Serpom Monastic University

Situated in Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement, Mysuru District, Karnataka State, India, Serpom Thoesam Norling Monastery is a registered non–profit organization and monastic university for advanced Buddhist studies. The monastery is open to everyone, without any discrimination. Serpom Thoesam Norling Monastery was founded on April 25 2008.

The monastery have been granting free education, meals and accommodation to hundreds of monks since its inception. At present the population of our monk numbers in 567, excluding the monks who reside abroad. Serpom Monastery has produced Buddhist masters, philosophers, scholars, peace educators who have made great contribution to world peace and people’s welfare. Here monks study the five main texts of the Mahayana Buddhist curriculum, which takes on average eighteen years to complete.