The Sed-Gyued Institute of Buddhist Studies, the main seat of the Sed-Gyued lineage, is based in Salugara, West Bengal, India. The institute currently enrolls 96 monks and 18 staff members. The founder and President of the monastery is Sed-Gyued Dorjee Chang Jampa Wangyal Rinpoche. The Abbot of the monastery is Venerable Gyued Med Khensur Thutop Gonpo. The General Secretary of the monastery is Venerable Dakpa Gyaltsen.

Aims Of The Monastery

• To promote the learning of Buddhism as a whole.
• A special emphasis on preservation and practices of the Sed-Gyued tradition of Mahayana tantric texts, which were passed on for centuries by great Sed-Gyued saints and philosophers in their authentic form.
• To produce Buddhist philosophers and scholars in general, and special prominent masters in the Sed-Gyued lineage of Buddhist tantric practice.
• To impart monastic and as well as modern education to the monks.
• To survive and revive the lost Buddhist culture in the Himalayan areas and link with Tibetans residing on the border regions.
• Admission to be open to all categories irrespective of race, creed, and region. But special preference will be given to the Himalayan regions.
• Limitation of admission to be 150-200 monk students.
• To run a medical clinic having two doctors: a Tibetan doctor and a Indian doctor, to treat the needy local patients and monks alike.
• To provide vocational training for monks as per their choice.
• To have a library for the purposes of monastic study, and for the public interested in Buddhist studies as well.
• To have guest rooms for visitors.

The Prescribed Academic Syllabus

After successful completion of the above courses, the student is awarded the degree of "sNyags-ram" Certificate, and is exempted from going to school and other regular activities of the monastery.