Sponsorship Fund

The need for funding How the monks are supported Contribute to the Education fund Sponsor the living cost of a monk Sponsorship Form

The need for funding

Many of the monks at Lingdum Monastery come from very poor families of the remote areas of Sikkim with some from as far away as Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan.

Sponsoring a monk is to show acknowledgement of the courage that many of the young people here show, having left their families and homeland where they can neither follow their religious beliefs nor pursue their spiritual development.

Once accepted into the monastery they may not see their family or relatives again, and have no support. They cannot afford to pay a regular contribution for their food and accommodation to the Monastery. By accepting these monks into the community, we take the full responsibility for their welfare, their education and their care in sickness and old age. All facilities are offered free to the monks to enable them to focus completely on their studies and to practice the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. 

In the past few years the number of monks at Lingdum doubled. Many suffer frequently from diseases such as TB, liver problems and general debility because of the hot climate.

The financial burden of looking after such a large community is quite considerable. It is for this reason that we appeal to your generosity to secure more funding to enable the monastery to provide these monks with their daily necessities.

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How the monks are supported

Over the past decade Lingdum Monastery has taken care of its ever-increasing number of monks. and accommodation is become acute with the growing number of students. 

Donations from patrons that support the goals of the monastery have always been essential for the survival and the expansion of the monastery. We appeal to your generosity to support our efforts to provide a place of study and practice to young people of the Himalayan region and to preserve the religious and cultural heritage of Tibet.

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Lingdum Education fund

Our priority for the next few years will be to improve the general standard of education and upgrade all levels of educational facilities.

For this purpose an education fund has been established. The main purpose of the fund is to support a greater number of qualified teachers.

You can sponsor: 

• Sponsorship of study material (books, notebooks, pencils etc) for one student for one year - US$50 per year
   
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Sponsoring the living cost of a monk

Counting everything from clothing and food to the last stick of wood, it costs about US$1.00 a day to completely care for one monk. This is less than the price of one cup of coffee, or the price of dinner once a month.

Contribute just $30 a month to completely take care of a monk's living expenses. Your contribution goes towards covering the living expenses of all monks. In this way the benefits of your generosity will continue as long as the monastery exists, and you are helping the whole community of monks.

You can sponsor

• Part sponsorship of the living cost for one monk at US$15 a month
• Full sponsorship of the living cost for one monk at US$30 a month

If you would like to correspond personally with a monk please contact our sponsor coordinator, Ms Jenny Thia, who will inform you of the guidelines applying to this type of sponsorship. 

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