Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery

མཚོ་རྒྱལ་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་།
Wylie transliteration: Mtsho-rgyal-shad-sgrub-dar-rgyas-ling

Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery, Bylakuppe, Mysuru

ReligionAffiliationTibetan BuddhismSectNyingmaFestivalsLosar, bKama'i Drubchen, Mipham Anniversary, GutorLeadershipKarma Kuchen,^[1] 12th Throne-Holder of Palyul LineageLocationLocationNear Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe, Mysuru, KarnatakaCountryIndiaArchitectureFounderDrubwang Padma Norbu RinpocheDate established1993

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.

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

Ngagyur Nyingma Nunnery Institute
Drubnyi Gatshal Ling Retreat Center
Junior High School
Tsogyal Editorial Committee

References

^ http://www.palyul.org/eng_biotulku_karmakuchen.htm ^{[dead link]}
^ GOLDEN TEMPLE, 5th Edition, ISBN 938306807-8 Copyright by Rigzod Editorial Committee
^ Ngagyur Tsogyal Shedrub Dargye Ling Nunnery, ISBN 938306808-6 | Published by Tsogyal Editorial Committee, 2013