monks and nuns receive authentic training in Bon religion and culture. Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen studies are taught by traditional dialectic methods in conjunction with a curriculum in medicine, poetry, astrology, and grammar. Monks pursue a strict monastic life and look after children who have been orphaned or placed at Menri by families who cannot care for them. Resident students are educated through the tenth grade at the Central School for Tibetans in Dolanji, and many remain at the monastery to continue monastic training.
