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No one likes burnt bread.
The flatbread stove at Shugsep Nunnery and Institute is at least 14 years old and no longer works properly. Please help the nuns buy a new stove.
The nuns have found the replacement stove they would like but they need your help to buy and install it.
Total Needed: $1,400
Bread is a staple of the nuns’ diet. Here’s a photo of nuns making Indian-style flatbreads on a special stove at Dolma Ling. A new stove for the Shugsep nuns costs $1,400. Photo by Brian Harris.
Please help buy the nuns a new 6×3-foot gas-powered stove that can make a range of flatbreads like chapatis and other rotis.
To help buy a new stove you can:
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- Make a one-time gift online
- Call our office in Seattle, US at 1-206-652-8901
- Mail a check to:
The Tibetan Nuns Project
(for Flatbread Stove for Shugsep)
815 Seattle Boulevard South #418
Seattle, WA 98134 USA
Their current stove, in use since the nunnery opened, is in poor condition and beyond repair. It no longer functions properly, which leads to many issues. Most of the bread (roti) gets burned during preparation. Please help the nuns buy a new stove.
About Shugsep Nunnery and Institute
Shugsep Nunnery is home to about 100 nuns and is fully supported by the Tibetan Nuns Project. This Nyingma nunnery was re-established in India after many of the nuns escaped from Tibet.
Here is a video made in 2006 telling the story of Shugsep Nunnery in Tibet and how it was re-established in India by the Tibetan Nuns Project.
The majority of the nuns studying in Shugsep Nunnery near Dharamsala come from the original Shugsep. Here the nuns can participate in a nine-year academic program of Buddhist philosophy, debate, Tibetan language, and English.
Here’s a charming video tour of the nunnery made in 2017: