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Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual Scholarship

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Monastic Research Centers Consortium (MRCC) Annual Workshop 2

3 March 2026

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March 3–7, 2026. Location: Dzongsar Institute, Chauntra, India.

The Khyentse Center will conduct the second post-ARPI workshop, the “Monastic Research Centers Consortium (MRCC) Annual Workshop 2,” during March 3–7, 2026. The workshop will be hosted by Dzongsar Institute, Chauntra, India in combination with the annual ARCAS workshop. The event aims to support the post-ARPI research activities of the three monastic research centers founded within the framework of the ARPI project: Ngagyur Nyingma Research Center (NNRC) at Namdroling (Mysore), Dzongsar Buddhist Research Center (DBRC) at Dzongsar Institute (Chauntra), and Shechen Research Division (SRD) at Shechen monastery (Kathmandu), and of the two newly founded researches centers: Gangten Research Centre (GRC) at Gangen Monastery, Bhutan, and Shugseb Research Center (SRC), Dharamsala, India. The MRCC Annual Workshops support the publication of ARPI research findings and the development of new research projects, and offer supervision to new members of all affiliated monastic research centers. The workshops are led by Prof. Dorji Wangchuk and Dr. Orna Almogi.