The monks of the Sera Jey monastery present an unprecedented sample of their culture
Exiled in southern India as a result of pressure from the Chinese regime, the monks of the monastery Sera Jey They present this week in Madrid a small, but superb, part of their spiritual culture, from Tibet. After the destruction in 1959 of his temple, one of the three great centers of Tibetan Buddhism, along with those of Ganden and Drepung, The monks settled in India to continue a academic and spiritual work which began at the beginning of the 14th century. Converted into a great study center, Sera Jey today houses more than 3.500 monks and distributes more than 10.500 daily meals thanks to donations from all over the world.
During your stay in Madrid, which is part of a tour with which they present their ancestral and deep cultural and spiritual values in Europe for the first time., the monks of Sera Jey will perform dances traditional Tibetan and monastic rituals, They will present their gastronomy and draw some of their overwhelming sand mandalas. The purpose of your visit is to raise funds for the construction of additional classrooms at the monastery, replica of the one that more than half a century ago they had to abandon in their homeland. Currently, many of the monastery classes are held outdoors as a result of the increase in the student population, and their suspension is frequent due to the weather..
Installed in the Round Space (Segovia Round, 50), the monks of Sera Jey, that throughout the week they will perform their “pujas” together with the Buddhist community of central Madrid Nagarjuna, on Santa Engracia street, On Friday they will offer a Tibetan dinner of a charitable nature and, the next day, before his farewell, They will star in a dance show that includes a mantra recital. The spiritual depth of Tibet and the beauty of its traditions go hand in hand in a visit historical, marked by the significance of an initiative that began in Tibet six hundred years ago.
