The Monastery has been in place since early 1920s preserving and propagating the lord Buddha’s teaching. Despite the isolation of monastery from modern means of living and road networks, people live in peace and harmony with dharma in every man’s heart.

Initially late Drupchoe Dorji the father of the founder of the monastery has started and blessed the sites with small retreat house in place. Though Drupchoe Dorji couldn’t upgrade from small retreat house, it was then in Mysore while the founder of the monastery Chene Lhendup Rimpoche was attending the teaching from His Holiness Polo Khen Rimpoche .

There in Mysore His Holiness Polo Khen Rimpoche directed and prophesized Chene Lhendup that there is a special elephant sleeping shaped mountain surrounded by male on right and female dragon shaped mountains on left. Building monastery in the center would benefit all sentient beings and create enormous pleasant situation for dharma preservation in future.

In 1940s, H. E Khechen Dazar Rimpoche from Tibet visited the place and blessed it. Later in his visit there were so many unbelievable signals like rainbow rising on the hill of Monastery. He then said that it was the blessing and secret place of Bayu Lama Shakaya Ozer who had the rainbow body and other yogis during the 18th century.

Later many great masters like Thuktse Rimpoche, Gyshe Pema Thinley and others great teacher had been here to have retreat. H.H Polo Khen Rimpoche and Khenpo Dazar Rimpoche had predicted the place for the quality to accomplish the retreat and to preserve the Buddha Dharma.

With the great intent of Lord Buddha and all great masters, Chene Lhendup Rimpoche realized the importance of the presence of monastery and the order of Sangha to preserve and propagate the holy dharma to benefits the beings around.

Consequently with great perseverance and with the support from his followers and people from those two villages, he started the work in 1970 and progressively came up with small temple.

Later in 90s Chene Lhendup Rimpoche offered the monastery to His Holiness Gangtey Tulku (lineage holder of Pema Lingpa in Bhutan. It was then from that moment immense development and changes took place. Besides tending to everyday running of the monastery he has been the central supporter for coming up of new temple. Today H.H Gangtey Trulku is supper adviser for all Pema Lingpa tradition in Bhutan

Today Orgyen Chholing Monastery has one old and a new temple supporting 36 monks with one Khenpo and two teachers. The great terton Pema Lingpa, (hidden treasure revealer from Bhutan tradition has been the main root practices since beginning. The monastery also practices Longchen Nyingthicg of Longchenpa tradition. These two are the main practice in the Kheng region in the central Bhutan

Khenpo Rigzin Wangchuk has a Buddhist Doctorate degree on Buddhism studies.

After his Semtokha Buddhist High School graduation in Bhutan, he went to study advance Buddhist Philosophy in Shechen Buddhist College in Nepal. There he spent more than thirteen years in studies. Then from 1996, he served as Chorpen (reviser teacher) for five years. In 2000 he graduated the master degree in Buddhist Philosophy and went India to establish the Buddhist Higher studies in OKC Monastery. He was appointed as abbot or Khenpo at OKC Monastery and later he also received Khenpo title from His Holiness Penor Rimpoche when he was studying western studies in West. Today Khenpo Rigxin Wangchuk take every responsibility of creating a good learning home and bringing changes in the life of rural Orgyen Choeling Monastery with H.H Gangtey Tulku and Chene Lhendup Rimpoche as main abbot.

Background

The monastery is strategically located in a heart of two villages benefiting almost 150 households. Since Buddha’s time, sangha –ordained nuns and monks have traditionally been ones to preserve teachings for the future generations.

Today Orgyen Chholing Monastery has one old and a recently built temples housing 36 monks. Though the monastery holds good number of students studying, the monastery has been under threat of living accommodation and basic amenities like classroom, toilet and catering facilities, proper clothing and food, retreat centre, and room for the teachers.

Quite simple, present scenario do not accommodate all provide a pleasant situation for dharma propagation and preservation. therefore your generosity seeks the ground.

Stupa Building

Stupa, the wondrous mind of buddha, and by building a stupa become a powerful tool to purify any negative karma sins and obscurations. Visiting, viewing and its presence has a great sense of tranquility, peacefulness serenity, and harmony pervading every visitors coming by.

Wat We Plan To Do

A step towards peace and comfort ability: Building a class room for students to sustain the dharma is building class rooms for students and a quarter to teachers. Numbers of toilets and a kitchen to cater 36 students are the immediate task to be worked out. Food and clothing is next action that could be fulfilled. Then comes, building retreat center for those old aged student and constructing of standing stupa nearby the monastery.

According to Buddha’s teaching, by supporting or sponsoring the building of temples and monastery, you will gather tremendous vast merits quickly and plant the seed of your liberation in the future. So we appeal to all to donate no matter what kind and how small the amount of your donation is for this noble cause.

Every one who longs for peace can help. Your generous offerings and prayers will build a home for the Buddha’s Sangha at Orgyen Choeling Monastery.

So, if you think you can donate and add a drop of water to an ocean…..

Areas of Support

  • Classrooms
  • Hostel Building
  • Kitchen and toilet facilities
  • Teachers quarters
  • Food and clothing
  • Retreat center
  • Stupa Building

In order to sustain genuine needs and the plans, if any body is interested in helping, need of further information, please contact:

Khenpo Rigzin Wangchuk.
Tel #00975-17674600 or 77275281
Mail id = khenporigzin_7@hotmail.com or rigzin202@yahoo.co.in

Bank Information:

Rela/ Rigzin Wangchuk

A/C 5008108007

Bhutan National Bank LTD

Phuntsholing, Bhutan.