Tara Lanka Study Group

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Tara Lanka is the first FPMT Tibetan Buddhist study group in Sri Lanka — we follow the lineage and teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama under the guidance of Khabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Although we are very small and only funded by the generosity of a few individuals, Tara Lanka offers the Sanskrit-based teachings of the Buddha in Sri Lanka, freely and to the best of our ability.

Our aim is to awaken compassion and wisdom in people’s hearts by treading the path laid down by the Buddha himself.

At this early stage of our existence, Tara Lanka has been granted the status of being an FPMT Study Group. This is a great honour, given that we are so small and so few — but that’s how everything begins.

If you would like to contribute in any way, or make an enquiry, please contact Venerable Ani Lekdron via Contact Us.

TaraLanka is an FPMT study group. There is no physical “centre” —at the moment— as all activity relies entirely on the work of Venerable Tenzin Lekdron (Maniyo).

FPMT study groups are groups which are using this status as a probationary period before a group becomes a legal entity and a full FPMT center. FPMT Study Groups are not yet affiliated with the FPMT, and therefore do not have the same responsibilities as a center, financially or administratively. FPMT Study Groups are required to work towards becoming an FPMT center.

Maniyo is a Tibetan lineage FPMT nun ordained in India by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She follows the guidance of FPMT and her spiritual Teacher, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. She has no financial income from FPMT but is sustained by a small number of overseas supporters and by her own savings.

Venerable Lekdron rents a flat in Kandy and regularly travels to Colombo to give teachings there too. Currently, her main focus is on purification practices (Tara, Medicine Buddha, recitations of the Golden Light Sutra) new Singhala translations of important Dharma texts, Non-Violent Communication and helping women to rescue themselves.

Maniyo’s teaching style is direct and uncomplicated; people find it helpful that they can ask questions that are relevant to their life and then have them answered in a straight-forward way. Venerable Lekdron has been invited to international Buddhist conferences and to teach in Indonesia in 2018 on the topic of women’s empowerment.

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