On 20^th March 1999, the late Geshe Lama Konchog, now reincarnated as Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, instructed Lama Thubten Namdrol Dorje to start a Dharma Centre. He bestowed the name Thekchen Choling, meaning 'Great Mahayana Dharma Temple' named after the monastery of His Holiness the 14^th Dalai Lama.

Geshe-la's vision was for the temple to change the current mindset of that one can only practice the Dharma as ordained Sangha. Thekchen Choling's focus is thus to impart ways that lay people can practice the Dharma, integrating it into their everyday lives and learning to realize their inner potential and be happy and fulfilled.

In 2001, Thekchen Choling (Singapore) was formally registered. From a handful of students, the crowd at Thekchen Choling is now several times larger with a mailing list of five thousand and regular students numbering to several hundred.

历史

1999年3月20日，在圆寂上师喇嘛衮却格西，(现已转世为图古天津彭措仁波切)的指示下，喇嘛图登南都多杰（喇嘛多杰）成立了佛法中心，并命名为大乘禅寺，意为大乘佛法寺庙，这与法王第十四世达赖喇嘛的主寺同名。

格西拉对本寺的展望是要改变现代人的思维，既只有成为僧人才能修学佛法的错误观念。大乘禅寺注重于在家修行者的方便法门，将佛法融入日常生活和学习认识自己的内在潜能，过个快乐和有意义的人生。