Newsletters

Each autumn the Tibetan Nuns Project produces a newsletter. You can sign up here to receive our annual newsletter and/or monthly email updates. Your privacy is our priority and we will never share your contact information.

Here’s our archive of newsletters.

Read our 2024 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • A New Record as 144 Nuns Take Geshema Exams
  • Housing for Geshemas
  • Geshemas Visioning Their Future
  • Nuns celebrate 20 years of Thiusar Magazine
  • Legacies of Compassion
  • Sponsors Needed!
  • Your Donations in Action
  • Nunnery Updates
  • Our Project Wish List

Read our 2023 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Record Number of Nuns Aim to Become Geshemas
  • Geshemas as Role Models, Teachers, and Leaders
  • Nuns Learning Science
  • Senior Shugsep Nuns: From Illiteracy to Academic Greatness
  • Your Donations in Action
  • Leave a Legacy
  • Sikyong’s Visit
  • Sponsors Needed
  • Long-term Stability Fund Launched
  • Current Needs

Read our 2022 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Geshema Exams Resume After 2-Year Delay
  • Historic Khenmo Enthronement
  • Dorjee Zong Visit and Update
  • Your Donations in Action
  • Celebrating 35 Years!
  • More Sponsors Needed
  • We’ve Moved!
  • Inter-Nunnery Debate Resumes
  • Current Needs

Read our 2021 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Life in the Time of COVID
  • Geshema Exams Postponed Again
  • Tough Monsoon Season
  • Your Donations in Action
  • Nun Wins Science Scholarship
  • In Memoriam: MN Ashish Ganju, Architect of Dolma Ling
  • Acts of Generosity
  • Help More Nuns Become Geshemas
  • Current Needs

Read our 2020 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • How the Nunneries Were Impacted by the Pandemic
  • Masks and Physcial Distancing
  • Education in the Time of COVID
  • Geshema News
  • Jang Gonchoe Inter-Nunnery Debate Cancelled for 2020
  • Special Convocation Ceremony at Sakya College
  • Dorjee Zong Nunnery Update
  • Science Projects
  • 10th Anniversary of Shugsep Nunnery and Institute
  • Current Needs

Read our 2019 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The 2019 Jang Gonchoe Inter-Nunnery Debate
  • The Jang Gonchoe Endowment Fund
  • 50 Tibetan Nuns Sit Geshema Exams in August 2019
  • Updates from the Nunneries
  • Emergency at Shugsep Nunnery and Institute
  • A nun’s story
  • Acts of Generosity
  • Our Project Wish List

Read our 2018 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Geshemas Pursue Groundbreaking Tantric Studies Program
  • Updates from the Nunneries
  • The 2018 Geshema Exams and Results
  • Our Project Wish List
  • Laughing Nuns: The Story Behind the Photograph
  • The 2018 Inter-Nunnery Debate
  • Dorjee Zong Nuns Visit Dolma Ling
  • Thank You to Venerable Lobsang Dechen

Read our 2017 Winter Newsletter with news of:

  • Our 30th anniversary
  • Photos of events to mark the 30th anniversary
  • Photos of the special audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Read our 2017 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The historic new Buddhist tantric studies program for Geshemas
  • News in brief
  • Updates on the nunneries
  • Our current projects and goals

Read our 2016 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The upcoming Geshema graduation ceremony
  • A timeline story of the Tibetan Nuns Project
  • An interview with Geshema nun Venerable Tenzin Kunsel
  • Updates on the nunneries
  • Stories of acts of generosity
  • And more!

Read our 2015 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The 20th anniversary of the Jang Gonchoe
  • Profile of nun Venerable Lobsang Dolkar
  • Photos and stories from Himalayan nunneries, Sherab Choeling and Dorjee Zong
  • Updates on all the nunneries
  • News of the nuns’ cafe, tofu machine, kitchen extension
  • And more!

Read our 2014 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Round Two of the Geshema exams
  • Profile of nun Delek Wangmo
  • The annual inter-nunnery debate, Jang Gonchoe
  • Updates on each of the nunneries
  • How the nuns are building self-sufficiency
  • And more!

Read our 2013 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The May 2013 Geshema Exams
  • Profile of nun and nurse Phuntsok Wangmo
  • Nun sponsorship update
  • Media training for the nuns
  • Update on each of the nunneries
  • And more!

Read our 2012 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The historic decision to grant the Geshema degree
  • The nuns’ own newsletter
  • How the global economic crisis affects the nunneries
  • News from all the nunneries
  • And more!

Read our 2011 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s inauguration of Shugsep Nunnery
  • The graduation of 27 Shugsep nuns
  • Nuns working as teachers
  • Ven. Delek Yangdron and her computer skills
  • Kalachakra 2011
  • News from all the nunneries
  • And more!

Read our 2010 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The upcoming Shugsep Nunnery Inauguration
  • The success story of Ven. Tenzin Palmo
  • The start of construction for retreat huts at Dolma Ling
  • Sustainable nunneries
  • Empowering voices through debate
  • Knee surgery for an elderly nun
  • Nunnery updates and more!

Read our 2009 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The growing community of sponsored nuns
  • The inauguration of the Sakya Nuns Institute
  • Geshema and Khenmo degrees
  • Shugsep Nunnery update
  • Dolma Ling Nunnery progress on self-sufficiency
  • Details of upcoming projects
  • And more!

Read our 2008 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The Jang Gonchoe inter-nunnery debate
  • A special message from the Director, Rinchen Khando Choegyal
  • Debate moves forward on full ordination for the nuns
  • Nuns move into Shugsep Nunnery
  • Solar bath house and new debate courtyard at Dolma Ling
  • Matching sponsors with nuns
  • And more!

Read our 2007 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama announces “Full Support” for introducing full ordination for Tibetan Buddhist women
  • Graduation day and new projects at Dolma Ling Nunnery
  • How our sponsorship system works
  • His Holiness the Karmapa at Tilokpur Nunnery
  • Progress at Shugsep Nunnery
  • TNP visit to Korea
  • And more!

Read our 2006 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Two new projects: Sakya Nuns College and Sherab Choeling Institute
  • Bhikshuni Ordination Update
  • New health book, Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
  • Progress at Shugsep Nunnery
  • Assistance for “floating nuns”
  • And more!

Read our 2005 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Prayers for disaster victims
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Statement on Gelongma Ordination
  • Full Ordination and Geshe Degree for nuns
  • The Dec 8 inauguration of Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute
  • TNP office moves to Seattle
  • And more!

Read our 2004 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Historic convocations
  • Why some nuns leave
  • The Jang Gonchoe annual debate
  • Shugsep and Dolma Ling graduation and updates
  • Jeff Davis photo exhibition “Path of Promise”
  • Tides Canada partnership April 2004
  • And more!

Read our 2003 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • The TNP fundraising tour
  • Who teaches the nuns
  • Leadership in the nunneries
  • Finishing Dolma Ling Nunnery
  • Progress towards self-sufficiency
  • Advanced studies and winter courses at Dolma Ling
  • And more!

Read our 2002 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Land bought for new Shugsep Nunnery
  • The Tibetan cultural region
  • Study programs at various nunneries
  • What do the nuns do every day
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits Tilokpur Nunnery
  • Winter trainings and more!

Read our 2001 Fall Newsletter with news of:

  • Interview with Director Rinchen Khando Choegyal: A Strong Voice for Nuns’ Education
  • Venerable Dolma Lhamo’s story
  • Advanced study program for Shugsep nuns
  • New classrooms at Geden Choeling Nunnery
  • Nunnery updates from Dolma Ling and Tilokpur Nunneries
  • Health worker training for the nuns
  • And more!