Offer in-kind supportSponsor options at the stop level
- Sponsor the entire stop
- Sponsor the sand mandala
- Sponsor a meal day
- Sponsor the closing ceremony reception
- Sponsor school visits in your city
Sample five-day schedule
| Opening day | Opening blessings, protector prayers, introductory remarks, Lama Dance, Sacred Music, and the start of the sand mandala |
|---|---|
| Each day | Mandala construction — 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (public welcome to observe) |
| Selected evenings | "Becoming a Peacemaker" talks or meditation instruction — 6:30 – 8:30 PM |
| Final day | Late afternoon: Closing Ceremony, Mandala Dissolution, and Walk for Peace; blessed sand offered to a local waterway |
The exact schedule is adapted in collaboration with each host — your venue's vision, audience, and volunteers help shape the residency.
Host kit (PDF)
Program overview, venue requirements, sample schedules, and FAQs for hosts. Full kit expands with foundation review.
Download host kitTrust and lineage
The touring party comes from Lawa Khangtsen at Sera Jey Monastery in Bylakuppe, India. Host arrangements and donations are coordinated through Lion's Roar Dharma Center, Sacramento (nonprofit since 1998).
We welcome everyone without discrimination. See our accessibility statement.
Host inquiry
Tell us about your organization and preferred dates. We will follow up by email.