ཨKhedrup FoundationSangchen Ogyen Tsuklag
Ogyen Tsuklag International Buddhist Academy

From Bodhicaryavatara to Dzogchen — a progressive path, in Trongsa.

Founded in 2015 under Khedrupchen Rinpoche, the Academy serves both monastic and lay students, both Bhutanese and international, both in-person and online. The Integrated Learning Center was completed in 2024, with the library, IT lab, and ten restored long-term retreat centers planned for 2025.

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Newly completed Integrated Learning Center, Sangchen Ogyen Tsuklag Buddhist Academy
Facilities — completed 2024

A new home for study.

Classrooms
7
Twin-share rooms with attached washrooms
24
Faculty and visiting-teacher units
2

The Academy welcomes both Buddhist and non-Buddhist students, both Bhutanese and international, both in-person and online.

The curriculum

Five progressive stages.

The path is laid out as a sequence — each stage prepares the ground for the next. Students may join at the foundation, or, with permission, deeper in.

  1. 1

    Foundation

    Shantideva's Bodhicaryavatara — compassion and bodhicitta as the ground of practice.

  2. 2

    Middle Way

    Madhyamika — the philosophy of emptiness.

  3. 3

    Perfection of Wisdom

    Prajnaparamita literature and its commentaries.

  4. 4

    Mind Only

    Yogacara — the Yogic Practice school.

  5. 5

    Great Perfection

    Dzogchen — the heart-essence teachings of Maha Sandhi, transmitted in the Longchen Nyingthik lineage.