The Khamdogar Project

History

Khamdogar is an ancient community of practitioners founded by Ringdzin Changchub Dorje, the master of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, in the early 1900s.
Ringdzin Changcub Dorje, a Dzogchen master and a famous Terton (discoverer of treasures) lived in this place with his family working as a doctor and transmitted his Teachings in a completely informal manner without creating monasteries or religious structures. Over the years monks and lay people came together around him in order to receive his Teachings and practice, creating a lay community to which each person contributed his or her work.
Near Khamdogar, in an area called Dedrol, there is a cave in which Atha Lhamo, the daughter of Master Changchub Dorje, lived and practiced. After a long period of inactivity due to the Cultural Revolution, the nuns have managed to build a small monastery and take up their spiritual activities again. At the moment there are 66 nuns who live in retreat for long periods without contact with the outer world.

At present, because of the difficult situation in Tibet, the entire complex of Khamdogar is in ruins and the local people live in conditions of extreme poverty.

Concerned about this situation, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche asked Tsegyalgar East and ASIA to help this community in order to preserve the Teachings transmitted by his Master and provide aid to the practitioners there

To learn more or to support the Khamdogar Project please visit this website www.khamdogar.com