Standing above a cauldron, Phuntsok Drakpa cleaves off tome-size slabs of yak butter into the steaming tea. "There were once 7,700 monks here who drank tea twice a day," he says. "More than a ...

In his youth he was angry with his brother, Akong Rinpoche (left), after ending up in his monastery He was born Jampal Drakpa in 1943 and grew up in the tiny village of Darak in Tibet a place ...

Legend has it that the foundation of the monastery was laid by Denma Kunga Drakpa. It is said that Drakpa stayed at the area in a tented camp to contemplate the beauty of the place. While ...

In Nangkhar Dordhen Monastic School, Trashiyangtse, Lam Rinchen Drakpa along with 20 monks are reciting the holy scriptures of bum, Kangyur and Sangay Moenla zing ngag to overcome the pandemic in the ...

Rinchen Gonjo Drakpa, A Bright Lamp for Tibetan Grammar, Ethnic Publishing House, Beijing, December 1998. 195 pp. Illus. 20 cm. ISBN 7-105-03218-9. The book was written by the author, a Bon master ...

But many are unhappy with the price since it has now reduced to Nu 40,” she said. Trashiyangtse Assistant Agriculture Officer, Chhimi Drakpa said that with support from the Agriculture Research and ...