Ven. Sogan Rinpoche
TSF founder
TSF founder
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To learn more about Ven. Sogan Rinpoche, his history and his work as a teacher of Buddhism in the West, visit the website of his SF Bay Area dharma group, Tupten Osel Choling.
To learn more about Ven. Sogan Rinpoche, his history and his work as a teacher of Buddhism in the West, visit the website of his SF Bay Area dharma group, Tupten Osel Choling.
A proposito di TSF - in italiano
(a pdf about TSF - in Italian)
Clicca qui per scaricare un file pdf con le informazioni su TSF in lingua italiana.
(a pdf about TSF - in Italian)
Clicca qui per scaricare un file pdf con le informazioni su TSF in lingua italiana.
KUNSEL KYETSAL – our first project. Finished in 2007, it offers secondary school training in science and technology.
--> Read more here.
--> Read more here.
Amnye Machen is one of four main holy mountains of Tibet. Located in Golok, it rises to 6282m / 20,605 feet.
Help for YUSHU earthquake victims
In April, 2010 a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in Yushu County (Qinghai Province) – a remote area of the Tibetan plateau – with devastating results.
This photo above shows a settlement comprised mostly of tents. Here, over a year after the quake, survivors continue to endure the extreme weather typical of the region without most of the clothes, stoves and heavier tents which helped protect them from the elements before the disaster.
--> The Sogan Foundation reached out to assist these people who have lost so much. To find out more, click here.
Bayan seniors water project
Shortly after the earthquake struck Yushu on April 14, 2010, The Sogan Foundation completed fundraising for a filtered water system sorely needed by a community of elderly Tibetan nomads living near Bayan Monastery in Golok (eastern Tibet). Thanks to the generosity of TSF supporters around the world, we raised more than enough money to underwrite the water project. As news of the heartbreaking situation in post-quake Yushu began to spread, TSF's board of directors decided to channel a portion of those extra funds to the earthquake victims, with the balance going to the impoverished seniors who had settled on Bayan mountain.
Explore the TSF blog for more photos and news. The latest post describes a tour of our high school project, Kunsel Kyetsal, now in its fifth year of offering classes in Golok.
--> Visit the Water Project page for details about our second humanitarian project in Tibet. Learn how having easier access to clean water has affected the lives of Tibetan seniors at a settlement for elderly nomads in eastern Tibet.
Above, Bayan seniors now obtain safe drinking water from a nearby pump house. A TSF supporter who visited Bayan after the project was completed reports that:
"Without a doubt, the tap has been a miracle as far as the local community is concerned." --> More info here.
"Without a doubt, the tap has been a miracle as far as the local community is concerned." --> More info here.