Monastic Institutions
Monasteries & Dharma Centres
Since the completion of the monastery at Bodhgaya in 1986, many important lamas of different schools of Tibetan Buddhism had visited and stayed in the monastery performing prayers, teachings, oral transmissions and empowerments. Therefore, H.E. Beru Khyentse Rinpoche's Monastery at Bodhgaya became a Centre of various Dharma activities. Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche had also regularly visited and stay in this monastery during winter between 1986-1989. He performed grand Monlam prayers under the Bodhi tree every year.
Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche transmitted all the teachings and empowerments of Shangpa Kagyu tradition to Beru Khyentse Rinpoche and particularly the empowerments of the Six-armed Mahakala. At that time, Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche organized the first Translators' Committee at Bodhgaya Kagyu monastery and translated into English, the Sheja Kunkhyab (The Treasury which is an Encyclopedia of Knowledge), a composition of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche had also regularly visited Bodhgaya monastery during winter from 1985 to 1990 and gave teachings and performed aspiration prayers as requested by Beru Khyentse Rinpoche. Both the Rinpoches and many other high Lamas and many monks performed the One Hundred Deities' Bardo prayer and a big Drubchen to make Dharma medicine. Beru Khyentse Rinpoche had also received many teachings from Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. These included all the empowerments in the Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's kabum, oral transmission of the secret tantras, all the teachings of Tsasum Osel Nyingthig, instructions and oral transmissions of the Longchen Nyingthig preliminary practices and the seven treasures of the Longchen. Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche had also composed a long-life prayer for Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.
Rinpoche's temple in Boudhanath, Nepal started in 1987. It consisted of six floors with monks' quarter and a guest house which was completed in 1990. In 1990 and 2002, Rinpoche and his family and attendants went on a pilgrimage to Tibet visiting places such as Samye Monastery, Chemphu Cave, Yarlung Valley holy places, Gyangtse Palgon Stupa, Tashi Lhunnpo Monastery, Sakya Monastery, Mount Kailash or "Gang Rinpoche", Tso-Mepham "Mansorovar Lake", Pretapure Holy Hot Spring, and Purang Karchang Jovo Holy Land. In the south of Lhasa Lhodrag area, the original residence place of Marpa Lotsawa, was a nine storeyed palace build by Milarepa at the instruction of Marpa Lotsawa. Milarepa built that building, which is now more than eight hundred years old, without any assistance. Rinpoche had visited all these holy places during his pilgrimage tour of Tibet.
That same year Rinpoche had also visited his birthplace, Nyethang area. As a result of the Cultural Revolution, the Tashi Gang Monastery, which had a long history, had been badly damaged. It was build by Chogyal Phagpa of Sakyapa School, some seven hundred thirty nine years ago with many old objects left in this monastery. All the other objects were destroyed except for a 2ft. stupa called the Kadam Stupa, which was hidden by a family who had survived the destruction of the Cultural Revolution. Rinpoche bought this stupa from the family when he first visited Tibet in 1982 and placed it in the safe keeping with one of Rinpoche's relatives. This stupa was returned to the Tashi Gang Monastery when the Chinese Government granted permission to reconstruct the monastery in 1990. Due to insufficient funds, restoration works could not be carried out. As a result, Rinpoche assisted with the repair works.
Two floors of the temple were still intact but were without the paint and the statues. Therefore, everything had to be re-built. Rinpoche added another floor to the existing two floors and monks' quarter, library, kitchen, guesthouse and a small shop for the monastery to generate some income. The second floor of the monastery had the Mahakala shrine. This shrine had been repaired and a new 22ft high clay status of Hevajra has been built. The Mahakala shrine had many paintings of old dharma protectors and yidams of the Sakyapa School.
Rinpoche offered the Tashi Gang Monastery the special stupa, which was originally built by Chogyal Phagpa, the founder of the monastery. In addition to this, many statues and religious texts were also brought in from India and kept in this monastery. In 1992, Rinpoche funded the construction of the 40ft. Namgyal Stupa outside the monastery. It housed a statue of Namgyal Ma and a big 7ft high brass Mani wheel. The original Namgyal Stupa had been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
In 1997, Rinpoche built eight stupas around the Tharjay Monastery. Each of these stupa measures 15ft. high.
Rinpoche had designed and raised funds for seven monasteries, 2 in India (in Bodhgaya and Mainpat), 2 in Nepal (in Boudhanath and Manang), 3 in Tibet (Nyethang Tashi Gang, Central Tibet, Tharjay monastery and Tharjay Nunnery), 2 retreat centres in Kham East Tibet Tharjay monastery for men and women. There is also 1 institute in Tharjay monastery, 2 public schools, one in India and one in Kham Nangchen Drokshok. There are 5 Dharma centres abroad, Khyenkong Karma Tharjay Dharma Society Centre in Malaysia, Karma Thigsum Chokhorling in New Zealand, Karma Tashi Choling in Australia, Thupten Remay Choling in Russia and Tharjay Chokhorling in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Tharjay Dharma centre was registered in accordance with the law of Hong Kong as TCF Ltd. The Malaysia centre was established in 1998 under the name of Khyenkong Karma Tharjay Dharma Society registered in accordance with the law of Malaysia at No 19, Jalan 14/37, 46100 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The Centre with many members and disciples is actively involved in various Dharma activities.