A young monk hurries to his Tibetan language class, carrying his tea, a cushion, and study materials at Pal Karma Zurmang Shedup Chokhor Ling Lingdum Monastery, often called Ranka Monastery, near Ranka in Sikkim, Northeast India. He has just returned from his hostel after the bell. Ranka Monastery is a grand institution, with a Buddha temple and a university for Buddhist monks. Nestled amidst emerald forests and beneath the towering Eastern Himalayas, Ranka Monastery is a Buddhist pilgrimage center following the Zurmang Kagyu sect of the ancient school of Tibetan Buddhism.