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2016 Tibetan Nuns Project Calendar

September is always an exciting time of year at the Tibetan Nuns Project because it’s the month when our annual wall calendar comes from the printer.

Tibetan calendar, 2016 calendar, Tibetan Nuns Project, 2016 holidays, Tibetan lunar calendar, 2016We’ve been selling our beautiful charity calendar since 1996 to raise funds to support hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist nuns living in India. All proceeds from the sale of the 2016 calendar will help provide food, shelter, health care and education to over 700 nuns living at seven nunneries supported by the Tibetan Nuns Project.

The 2016 calendar is filled with stunning images of Tibetan life and culture. It also includes:

  • inspirational quotes
  • the Tibetan lunar calendar
  • Tibetan Buddhist ritual dates
  • phases of the moon
  • major US and Canadian holidays

Tibetan Nuns Project, 2016 Calendar, 2016 dates, 2016 holidays, Tibetan lunar calendar, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist calendarAll the photos were taken by the nuns and staff in India. Dimension 6.5″ x 7″. Price $12.00

The calendar is available for purchase through our online store or by check from our Seattle office at:

Tibetan Nuns Project
815 Seattle Boulevard South #216
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 652-8901
info@tnp.org

Please help us sell all 2,500 calendars by purchasing them as gifts for friends, family and teachers. We would be very grateful if you could also spread the word to your networks.

These calendars give back each and every day and bring happiness to you and the nuns.

Vegetarian guthuk soup: A recipe for Tibetan New Year

To celebrate Losar or Tibetan New Year, we want to share with you a vegetarian recipe for the very popular Tibetan noodle soup, called guthuk. This special soup is eaten on the night of the 29th day of the 12th month, or the eve of Losar.

We’d like to thank our friends, Lobsang and Yolanda at YoWangdu Experience Tibet (www.yowangdu.com) for sharing this recipe with us. They have many wonderful Tibetan recipes on their website.

Guthuk is the only Tibetan food that is eaten only once a year as part of a ritual of dispelling any negativities of the old year and to make way for an auspicious new one. The base of the soup is actually a common noodle soup called thukpa bhatuk, but at the end of the year, this daily favorite is transformed into a special dish that is also a bit of a game.

Tibetan guthuk soup

Vegetarian guthuk soup. Photo and recipe courtesy of YoWangdu.com

Guthuk gets its name from the Tibetan word gu meaning nine and thuk which refers generally to noodle soups, so guthuk is the soup eaten on the 29th day. The gu part of the name also comes from the fact that the soup traditionally has at least nine ingredients. In this vegetarian version of guthuk, the nine main ingredients are mushrooms, celery, labu (daikon radish), peas, tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, and spinach. A traditional guthuk would include meat (yak or beef) and dried cheese. Continue reading

2015 Calendar from Tibetan Nuns Project now available

September is always an exciting time of year at the Tibetan Nuns Project office in Seattle because it’s the month when our annual wall calendar comes from the printer.

The Tibetan Nuns Project has been selling beautiful charity calendars for many years to raise funds to support over 700 Tibetan Buddhist nuns living in India at 7 nunneries.

collage of images from the 2015 Calendar Tibetan Nuns ProjectProceeds from the sale of the 2015 calendar will help provide food, shelter, health care and education to the nuns.

The 2015 calendar is filled with stunning images of Tibetan life and culture all taken by the nuns. It also includes:

  • inspirational quotes
  • the Tibetan lunar calendar
  • Tibetan Buddhist ritual dates
  • phases of the moon
  • major US and Canadian holidays

All the photos were taken by the nuns in India. Dimension 6.5″ x 7″. Price $11.00

The calendar is available for purchase through our online store or by check from our Seattle office at:

Tibetan Nuns Project
815 Seattle Boulevard South #216
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 652-8901
info@tnp.org

Please help us sell all 2,000 calendars by purchasing them as gifts for friends, family and teachers. We would be very grateful if you could also spread the word to your networks.

These calendars give back each and every day and bring happiness to you and the nuns.

2014 Calendar from the Tibetan Nuns Project

The beautiful 2014 Tibetan Nuns Project Calendar is now on sale. The calendar is filled with stunning images of Tibetan life and culture and also includes inspiring quotes, the Tibetan lunar calendar and ritual dates. Dimension 6.5″ x 7″. Price $11.00

front and back of 2014 calendarThis year the photographs were taken by four professional photographers — Olivier Adam from France, Brian Harris from Canada, Harald Weichhart from Austria, and Jeannie O’Connor from the US. They are all friends of the Tibetan Nuns Project and donated their time and images to help the nuns.

All proceeds from the calendar help support over 700 refugee Tibetan Buddhist nuns in India and provide them with food, shelter, education, health care and opportunity. Continue reading