Menri Monastery

Menri
Religion
AffiliationBon
Year consecrated1405
Location
LocationNamling County, Tibet Autonomous Region
Menri Monastery is located in Tibet
Menri Monastery
Location within people's Republic of China
Menri Monastery is located in China
Menri Monastery
Menri Monastery (China)
Geographic coordinates29°30′32″N 89°32′06″E / 29.509°N 89.535°E / 29.509; 89.535
Architecture
FounderNyamme Shérap Gyeltsen (Wylie: mnyam med shes rab rgyal mtshan, 1356–1416)
Menri Monastery
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྨན་རི་
Transcriptions
Wyliesman ri

Menri Monastery (Tibetan: སྨན་རི་, Wylie: sman ri — "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.[1] Menri became the leading Bon monastery in the Tibetan cultural region. The abbot of Menri is recognized as the spiritual leader of Bon.

  1. ^ Berzin, Alexander (1991). "A Brief History of Menri Monastery". Study Buddhism. Retrieved 2016-06-06.