Tibet – the roof of the world – is a region that has fascinated people for many years. The Tibetan cultural area spans over a total area of over 10 Mio sq kilometres. In the south it borders on the Himalayas, in the west on the Karakorum, in the north on the Kunlun and in the east on several high snow-covered mountain ranges. Three of the biggest Asian rivers burst through these ranges in a north-south direction.
The region Dagyab, half as big as Hesse, is situated at the headwaters of the Mekong in the far East of the autonomous region Tibet. Dagyab Rinpoche was the most senior religious and secular patron of this province – until he had to leave Tibet in 1959. Till today he feels very much connected to his homeland.
The registered association was founded in 1994 by Dagyab Rinpoche’s friends and colleagues. The association has been able to build two big boarding schools in the nomadic area of Tibet, two schools for craftwork and two big medical institutes. One of them is a training institute where 56 students have already been trained as physicians
A monastic “unit of houses” - Nyagre is the name of a region in East Tibet. In the 16th century – during the time of the first Kyabgön of Dagyab – it was united with other regions to become a district now known as Dagyab. Khangtsen is a “unit of houses” within a Tibetan monastery, which usually consists of a meeting hall and several residential buildings
