Mindrolling Monastery

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Mindrolling Monastery is one of the principal monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism’s Nyingma tradition, renowned as a major center of learning, practice, and lineage transmission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monastery
Nyingma monastery
affiliation Mindrolling lineage NERFINISHED
associatedWith Mindrolling Trichen NERFINISHED
Nyingma school hierarchs NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country India
educationalProgram nine-year philosophical curriculum
foundedIn 1676
founder Rigzin Terdak Lingpa NERFINISHED
Terdak Lingpa Gyurme Dorje NERFINISHED
function monastic education center
pilgrimage site
ritual center
hasInstitute Ngagyur Nyingma College NERFINISHED
Shedra (monastic college) NERFINISHED
hasStructure Great Stupa of Mindrolling NERFINISHED
tall stupa
heritage one of the six major Nyingma monasteries
hosts lay practitioners
monastic community
languageOfLiturgy Tibetan
locatedIn Clement Town NERFINISHED
Dehradun NERFINISHED
Uttarakhand NERFINISHED
mainPractice Dzogchen NERFINISHED
Vajrayana rituals
notableFor study of sutra and tantra
training in astrology
training in calligraphy
training in medicine
training in ritual arts
openTo pilgrims
tourists
originalLocation Central Tibet NERFINISHED
Dranang NERFINISHED
reestablishedBy Khochhen Rinpoche NERFINISHED
Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal NERFINISHED
reestablishedIn 1965
religion Buddhism
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED
role major center of Buddhist learning
major center of Vajrayana practice
major center of lineage transmission
school Nyingma NERFINISHED
subtradition Vajrayana Buddhism NERFINISHED

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Nyingma school associatedWith Mindrolling Monastery