Mipham Institute

09/16/2026

New Program Announcement!

08/26/2026

Applications are open to join the ongoing program starting on September 8th! https://www.miphaminstitute.org/apply

Nick teaches philosophy at Rutgers University and is a current student at Mipham Institute. See his full interview reflecting on the first year on PBC Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQfWzp8Y_y8

08/13/2026

08/10/2026

Our second year begins next month on September 8th! The Fall semester will start with a four week in-person session at Padma Samye Ling.
Applications to join the ongoing program are currently open. Please visit our website for details and instructions on how to apply.

https://www.miphaminstitute.org/apply

07/04/2026

Join our class live tomorrow morning!

As we come to the end of our first academic year, we invite you to join us for a live broadcast of our final philosophy class. For those interested in joining our program, this is a great way to see what a Mipham Institute class is like!

We will continue our study of Shantideva's "Way of Bodhisattva". Khenpo Dawa Kharpo is currently teaching us Chapter 9: Wisdom, using Khenpo Shenga's chendrel commentary. Philippe Turenne is doing live translations.

When: July 5th, 10-11:30AM EST
Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/isOOhNUX1Xw?is=EbQKwCozrXzCP2WE

To follow along, there are free pdfs of the text online. We will be starting at verse 96 and there is a short q&a at the end.

You are warmly invited to join a livestream of Mipham Institute's f...

06/30/2026

Lama Laia and Philippe led a Riwo Sangchod Smoke Offering Prayer on Dzamling Chisang (‘Local Deities Day’ observed on the 15th day of the 5th month in Tibetan calendar)

06/21/2026

Classes are in session!
We are now halfway through our Spring in-person semester. Students are engaging in a meaningful rhythm of classes, study, practice, and participating in Sangha activities - while enjoying the beauty and spiritual warmth of Padmasambhava Buddhist Center - New York.

If you'd like to support our institute: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TWTJFWS6U9QSC

Thanks for following along, more updates to come.

01/02/2026

Greetings to everyone! We are happy to share the news that we have successfully completed our first semester with our last online class held on last December 11.

Over the last few months, students have received a line by line explanation of the first five chapters of the 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢, together with the Shenga 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘭. Our heartfelt thanks to Khenpo Karpo for sharing his kindness and insight into the text!
In our Tibetan Grammar class, students have progressed from learning the Tibetan alphabet to reading simple Tibetan and studying main verb structures, and are quickly improving their reading skills. Our intermediate Tibetan students have read excerpts Longchenpa's 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 4 𝘋𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘴 and have now begun reading the 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘭 directly in Tibetan.

Congratulations to our students for their sustained efforts and progress! We are now in a Winter Break until March 2nd. We are grateful to all the support we have received for our first semester and we wish everyone a happy and fulfilling 2026. 🎊