A living Tibetan Buddhist tradition · Shimla, India
༄༅།། འཕགས་ཡུལ་ཇོ་ནང་མ་དགོན་རྟག་བརྟན་ཕུན་ཚོགས་ཆོས་གླིང་།
Main Jonang
Takten Phuntsok Choeling
A home for learning, contemplation and community in the Himalayan foothills. Discover the Jonang tradition and the monastery that carries it forward.
A place to study, practise and belong
Welcome to Main Jonang Takten Phuntsok Choeling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Sanjauli, Shimla. Here, monastic life brings together learning, prayer and meditation in the Jonang tradition.
Meet the community, explore the monastery’s story, or take a closer look at daily life.
Start with curiosity
An introduction is all you need to begin. Follow the path that interests you.
New to Jonang?
Begin with a guide to the tradition, its teachings and the words you’ll encounter.
Read the introductionView & philosophy
Explore Shentong, or ‘other-emptiness’: the Jonang understanding of Buddha-nature as free of passing obscurations.
Explore ShentongMeditation & practice
Learn about Kālacakra and its completion-stage yoga, a guided path of meditation within the Jonang tradition.
Learn about KālacakraA tradition handed from teacher to student
- 13th century
A home at Jonang
Kunpang Thukje Tsöndrü established a teaching and practice community at Jonang in Tibet.
Kunpang’s biography - 14th century
Dölpopa’s contribution
Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen articulated the Shentong view and built the great stupa at Jonang.
Dölpopa’s biography - 17th century
Tāranātha’s legacy
The scholar and teacher Tāranātha established Takten Damchö Ling, an important centre of the Jonang tradition.
Tāranātha’s biography
Get in touch
For questions about the monastery or visiting, contact the office before making plans.
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Your generosity supports the monastery and its community. Our giving page explains how to offer general support and contact the office with donation questions.