Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery

The Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery (Tibetan: མཚོ་རྒྱལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།, Wylie: Mtsho-rgyal-shad-sgrub-dar-rgyas-ling) is a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in Bylakuppe, India. It is located near the Namdroling Monastery, the largest teaching center of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the world.

Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: མཚོ་རྒྱལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།
Wylie transliteration: Mtsho-rgyal-shad-sgrub-dar-rgyas-ling
Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery, Bylakuppe, Mysuru
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectNyingma
FestivalsLosar, bKama'i Drubchen, Mipham Anniversary, Gutor
LeadershipKarma Kuchen,[1] 12th Throne-Holder of Palyul Lineage
Location
LocationNear Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe, Mysuru, Karnataka
CountryIndia
Architecture
FounderDrubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche
Date established1993

History

In order to give equal opportunity to women in the study and practice of Dharma, Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche established the nunnery in 1993, which is situated at a distance of one kilometer from Namdroling Monastery. There are 1397 nuns who have enrolled in this nunnery so far, of which more than 681 are currently resident. The older nuns engage themselves in the recitation and sadhanas of the Three Roots, as well as the Tsalung and Dzogchen practices. The younger nuns enter the Jr. High School at the nunnery and study the basic Tibetan grammars and basic Buddhist teachings, after which they enter the nuns' Institute.[2][3]

Branches

References
  1. http://www.palyul.org/eng_biotulku_karmakuchen.htm
  2. GOLDEN TEMPLE, 5th Edition, ISBN 938306807-8 Copyright by Rigzod Editorial Committee
  3. Ngagyur Tsogyal Shedrub Dargye Ling Nunnery, ISBN 938306808-6 | Published by Tsogyal Editorial Committee, 2013

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