About Us
Vision
Create a feasible environment for the preservation and growth of spiritual and cultural traditions of Bhutan.
Mission
To Preserve and develop Bhutan’s rich spiritual heritage through the promotion of spiritual practices by maintaining the pristine nature of monastic discipline, practices and studies together with the standardization of monastic living amenities, encouraging monastic participation in public forums and expansion of Buddhist studies to higher levels.
- Compassion (སྙིང་རྗེ་ – Nyingjé)
- Spiritual Integrity (གནས་ཚུལ་ – Nétsul)
- Wisdom (ཤེས་རབ་ – Sherab)
- Harmony (མཉམ་ཉིད་ – Nyamnyid)
- Preservation of Tradition (དམིགས་ཡུལ་ – Migyül)
- Service to the Nation (ཕན་ཐོགས་ – Phenthog)
- Discipline (ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ – Tsultrim)
- Compassionate Leadership (བདེ་སྦྱངས་ – Deyjang)
Dratshang Lhentshog Secretariat
Our Values
A Civil Servant shall not:
- Cultivating love and kindness towards all sentient beings in accordance with Buddhist teachings.
- Upholding purity in monastic discipline, moral conduct, and Dharma practice.
- Promoting deep understanding through Buddhist philosophy and teachings of the Buddha.
- Fostering unity among monastic communities and laypeople for social and spiritual well-being.
- Safeguarding Bhutan’s Vajrayana Buddhist heritage, rituals, and sacred scriptures.
- Supporting the vision of the King, upholding Gross National Happiness (GNH), and serving as a moral and spiritual guide to Bhutanese society.
- Following the Vinaya (monastic code of conduct) to maintain the sanctity of monastic life.
Transparency is our strength
Guided by four commissioners and a chairperson, there are 81 staffs dedicatedly serving our agency