The Alms Bowl

Supporting Monastic Communities, Wherever the Need Arises

We are a group of supporters helping fund meaningful projects for Buddhist monastic communities — from building guest rooms and schools, to sacred statues, to reuniting a devoted scholar with his mother after nearly three decades apart.

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Every contribution, large or small — or simply your well wishes and prayers — helps make these projects possible. Click any project for full details and sponsorship options.

Monks of Sera Jey Tsangpa Khangtsen served food during the summer retreat
Fully Funded · Bylakuppe, India

Sera Jey Tsangpa Khangtsen — Food for 158 Monks in Summer Retreat

Funded in full for the 10–18 September 2026 summer retreat. Every meal for all 158 monks has been offered. With gratitude to everyone who gave.

Goal reached 🙏
₹1,89,840 (~US$2,000)
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The girl Geshe Lobsan Gyaltsen raised as his own daughter, in her school uniform
Education · Sponsorship

A Monk’s Promise — Education for the Girl He Raised

Orphaned as a small child, she was taken in and raised by Geshe Lobsan Gyaltsen as his own daughter. Her school fees rise every year — more than he can carry alone. Help see her education through to graduation.

Goal
US$2,400 / year (~SGD 3,100)
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Nuns of Kunsang Choling Nunnery, Kapan
Nunnery & Education · Kapan, Kathmandu

Kunsang Choling Nunnery — A Home for 70 Nuns

Building a new residence and funding the education of 70 girls from Nepal’s poorest Himalayan districts.

Goal
NPR 85.75 Lakh (~US$57,000)
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8-foot golden Buddha Shakyamuni for the Drepung Loseling Tsangpa Khangtsen prayer hall
Statue Sponsorship · Mundgod, India

Complete the Main Prayer Hall

Sponsor a sacred statue — the 8 ft Buddha, Je Tsongkhapa, the 21 Taras, the HH Dalai Lama throne — or a window, a hostel room, or assembly seating for Drepung Loseling Tsangpa Khangtsen.

Goal
USD 183,500
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Monks at the new construction site, Lama Camp, Bylakuppe
Construction · Sera Jey, Bylakuppe

Rooms for Elderly Geshes & Monks' Meditation and Retreat

26 new rooms across two floors at Lama Camp — a dignified home for elderly Geshes and a quiet space for monks to engage in meditation and retreat. Sponsor a full room, a share, or any amount.

Goal
₹1.93 Cr (~US$204,000)
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Geshe-la's family outside their home in Tibet — the loved ones he hopes to embrace again in Hong Kong
Family Reunion · Hong Kong

Reuniting a Geshe with His Mother After 29 Years

A Geshe Lharampa of Drepung Monastery left Tibet in 1997. His family will travel from Tibet to Hong Kong so he can see his elderly mother again — help make this rare reunion possible.

Goal
SGD 5,500
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Ngagyur Chungon Dolma-Ling temple under construction, Kurseong
Temple & Statues · Kurseong, Darjeeling

Dolma-Ling — Temple & Sacred Statues

The new temple is rising on the hillside. Its shrine hall needs three 5.5 ft statues — Lord Buddha (full gold), Guru Padmasambhava, and Chenrezig — ₹15 lakh each.

Goal
₹45 Lakh (~SGD 69,000)
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Site marking for the new Sed Gyued Monastery school, Salugara — construction has begun
School Construction · Salugara, West Bengal

Build the School — Sed Gyued Monastery

A three-storey school — 10 classrooms, library, and staff quarters — so 240 young monks can study free of charge. Construction has begun: the site is marked out and steel and timber are arriving (June 2026). Donations go directly to the monastery via their official website.

Goal
US$465,000
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Sacred statue in the shrine hall of Lopche Monastery, Dolakha
Fully Funded · Dolakha, Nepal

Lopche Monastery — Painting the Sacred Statues

Funded in full on 24 August 2026. The three sacred statues will be painted and the 12-ft rooftop Buddha Amitabha raised. With gratitude to everyone who gave.

Goal reached 🙏
US$5,500
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Tashi Gephelling Buddhist Centre

Our partner centre in Singapore, which receives and forwards every offering made here. These are their own projects and pujas.

Medicine Buddha Jangwa Prayer 药师佛超度法会 — Tashi Gephelling Buddhist Centre
📅 5 Sep 2026 Puja · Name Submission · Singapore

Medicine Buddha Jangwa Prayer 药师佛超度法会

A special healing & purification puja for both living and deceased, led by H.E. the 5th Bise Rinpoche on Sat, 5 Sep 2026, 3:00–5:30 PM. Name tablets free · Lamp + name S$10 · Deadline 5 Sep, 10 AM.

Name Submission
Free · Lamp S$10
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The lama performing puja at the Tashi Gephelling Buddhist Centre altar
Founding Supporter · Singapore

Help Build a New Home for Dharma

A dedicated space for weekly pujas, Fire Pujas, Dharma teachings and community at Tashi Gephelling Buddhist Centre. Become a monthly Founding Supporter.

Monthly support
From SGD 100 / month
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About Us

We are a small group of friends, students and supporters of Buddhist monasteries and temples. We work directly with each monastery and its teachers to identify genuine needs — a puja to be sponsored, a school or shrine hall to be built, elderly monks to be housed, a sacred statue to be completed — wherever in the world they arise.

Every donation goes fully toward the stated project. Wherever possible, funds are sent directly to the monastery, and for the Sed Gyued school you give through the monastery's own official website. Each gift is receipted, and we are always happy to share photos, updates and documentation of a project's progress with donors on request.

You do not need to give to take part. A prayer, a well wish, or simply sharing a project with someone who may care — all of it is received with gratitude.

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