What SRAVASTI ABBEY CORP does

Sravasti Abbey Corp is a private, nonprofit Tibetan Buddhist monastery headquartered at 692 Country Lane in Newport, Washington. Founded by Venerable Thubten Chodron — a bhikshuni ordained in 1986 who has studied for roughly four decades with the Dalai Lama — the Abbey is described as one of the first Tibetan Buddhist training monasteries for Western nuns and monks in the United States. It serves a general public audience of Buddhist practitioners ranging from curious newcomers to committed monastics, with five named employee roles and a larger resident monastic community that performs teaching, translation, and operational work without traditional compensation.

The Abbey's product portfolio covers structured distance learning (SAFE Online Course), recurring weekly teachings (Beginning Buddhism, Compassion Every Day, Middle-Length Lamrim), intensive courses and retreats (including Winter Retreat and Exploring Monastic Life), monthly community events (Sharing the Dharma Day), daily online meditation, a publications catalog that includes the ten-volume Library of Wisdom and Compassion co-authored with the Dalai Lama, podcasts, and a progressive web mobile app. Delivery channels span the physical monastery, regional venues (Spokane Buddhist Temple, Pend Oreille PUD in Newport), partner-led Zoom programming (Buddhism.net's Vibe with Venerables; Majjhima Nikaya Book Club for Russian-language audiences), YouTube Live streaming, and international retreats at Drepung Loseling in India. Technology stack is non-proprietary and standard — Bloomerang for donor/email, Google Analytics, Zoom, YouTube, and a PWA — with no described AI or developer platform.

The Abbey operates on a dana (generosity) donation model: all Dharma programs are offered free of charge with voluntary donations welcomed, and no pricing tiers, registration fees, or commercial contracts are described. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization is supported by an advisory board and a network of partner organizations, and its leadership is provided by Venerable Chodron as abbess together with a monastic team that includes bhikshunis ordained in Taiwan and the United States. Growth investments are visible in the completed Buddha Hall and the planned 2026 in-person Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering.

Name

SRAVASTI ABBEY CORP

Legal name

Sravasti Abbey

Website

https://sravastiabbey.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sravasti Abbey Corp is a nonprofit Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Newport, Washington that offers free Buddhist teachings, courses, retreats, and online programs to the general public, funded entirely by voluntary donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Buddhist Education

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious Orders & Monastic Communities (Monasteries, Convents) (BPAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Buddhist Monastic Universities & Dharma Colleges (EDAHAKAK), Guided Meditation Instruction (1:1 & Group) (HSADAJAA)

Keywords

• Buddhist monastic training
• Buddhist meditation education
• Dharma teachings programs
• Tibetan Buddhist monastery
• Buddhist retreat programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Offerings: All Abbey Dharma programs are offered freely to participants, with donations welcomed but not required. The organization operates on a dana (generosity) model where supporters make voluntary offerings to sustain the monastic community and its activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sravasti Abbey operates a Tibetan Buddhist training monastery offering free Buddhist education and meditation programs to the general public. Core offerings include weekly Dharma teachings (Beginning Buddhism, Compassion Every Day, Middle-Length Lamrim), structured courses and retreats (Winter Retreat, Exploring Monastic Life), the SAFE online distance-learning course, daily online meditation, Sharing the Dharma Days, and an extensive publications catalog. All programs are offered without mandatory fees and supported through voluntary donations.

Product overview

Sravasti Abbey is a Tibetan Buddhist training monastery offering a comprehensive portfolio of Buddhist education programs. The core offerings include the SAFE Online Course for structured distance learning, Weekly Teachings (Beginning Buddhism, Compassion Every Day, Middle-Length Lamrim), intensive Courses and Retreats (including Winter Retreat and Exploring Monastic Life), and regular community events such as Sharing the Dharma Day. Supplementary offerings include Daily Online Meditation, Publications by Venerable Thubten Chodron, Podcasts and Apps for mobile access, and the Sravasti Abbey App (PWA). The Vibe with Venerables Series provides collaborative programming through Buddhism.net. All programs are offered freely with donations welcomed.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SAFE Online Course

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 40 years of study with the Dalai Lama

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, regional and flagship.

• Buddhism.netcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Buddhism.net partners with Sravasti Abbey for the Vibe with Venerables series, a 4-month teaching series on the Three Higher Trainings (ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom). The partnership extends the Abbey's reach to Buddhism.net's global audience through Zoom. Events are hosted by Buddhism.net with Abbey monastics teaching.
• Majjhima Nikaya Book ClubcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026The Majjhima Nikaya Book Club, a Russian-language Sutta study group, hosts Venerable Chodron for teachings on Buddhist practice with Russian translation. This partnership extends the Abbey's teachings to Russian-speaking audiences globally.
• Spokane Buddhist TempleregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Spokane Buddhist Temple provides venue space for Sravasti Abbey's weekly Beginning Buddhism classes. The Abbey's monastics travel to Spokane to teach in-person, creating an ongoing regional presence.
• Pend Oreille PUDregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerPend Oreille Public Utility District provides conference room space for the Abbey's weekly Compassion Every Day classes in Newport, enabling local community programming.
• Drepung Loseling Meditation and Science Center (Mundgod, India)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerSravasti Abbey partners with Drepung Loseling Meditation and Science Center in Mundgod, India to host annual retreats with Venerable Chodron, including a retreat scheduled December 29, 2026 to January 4, 2027.
• His Holiness the 14th Dalai LamaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerHis Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed endorsement of Sravasti Abbey and is a long-term teacher of Abbey founder Venerable Chodron. He has co-authored the ten-volume Library of Wisdom and Compassion series with Venerable Chodron.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Insight Meditation Society: A pioneering Insight Meditation center in Barre, Massachusetts. Comparable as an established Western Buddhist educational organization offering residential retreats, long-term teacher training, and a donation-supported operational model with global student reach.
• Shambhala Mountain Center: A major Tibetan Buddhist retreat and teaching center in Colorado. Directly comparable as a Tibetan-tradition organization offering residential retreats, multi-day programs, and global online teachings, supported by a donation/fee-based model.
• Spirit Rock Meditation Center: A leading Insight Meditation (vipassana) center in Marin County, California. Comparable as a Western Buddhist educational institution offering structured multi-level teacher training, retreats, and a substantial residential/dana-based programming model.
• Deer Park Monastery: A Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monastery in Escondido, California, founded in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Comparable as a residential Western Buddhist monastery offering monastic training, public days of mindfulness, retreats, and free/dana-based programming.
• Gampo Abbey: A Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, also founded as a Western training monastery in the Tibetan tradition (Shambhala lineage). Directly comparable to Sravasti Abbey as a residential Western Buddhist monastery offering ordination training, retreats, and year-round programming under a small monastic community.
• Tara Mandala: A Tibetan Buddhist retreat center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Comparable as a Tibetan-tradition organization offering residential retreats, online programming, and teacher training supported by donations and program fees.
• Zen Mountain Monastery: A Zen training monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York, in the Mountains and Rivers Order tradition. Comparable as a residential Western Buddhist monastery offering monastic training, public programs, and retreats under a small monastic leadership structure.

Broad incumbents

• San Francisco Zen Center (City Center): One of the oldest and largest Zen Buddhist institutions in the West, with multiple practice centers and a broad urban footprint. Comparable as a residential Western Buddhist community offering ordination, retreats, and educational programming, but substantially larger and broader in scope than Sravasti Abbey.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Sravasti_Abbey
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/sravastiabbey
• Facebookfacebook.com/AbbeySravasti
• Instagraminstagram.com/sravasti_abbey
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sravasti-abbey-corp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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