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Sera Jey Lawa Khangtsen World Peace Tour

Invites us to become peacemakers

Bodhicitta is the heart and cause of peace. The World Peace Tour weaves peacemaking, nonviolence, and reconciliation — sand mandalas, Buddhist teachings, meditation, and dialogue offered freely in each city.

Led by Geshe Tashi Lama and the Lawa Khangtsen monastics on tour.

Monks creating a sand mandala during a World Peace Tour residency
Monks at work on the Peace Mandala
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Four ways to meet the tour

Whether you wish to attend, host, give, or learn — start here.

  • Attend

    Find public viewing hours, ceremonies, and talks near you.

    Next stops

  • Host

    Invite the monks to your library, museum, university, or faith community.

    Host a stop

  • Give

    Support travel, programs, and education at Lawa Khangtsen.

    Ways to give

  • Learn

    Bodhicitta, mandalas, and what to expect as a newcomer.

    Start learning

On the road

Next stops

October 2026 – March 2027. Cities are announced as hosts are confirmed.

World Peace Tour · October 2026 – March 2027

[CONFIRM first stops]

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  • June 2026 9–19

    Sacramento

    Sacramento, CA

    Lion's Roar Dharma Center

    Oh, it's going to be awesomeness when the Lawa Khangsten monks come to Lion's Roar in Sacramento.

    Stop details

Full schedule

Bodhicitta

The awakened heart, in plain words

Bodhicitta is the wish that all beings be free from suffering — and the commitment to help make that real, starting with our own mind.

The tour exists to share this intention through public art, teaching, and practice — not as spectacle, but as an invitation to sit, watch, and reflect.

About the tour

What the monks offer

The tour's actual program — mandala, sacred arts, peacemaking talks, and more.

All offerings

Meet the monks

The touring party from Lawa Khangtsen at Sera Jey Monastery.

  • Portrait of Ven. Jampa Dhonden — TODO: high-res original from tour office

    Venerable Jampa Dhonden

    Lharampa Geshe

    Ven. Jampa Dhonden joined Lawa Khangtsen in 1998 and received the Geshe Lharampa in 2025. He completed a tantric year at Gyuto Monastery and ranked first in his class in 2002 and 2004 (Madhyamika). Since 2026 he has served as resident Geshe and teacher of Sera Jey in Gangtok.

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  • Portrait of Ven. Lobsang Donyoe — TODO: high-res original from tour office

    Venerable Lobsang Donyoe

    Lharampa Geshe

    Ven. Lobsang Donyoe enrolled at Sera Jey in 1999 and received the Geshe Lharampa in 2023. He completed a tantric year at Gyuto with mandala specialization and oversees the studies of monastic students.

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  • Portrait of Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim — TODO: high-res original from tour office

    Venerable Lobsang Tsultrim

    Lharampa Geshe

    Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim joined Sera Jey in 1996 and received the Geshe Lharampa degree in 2019. He trained in tantric ritual and mandala practice at Gyuto Monastery and has served on the teaching and examination faculty at Sera Jey since 2022.

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  • Portrait of Ven. Tashi Lama — TODO: high-res original from tour office

    Venerable Tashi Lama

    Lead Monk

    Geshe of Buddhist Philosophy

    Ven. Tashi Lama joined Sera Jey Monastery in 1995 and completed the Five Major Treatises by 2014. He earned an MPhil in Buddhist Philosophy in 2019 and completed a tantric year at Gyuto Monastery with specialization in mandala practice. He has served as a member of the monastic assembly since 2022 and has joined foreign tours to Vietnam, Taiwan, and Laos. In 2024 he was elected to lead Lawa Khangtsen for a three-year term. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama encouraged Geshe Tashi Lama and the team of six to reach into the global community through this World Peace Tour.

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All monks on tour

Lawa Khangtsen at Sera Jey

Sera Jey is one of the great Gelug monasteries re-established in exile in South India. Within it, a khangtsen is a regional house where monks study, practice, and support one another — like a college within the larger university.

Lawa Khangtsen is the house from which this touring party comes. Regional affiliation: [CONFIRM WITH SERA JEY].

About Sera Jey & Lawa Khangtsen

From the road

Stories from the road

All stories

Support the tour and the monastery

Your gift helps build the International Peace Library and hostels at Lawa Khangtsen and carry programs to more cities.

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