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The Sarnath International Nyingma Institute (SINI) is a Buddhist research institute and language school located in Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The Institue was established in 2013 by Tarthang Tulku for the study of classical Buddhist languages, including Sanskrit, Pali, and Tibetan; the teaching of English to Asian Buddhist monastics belonging to the Nyingma tradition, and of Buddhist studies to Western students; as well as to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in the fields of philosophy, and the arts & sciences between the East and West.