Curriculum

DAILY ACTIVITIES OF THE NUNS

The nuns wake up at 5:am, and gather for the Morning Prayer, which starts at 5:30 am. They will have breakfast around 6:am. After the Morning Prayer, they study philosophy and memorize the scriptures and engage in debates. They gather for morning assembly at 8:30 till 9: 00 am and then start morning debate session. The nuns have lunch at 11 am. At 11:30 they practice calligraphy and some nuns take science and English class. They take a short nap during in the afternoon and then begin Tibetan grammar, poetry, history classes and some engage in group discussion from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

The nuns have dinner at 5:00 pm. The evening prayer starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 8:30 pm, after which the nuns engage in individual debates and class group debates.

The nuns go to bed around 11:30 pm after doing personal prayers.

TEACHERS AND STUDY PROGRAM

Presently Geshe Lobsang Dawa la from Gaden Jangtse Hardong Khangtsen, is the Abbot of the nunnery. We have ten teachers from Gaden and Drepung Monastery, including the Abbot, philosophy, grammar and poetry teachers. We have one lay science teacher. Five of our nuns teach philosophy and English to the younger nuns.

Philosophy is one of the main subject; the nuns also study Pramana (logic), Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom), Madhyamika (Middle Way), Abhidhama (Treasure of Knowledge) and Vinaya (Monastic discipline). The nuns receive a certificate upon completion of each of the main texts.

Nuns receiving awards for getting 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in their class final exams held between July and August. Our Abbot and teachers from Gaden and Drepung monasteries were invited to the award ceremony.

Year	Course	Class	In Sanskrit
1^st	Du-Chung	1^st Dura	1^st Preliminary
2^nd	Du –Ding/ Du Chen	2^nd Dura	2^nd Preliminary
3^rd	Lorig	1^st Namdel	Parmana
4^th	Tarig	2^nd Namdel	Parmana
5^th	Namdel	3^rd Namdel	Vartika
6^th	Shung Sar	1^st Pharchin	1^st Prajna-paramita
7^th	Shung Nyi	2^nd Pharchin	2^nd Prajna-paramita
8^th	Gedun Nyishu	3^rd Pharchin	3^rd Prajna-paramita
9^th	Kab-Sar	4^th Pharchin	4^th Prajna-paramita
10^th	Kab- Nyi	5^th Pharchin	5^th Prajna-paramita
11^th	Drang-Nye	6^th Pharchin	6^th Prajna-paramita
12^th	1^st Uma	1^st Uma	1^st Madhya-mika
13^th	2^nd Uma	2^nd Uma	2^nd Madhya-mika
14^th	3^rd Uma	3^rd Uma	3^rd Madhya-mika
15^th	1^st Zodh	1^st Zodh	1^st Abhi- Dharma
16^th	2^nd Zodh	2^nd Zodh	2^nd Abhi- Dharma
17^th	3^rd Zodh	3^rd Zodh	3^rd Abhi- Dharma
18^th	Dulwa	Dulwa	Vinaya
19^th	1^st Ph. D.	1^st Geshema
20^th	2^nd Ph. D.	2^nd Geshema
21^st	3^rd Ph. D.	3^rd Geshema
22^nd	4^th Ph. D.	4^th Geshema

NUNS RECEIVE DEGREES

The Geshema examination process is an extremely rigorous examination which takes a total of four years – one round per year. In the 12-days exam period, the nuns must take both oral (debate) and written exams. The nuns are examined on the entirety of their 17-year course of study of the Five Great Canonical Texts. Click here to Read more about Geshema Degree

Curriculum

DAILY ACTIVITIES OF THE NUNS

TEACHERS AND STUDY PROGRAM

NUNS RECEIVE DEGREES

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