Tibet Foundation - Buddhism in Mongolia - Partners and Links

Gandan Monastery was the first organisation we worked with in 1993. The Monastery was founded in 1838 as the religious centre of Buddhism in Mongolia and remains the country's largest monastic institute. Gandan was the only monastery to survive the purges against what the Communists called the "former backwardness" of Mongolia.

Gandan Monastery
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Head Abbot: Ven D Choijampts
Tel / Fax: 97611 360 354

Pethub Stangey Choinkhorling Monastery and Monastic School have also been receiving funds from Tibet Foundation since the beginning of the Buddhism in Mongolia programme. The Monastery and School were both built by the late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, who played a significant role in the revival of Buddhism in the 1990s, during his ten year tenure as Indian Ambassador to Mongolia. Pethub Monastery, an important centre of learning for Mongolian Buddhists, is the only fully residential monastery in Mongolia at the present time.

Pethub Stangey Choinkhorling Monastery
PO Box 1046
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Tel: 97611 322 366

The School of Traditional Medicine was established in 1989 within Mongolia National Medical University to train doctors in the theory and clinical practice of Traditional Medicine which was suppressed during the Communist times. The Programme has been working with the School since 2001.

School of Traditional Medicine
National Medical University of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Head: Professor Tumurbaatar
Tel: 00976 11 34 30130

Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art (MIBA): We have been working with MIBA since 1998. The Institute was established in 1994 by Ven. Purevbat under the auspices of Gandan MIBA is the premier Buddhist Art institution in the country. In September 200 they held their inaugural exhibition "The Great Artistic Heritage of Mongolia."

Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art
Gandan Monastery
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Head: Ven Purevbat
Tel: 97611 363 831

Zanabazar Buddhist University was recognised by the Ministry of Education as a tertiary institution in 2000 and focuses on educating monks and laymen from across Mongolia .. The University was established in 1970 to be a centre of academic study of Buddhism for Buddhists not only in Mongolia but also from the Russian autonomous areas of Tuva and Buriat and the Republic of Kalmykia.

Zanabazar Buddhist University
Gandan Monastery
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Director: Sh Sonimbayer
Assistant Director: Ven Byambajav
Tel: 97611 360164

Dashi Choiling Monastery is the second largest monastic institution in Mongolia. This ger (tent) monastery in the centre of Ulaanbaatar also incorporates a Buddhist College. Tibet Foundation has been working with Dashi Choiling since 2000.

Dashi Choiling Monastery
PO Box 363
Ulaanbaatar 20
Mongolia
Tel: 97611 350 007
Fax: 97611 352 006
Head Abbot: Ven Dambajav
Deputy Head Abbot: Ch Tsedendamba

Dharmachakra Student Club are the most active and organized Buddhist student club in Mongolia, working with other student clubs in all the major academic centres in the country. The Programme has been supporting their activities since 2001.

Dharmachakra Students Club
Room 268 Building No 2
Mongolian National University
C/o The Research Centre for Buddhist Culture
Mongolian National University
PO Box 46 / 386
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Head: Altaibaatar

The Dharma Wheel Association is an association of mainly university teachers whose aim is to revive Buddhism in Mongolia with an emphasis on publishing Buddhist materials in modern Mongolian, thereby making this literature more accessible to lay people.

The Dharma Wheel Association

C/o Foreign Languages Department
Mongolian National University
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Head: Dr N Dorjgotov

The Institute of Oriental Philosophy in Ulaanbaatar is a private tertiary education institute established in the 1990s. There are several Buddhist scholars on the teaching staff.

The Institute of Oriental Philosophy
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Director: N. Enkhtuya
Tel: 97611 361 461

The Research Centre for Buddhist Culture is a research based group of academics mainly Buddhist philosophers and Tibetologists working to revive Buddhist studies.

Mongolian National University
PO Box 46 / 386
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Director: Professor N Khavkh
Secretary: Dr Chuluunbaatar
Tel: 97611 318 297

The Tugs Bayasgalant Women's Centre has been a recipient of Tibet Foundation funding since 1993. It is the largest of four Buddhist centres for women and after a ten-year struggle their temple is now built.

Tugs Bayasgalant Buddhist Centre
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Head: Gantamur Natsagdorj
Tel: 97611 364 111