Mindrolling Monastery

Mindrolling Monastery
སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ་
Mindrolling Monastery, Tibet Autonomous Region
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationLhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Mindrolling Monastery is located in Tibet
Mindrolling Monastery
Shown within Tibet
Geographic coordinates29°11′07″N 91°24′22″E / 29.18519°N 91.40598°E / 29.18519; 91.40598

Mindrolling Monastery (Tibetan: སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ་, Wylie: min-dröl-ling gön-pa, THL: smin-grol-gling dgon-pa, English: "Sublime Island of Ripening Liberation"), is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" of the Nyingma school in Tibet. It was founded by Rigzin Terdak Lingpa in 1676.[1] Tendrak Lingpa's lineage is known as the Nyo lineage. The name in Tibetan means "Place of Perfect Emancipation". It is located in Zhanang County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, known as U-Tsang. Mindrolling Monastery is approximately 43 kilometers east of the Lhasa airport, on the south side of the Tsangpo river.

  1. ^ Berzin, Alexander. "A Brief History of Mindrol-ling Monastery". Retrieved 15 July 2016.

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