Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling

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Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhinath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It has ties to both the Nyingma and Kagyu sects.

The Sixteenth Karmapa instructed Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche to found a monastery in Nepal. Tulku Urgyen obeyed, taking his wife Kunsang Dechen and two sons, Chokyi Nyima and Chokling Rinpoche. Construction began in 1972, and the monastery was dedicated in 1976. HM King Birendra attended. Tulku Urgyen died that same year, whereupon his son Chokyi Nyima succeeded him as abbot (his brother becoming "vajra master").

Today the monastery boasts about 180 monks, and 108 nuns at an affiliated nunnery, Nagi Gompa (located some distance away).

In 1981 the monastery established the Ranjung Yeshe Institute (or Shedra Institute), a multi-year course in Tibetan language and Buddhist theology designed for Western dharma students. It has since entered into a cooperation agreement with Kathmandu University whereby its students can receive an honours degree (4-year Bachelors) from that institution, with a major in "Buddhist Studies with Himalayan Language." [General Description]

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