warm welcome to

Nalanda Monastery

One of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the West, established in 1981 by Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche and located in the South of France. Named after Nalanda Monastery in ancient India, we offer a conducive environment for monastics, programs in Buddhist Philosophy, meditation retreats and opportunities to serve.

Community news & announcements

🔜 Upcoming Pujas

Thursday 22 April 19:00 - 20:00

Lama Choepa Tsog

Saturday 24 April 19:00 - 20:00

Medicine Buddha puja

Sunday 25 April 19:00 - 20:30

Chittmani Tara puja

Tuesday 27 April 06:00 - 07:30

Sojong

🚧 Website Under Construction The new website of Nalanda is still under construction. Full functionality and translation into French will be back in several stages. Please accept our apologies. If you find any mistake, please contact the webmaster.

Site en construction. Le nouveau site web de Nalanda est encore en construction. La version française de toutes les fonctionnalités sera rétablie par étapes successives. Veuillez accepter toutes nos excuses pour ces inconvénients.

Lotus-Born Project Update

50% funded

So far we’ve raised €22.480 out of €45.000 required. Let's rejoice together! Donate Now

⛔ Closed for Visitors To do our part to protect our community from Covid-19, we’re closed for public until further notice.

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Video: Introduction to Nalanda Monastery and its new retreat place – Maitreya Pure Land.

Upcoming events & retreats

Middle way teachings

New teachings by Geshe Namdak based on Chapter 18 of "Fundamental Wisdom" by Nagarjuna.

Learn more & watch online

17 - 18 Apr

Teachers Seminar

Learn how to share Dharma with groups, as either a teacher, a facilitator, a teaching assistant, a meditation or retreat leader

Learn more & register

2 - 6 Jul

Vipassana retreat

10-day residential Vipassana retreat led by Ven. Zopa from Nalanda monastery. With translation into Spanish and French.

Learn more & register

13 - 22 Aug

Study & practice at Nalanda

Lamrim course

2-year residential & online

basic program

5-year residential & online

masters program

7-year residential & online

Can't decide which study program is for you? Click here for a brief comparison.

Geshe Jamphel

Current Abbot

Geshe Gyaltsen

Resident Teacher

Geshe Losel

Resident Teacher

Ven. Tendar

Current Director

Why is Nalanda Needed?

"We’re establishing Nalanda Monastery to produce many saints and scholars. That’s why I called it Nalanda. We can be just like the ancient Indian monastery Nalanda, which produced such great Indian pandits as Atisha, Naropa, and Shantideva. I really feel that our own monastery can produce such saints and pandits."

Lama Yeshe

Founder of Nalanda Monastery

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