These monasteries had a very close relationship that lasted until the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950. In this manner the Dip Tsechokling monastery was transformed in a warehouse for the Chinese occupying army. Among these tibetans was Lama Tashi Gyaltsen, who decided very rapidly, in company of his assistant Lama Thubten Nyandack, to rebuilt Dip Tsechokling Monastery as soon as possible. It is indeed in Dharamsala that the Tibetan Government in exile is settled and where lives His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. It is in 1986 that the main temple was built.
Today there are also rooms for the monks, classrooms, toilets and showers.
This monastery is also a school and the monastery population is mainly of young tibetans, most of them orphans, aged 9 to 26, who wish to receive a traditional Tibetan education and to practise their ancestors' religion and maintain the tradition. These monks receive very often teachings by HH the Dalai Lama as well as many other very highly realized Lamas living in or visiting Dharamsala. Association Dip Tse Chok Ling ,12, rue Chabrey, CH 1202 Geneva, Switzerland tel.