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Menri
Menri Monastery ( — "medicine mountain") is the name of a Bon monastery in Tibet that has been refounded in India. The name derives from the medicinal plants and medicinal springs on the mountain. Menri became the leading Bon monastery in the Tibetan cultural region. The abbot of Menri is recognized as the spiritual leader of Bon. History Menri Monastery was established in 1405 by Nyammé Shérap Gyeltsen (, 1356–1416) from Gyarong (Gyelrong), on the slope of Mount Shari Phowa () in Topgyel (), Tsang. Nyammé Shérap Gyeltsen had been the eighteenth abbot of an old monastery also called Menri. The first monastery at Menri was founded in 1072 as Yéru Wensakha Monastery (). It was destroyed by a flood in 1386. The new Menri Monastery, established in 1405, was founded in the Bru lineage of Bon and the Yéru Wensakha tradition. "Many of the monks who succeeded yammé Shérap Gyeltsenwere also from Gyarong." The monastery practiced Yungdrung Bon, and was known "for its stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lopön Tenzin Namdak
Lopön Tenzin Namdak (; 1925 – 12 June 2025) was a Tibetan religious leader and the most senior authority and teacher of Bon, in particular of Dzogchen and the Mother Tantras. Background Tenzin Namdak's father was a farmer in Chamdo and his uncle, Kelzang Tsültrim (), was the "chant leader" () among the monks at Tengchen Monastery (). The monastery belonged to the tradition of Yungdrung Bön () rather than the New Bön tradition () associated with Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, and had close affiliations with Menri Monastery and Yungdrung Monastery () in Ü-Tsang. In 1933, at age seven, Tenzin Namdak went to Tengchen and in 1941 he went to Yungdrung Monastery, where he helped execute a series of wall paintings for a new temple. In 1944, he went on pilgrimage to Nepal including Solu-Khombu, Pokhara, Mustang and Kathmandu. Also in 1933, he returned to Yungdrung Monastery to commence studies in philosophy (). During 1945–50, he lived a principally eremitic existence, cloi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lungtok Tenpai Nyima
Lungtok Tenpai Nyima (Tibetan: ལུང་རྟོགས་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མ, Wylie : lung rtogs bstan pa'i nyi ma) was the 33rd Menri Trizin, the abbot of the Menri Monastery and former leader of Bon. At the age of 17 he took novice monk vows and got the name of Sherab Namdak (shes rab rnam dag) from Sherab Tenpai Gyeltsen (shes rab bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan). He achieved Geshe degree at age of 25 at Kyangtsang Monastery under the guidance of the chief teacher Horwa Drungrampa Tendzin Lodro Gyatso (hor ba drung rams pa bstan 'dzin blo gros rgya mtsho, 1889-1975) Lungtok Tenpai Nyima's first visit to the West was thanks to the Rockefeller Foundation and David L. Snellgrove who brought him, Lopön Tenzin Namdak (slob dpon bstan 'dzin rnam dag) and Samten Gyaltsen Karmay to London in 1961. In 1967 he was invited by Per Kværne to Norway in the interest of doing research together and to lecture on Tibetan history and religion at University of Oslo. In 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolanji
Dolanji is an area near Solan in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is famous for its Bon Bon or Bön (), also known as Yungdrung Bon (, ), is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism.Samuel 2012, pp. 220–221. It initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries but ... Monastery, which one of the main tourist attractions in the Sirmour district. Dolanji is an offshoot of the Menri Monastery, the second oldest monastery in the world. It is located at a distance of 24–25 km from Kumarhatti, on the Narag-Sarahan road and is run by the Yungdrung Bon Monastic Centre. Constructed in 1969, it was founded by Abbot Lungtok Tenpai Nyima. The place is considered to be the best place to witness Tibetan culture. This monastery has recreated the Geshe training program and is home to over 200 monks. Menri in India and Triten Norbutse Monastery in Nepal now host the only two Geshe programs in the Bon lineage. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Establishments In Himachal Pradesh
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