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[[Image:Mindro monastery.jpg|thumb|Mindroling Monastery in Tibet]] | [[Image:Mindro monastery.jpg|thumb|Mindroling Monastery in Tibet]] | ||
'''Orgyen Mindroling Monastery''' (''o rgyan smin grol | '''Orgyen Mindroling Monastery''' (Tib. ཨོ་རྒྱན་སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་, [[Wyl.]] ''o rgyan smin grol gling'') — one of the [[Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries]]. It was founded in 1676 by [[Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje]], aka Rigdzin Terdak Lingpa with his brother [[Lochen Dharmashri]]. The monastery enjoyed a close association with the [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], but was destroyed during the Dzungar war of 1717-8, during which Terdak Lingpa's younger brother, the great scholar Lochen Dharmashri was killed. Terdak Lingpa's daughter, [[Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön]], fled to Sikkim and then returned to Mindroling, and together with her brother [[Gyalsé Rinchen Namgyal|Drinchen Rinchen Namgyal]], rebuilt the monastery, with the support of Polha Taiji. | ||
The heads of Mindroling are the hereditary successors of Minling Terchen. | The heads of Mindroling are the hereditary successors of Minling Terchen. [[Minling Trichen Rinpoche]], was the eleventh throneholder, and after his passing in 2008, his son Dungse Dalha Gyaltsen (b. 1959) from Tibet, became the twelfth and current throneholder.<ref>Source: [https://www.khenchenrinpoche.org/history Minling Khenchen Rinpoche's website]</ref> | ||
==Mindrolling Monastery in India== | ==Mindrolling Monastery in India== | ||
[[Image:Mindoling_India.jpg|thumb|Mindrolling Monastery in India]] | [[Image:Mindoling_India.jpg|thumb|Mindrolling Monastery in India]] | ||
Re-established near Dehra Dhun in India, Mindrolling Monastery is one of the largest active Buddhist centres today. | Re-established near Dehra Dhun in India, Mindrolling Monastery is one of the largest active Buddhist centres today. | ||
==Notes== | |||
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==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*[[Rongpuk Monastery]] | |||
*[[Throneholders of Mindroling Monastery]] | *[[Throneholders of Mindroling Monastery]] | ||
*[[Thupten Chöling]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.mindrolling.org | *[http://www.mindrolling.org The Official Website of Mindroling Monastery in Exile] | ||
*[https://youtu.be/Ts1yWlbK0y0 Gene Smith speaks on the history of the Mindroling tradition] | |||
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/mindroling/index.html Mindroling Outline on Himalayan Art] | |||
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/institution/Mindroling Profile at Treasury of Lives] | |||
[[Category:Nyingma Monasteries]] | [[Category:Nyingma Monasteries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:01, 3 April 2020
Orgyen Mindroling Monastery (Tib. ཨོ་རྒྱན་སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་, Wyl. o rgyan smin grol gling) — one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries. It was founded in 1676 by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, aka Rigdzin Terdak Lingpa with his brother Lochen Dharmashri. The monastery enjoyed a close association with the Fifth Dalai Lama, but was destroyed during the Dzungar war of 1717-8, during which Terdak Lingpa's younger brother, the great scholar Lochen Dharmashri was killed. Terdak Lingpa's daughter, Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön, fled to Sikkim and then returned to Mindroling, and together with her brother Drinchen Rinchen Namgyal, rebuilt the monastery, with the support of Polha Taiji.
The heads of Mindroling are the hereditary successors of Minling Terchen. Minling Trichen Rinpoche, was the eleventh throneholder, and after his passing in 2008, his son Dungse Dalha Gyaltsen (b. 1959) from Tibet, became the twelfth and current throneholder.[1]
Mindrolling Monastery in India
Re-established near Dehra Dhun in India, Mindrolling Monastery is one of the largest active Buddhist centres today.
Notes
- ↑ Source: Minling Khenchen Rinpoche's website