With future growth planned to accommodate up to 200 students, the need for adequate classroom and housing space at CBS has grown tremendously. In response to this need, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche has expressed his wish to begin construction of a new building complex, containing new classrooms, a library, administrative offices, guest quarters, and much-needed living space for students attending the CBS program.

The objective of the building expansion project is to create an environment where the students at CBS can live and work as a community – strengthening and enhancing both the academic and social environment of the program. In this way the overall student experience will be enriched and the international recognition of the program will be strengthened. 

Construction of the building is expected to begin in 2008 with completion by 2010.

The planned buildings will be approximately 3,500 square meters and the budgeted cost is US$ 600,000.

In order to ensure the long-term sustainability of its teaching activities, the Center for Buddhist Studies is seeking to endow two chairs, one in Buddhist Studies and one in Himalayan Languages.

The holders of these two chairs will be eminent scholars who, through teaching, publication and research, seek to bring together the profound wisdom of classical Buddhist scholarship with modern scholarly methods, approaches and perspectives – a goal consistent with the vision of the Center for Buddhist Studies.
 
The sponsor of each chair, which may be an individual, organization, or corporation, may in this way have a profound influence on the future of international Buddhist Studies. In recognition of this fact, each chair will be named in accordance with the wishes of its sponsor.

The endowment of these two chairs will contribute to meeting the recurrent costs of CBS, thereby providing financial stability and sustainability into the future. It will also allow CBS to attract and maintain an expert faculty of teachers and translators for years to come.

For each chair an annual income of $50,000 is required. Under present market conditions, a capital investment sum of 1 million US$ per chair has therefore been set as the target.

Over the years, as the Rangjung Yeshe Institute has blossomed and grown, the need for greater financial support has also increased. While funding for the Building Expansion Project and the Endowed Chairs goes forward, there are also other immediate needs that must be addressed.  

Among these are the need for a technical support team implement our new online learning programs, new equipment to meet ever-changing technical demands, funding for numerous translation projects, and funding for our increased library facilities, including new books and equipment.