Khangtsen is the Tibetan word for HOSTEL. As in the great monasteries of central Tibet, each hostel is linked to a province in Tibet and has to accommodate the monks that hail from this area. These houses function independently and have to find their own donators to provide the monks with the living necessities, which includes medical care, and schooling material, as well as housing. The Ngari Khangtsen is one of the poorer Khangtsens of the Sera Jey Monastic University.
The Sed-Gyued Institute of Buddhist Studies, the main seat of the Sed-Gyued lineage, is based in Salugara, West Bengal, India. The institute currently enrolls 96 monks and 18 staff members. The Founder and President of the monastery is Sed-Gyued Dorjee Chang Jampa Wangyal Rinpoche. The former Abbot of the monastery is Venerable Gyued-Med Khensur Thutop Gonpo.
The Benchen Monastery Community is under the spiritual guidance of both His Eminence Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Venerable Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche. It provides information about the Dharma centers in the East and West which are connected to the Rinpoches. And it provides information about various social welfare projects especially targeted at poor and needy people living in the East.
