Supporting the remote Buddhist Academy was a long-term project for DENER. Through contact with the teachers of the Buddhist academy, we were able to prepare all kinds of supplies such as stationery, school bags, dual-use lamps and send the necessary resources to the remote Buddhist academies to support the student monks to study with a peace of mind. It has been our way to support the Buddhist Academy.
Located in Yushu, Qinghai, the Bianqian Monastery was built by the fourth Sangyenpa Rinpoche, and was an inherited ancestral temple. Sangenianpa Rinpoche rebuilt Bianqian Monastery in the early 1990s. Located next to the most beautiful grassland in Yushu, the Buddhist Academy currently has 60 monks studying there. This is one of the Buddhist academies that we have been assisting for a long time.
Because the Buddhist Academy is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 4493.4 meters, there are only two seasons throughout the year, cold and warm. The most extreme temperature could be as low as minus 20 degrees. When we confirmed with the school regarding the supplies this year, the teacher mentioned that the monks need quilts and quilt covers. After understanding the situation, we purchased a batch of high-quality cotton quilts for the Buddhist Academy to help the Buddhist Academy replace the long-used bedding with the new ones. The weather in Yushu is gradually getting colder and we hope this batch of quilts would prevent the students from suffering the cold winter.