Start Your Own Chapter

Interested in starting your own chapter of DGIYA at your school or in your community? This page is dedicated to providing guidance, resources, and information to support anyone who looking to develop share Dharma Gyan Youth at any capacity .

Before starting a group and leading our first meeting, it’s important for us to remember the intention of a DGIYA group and how it should function.

Dharma Gyan International Youth Association was developed by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche in effort to create an inclusive community where young people can come together and explore the ancient wisdom of the Buddha’s teachings, and learn how they can guide us in finding genuine happiness, pursuing meaningful X, and cultivating general wellbeing.

Creating Community -

Learning and Practicing Together - Three Wheels of practice

Honoring Our Lineage -

Developing Your Own Constitution -

Once you have developed some base guidelines we can have our first meeting.

What to bring?

Structure

Example activites

How to facilitate a meeting?

Resources

Digital Resources:

Getting Physical Resources:

Invite an Instructor!