Rinpoche purchases the land in Sarnath, where 25 years later SINI was built.

After long consideration, Tarthang Rinpoche decides to relocate to the West, where more technological development and strong protections for religious freedom might foster his text preservation efforts.

Rinpoche designs the first Nyingma curriculum for the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies, which opens in Sarnath in 1967

Rinpoche starts his publishing efforts with the founding of Dharma Mudranalaya, the roots of all his future publishing endeavors at Varanasi.

Upon learning that ’Jam-dbyangs mKhyen-brtse Chos-kyi Blo-gros has left for Sikkim, Tarthang Rinpoche decides to leave Tibet, making his way to Sikkim through Bhutan.

This small sapling is from Anuradhapura Temple in Sri Lanka and was offered ceremoniously by the sangha. The sapling is a descendant from the original Bodhi Tree, under which the Buddha attained enlightenment.