Dharamshala: The Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration, commenced its 10th Modern Science Workshop for Monks and Nuns at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) on 15 September 2025.

This two-week programme, from 15 to 26 September, was participated in by 29 monks and nuns from various monasteries and nunneries, including Palyul Choekhor Ling, Boker Shreda, Thekchok Namdroling, Geden Choeling Nunnery, Dzongkar Choede, Kagyu Lava Thekchen Ling Monastery, Salugara Sed-Gyued Institute of Buddhist Studies, Samtenling Nunnery, Drikung Kagyu Jangchubling Monastery, Pal Shenten Menriling, Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dolma Ling Nunnery, Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery, Thukche Choeling Nunnery, Jonang Ngedon Tagten Shedrub Choekhor Ling, and Jonang Kalachakra Meditation Institute.

Four science teachers from the Science Department of LTWA will facilitate the participants throughout the workshop.

In 2011, during the 11th Religious Conference, His Holiness the Dalai Lama provided detailed guidance on preserving, maintaining, and promoting the teachings of Buddhism. Accordingly, in 2013, the Department of Religion and Culture invited representatives of fifty major monasteries and nunneries from all Buddhist schools to a conference to discuss how to further advance Buddhist studies and practices. Following detailed discussions, a resolution was adopted to hold programmes to introduce modern science to religious institutions that didn’t have science classes. Consequently, the department began hosting successive Workshops to introduce Modern Science to the monks in collaboration with the LTWA.

-Report filed by Department of Religion and Culture, CTA