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Chusang Monastery Kathmandu, Nepal
Chusang monastery Samten Yangtse, has grown dramatically over the last few years and now houses 55 monks. 30 new young monks (age 9 to 18 ) joined Chusang Monastery in October / November 2003. They all came from very poor families. Living conditions have again become cramped and most monks are now housed three to a room. The old dinning hall and kitchen was renovated to accomodate a space for monastery office and for the monks living quarter. New kitchen and a dinning hall was constructed in the beginning of the year 2006.
Rinpoche places great importance on providing education for his monks and it is particularly important that they learn both Tibetan and English. Sponsorship of around US$700 per year is needed to pay the salaries of each of the two local teachers who are engaged by the monastery to teach the monks. The Tibetan Clinic, which operates in the monastery, is engaged in the preparation of traditional medicines for use by a number of Tibetan doctors in the area. This close involvement with other doctors practising in the area is an important aspect of the work of the clinic. Funding is needed to guarantee the salaries of Clinic staff which amounts to some US$700 per year. Recently, the Clinic purchased a new machine for making of traditional, herbal medicines which will greatly assist all the local traditional doctors. This machine cost US$1500 to buy and donations are urgently needed to cover this investment.
Prayer Wheel
As per the wishes of His Eminence Bardok Chusang Rinpoche, A Mani Prayer Wheel which has been under construction since January 2007 within the Chusang Monastery compound is expected to complete soon by the end of April. The
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In order to make the monastery financially self sufficient in the long run, the monastery has plans to build a residential building for rent. Estimated expenditures for new residential building comes to total of US $75,000. Donations are urgently needed to cover the cost of this vital work. 
