As was prophesied by Lord Buddha that Buddhism would flourish infinitely in Tibet, a prestigious Drepung monastic university-one of the three largest Tibetan monastic universities- which is more popularly known as the second Nalanda University, was founded by Jamyang Chojey Tashi Palden in 1416- a close disciple of Je-Tsong Kha Pa. In the prophecy by Je Tsong Kha Pa, it was said that this university would surpass the one founded by Je-Tsong Kha Pa himself. With the passage of time, seven highly learned and scholars from Drepung University established seven colleges of which the largest was Drepung Loseling College.  Drepung Loseling College has hitherto produced highly learned lamas like Khechen Lekden, Jamyang Gawe Lodoe, Panchen Sonam Dakpa, over eighty abbots of the monastery, about thirty Gaden Throne Holders from Je Monla Pel- the eighth Gaden Throne Holder to Je Lobsang Nyima- the hundredth Gaden Throne Holder, His eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Professor Samdong Rinpoche-the prime minister of Tibetan Exile govt. directly elected by the people, to name a few.

Over thousand resident teachers are engaged in meditation and retreat, and to gain deeper meaning of the entire text of Sutra and Tantra through reflective enquiry, the students exceeding 10000 monks followed the ‘debate and practice’ technique. Thus, the fame of the monastic college spread in all the direction. Besides Loseling College, there are over thousand other monasteries that study the same manual written by Panchen Sonam Dakpa. Over thousand monasteries in Tibet, China and Mongolia that uphold the religious tradition of this monastery grew by leaps and bound, and their virtuous activities spread beyond the horizons of the sky.

When His Holiness the Dalai Lama received his Geshe degree in 1985, the total monk population in Loseling College alone was over ten thousand.

However, following the political upheaval in Tibet, only about 305 monks managed to flee into India and in accordance with the instruction of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a temporary monastic college was re-established at Bauxa in West Bengal to resumed their studies on the five treatises of Buddhist Philosophy at the monastic college temporarily re-established at Bauxa in West Bengal. And later in 1969, the monastery was moved to Karnataka State where land was allotted to a large group of Tibetan refugees including lay people for settlement. Initially, there were only about hundred odd monks at this re-established monastery because some monks from Bauxa quit the holy order to join military while others disrobed. Gradually, the monk population rose to 237 with the enrolment of aspiring and enthusiastic young boys from various Tibetan settlements in the monastery.

Following Beijing’s policy of liberation of the early 1980s, there has been steady flow of monks from monasteries in Tibet affiliated to this college and from all the Himalayan belts. Currently, the monk population in our college stands over 3000. The general monk students are primarily engaged in studying the entire text of Buddhist Sutra and Tantra while besides focusing on Buddhist philosophy as the main subjects, the younger monk students are given the opportunity to study other subjects like Tibetan grammar, science, English and Chinese language up to class X. Our printing press unit and library have also made remarkable contribution in printing out many of the rare texts authored by Indian and Tibetan scholars and to make them easily available for the monk students as important reference. The monastery also offers training through handicraft center and computer section to all the interested monks of the monastery.

Losel Shedup Ling, a Dharma Centre of Loseling Monastery based in Atlanta, USA has been actively engaged not only in making arrangement for monastic tour groups to USA, Europe and other countries, but also takes it as a privilege to give Dharma teaching and to introduce Tibetan tradition to all the interested people, while Loseling Nangten Dharma Centre and Loling Kunphen Dharma Centre in Taiwan have endeavoured and is relentlessly making effort to teach Tibetan Buddhism and tradition to all the interested Chinese friends. The monastic clinic which is directly under the aegis and financial aid of the Loling Kunphen Dharma center in Taiwan has been set up to render medical service and dispense medicines to all monks and nuns free of cost and to the lay people irrespective of caste, creed and colour on concession rate. In the interest of public convenience and service including the monks’ community, the monastery holds the distributorship of HPCL LPG cooking gas and has been rendering service to the local public by way of the sale of cooking gas cylinders to the customers without any profit motive.

Last but not the least, in deference to the instruction from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and that of our exiled govt. based in Dharamsala, the monastery has been striving towards achieving success in all the activities that aims to benefit people all over the world through our spiritual and political contribution.

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