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provided Ling Khangtsen with land for expansion purposes. And quite fortuitously
in 2002, Ling Khangtsen had the opportunity to purchase some additional
land very near the monastery. (See the Tibetan Lama Fund web site's Current
News: 08 April 2002 entry for detailed information and picture of this
purchased land.)
With the availability of these lands, Ling Khangtsen is currently in
the beginning phases of the planning, design, and estimation of construction
cost stages of this new multipurpose facility. This facility will contain
a prayer hall, a library, classrooms, living quarters, and guestrooms.
The new facility will be large enough to accommodate all the Ling Khangtsen
monks including those who have moved to other monasteries because of the
limited space in the current facilities. In addition, the new facility
will take into account expected growth in the number of monks living at
Ling Khangtsen - new monks will be composed of both those who continue
to arrive from Tibet and also Tibetans now being born in India. This new
facility will also include space that will be needed to accommodate the
many people who will come to hear Ling Choktul Rinpoche teach in the future. |