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Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies
P.O. Box 127 Ithaca, New York 14851 |
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| URL | www.namgyal.org... |
| Click to contact via e-mail | |
| Phone | 607 273-0739 |
| Fax | 607 256-5132 |
| Center's Description | |
| In 1575 Sonam Gyatso, the Third Dalai Lama, officially founded a monastery, which later came to be known as Namgyal Dratsang (Victorious Monastery). Since its inception, the monastery has assisted the Dalai Lamas in their public religious activities and performed ritual prayer ceremonies for the welfare of Tibet. From the beginning, the monastery has been a center of learning, contemplation and meditation on the vast and profound Buddhist treatises. Namgyal monastery is nonsectarian and maintains ritual practices and teachings of the four main lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
In 1992, Namgyal Monastery began an important new chapter in the history of Buddhism and Tibetan culture in America. Monks from the monastery traveled from Dharamsala, India to Ithaca, New York to establish an actual branch of Namgyal Monastery in North America. The Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, which is open to women and men from all over the world, provides an opportunity for the systematic study in English of Tibetan Buddhism in a traditional monastic setting. As an Institute of Buddhist Studies, Namgyal combines its Tibetan faculty with an adjunct faculty of preeminent Western scholars of Tibetan Buddhism. The Institute thus acts as a hub in the academic world of Buddhist Studies, connecting scholars and institutions throughout North America. |
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| Averages of independent reviewers (1) |
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Spiritual 4.00
Material 4.00
Recommend 5.00 (1 = Weak ... 5 = Excellent) |
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2/21/2022
Reviewed By: Frank This is great, I was not aware that there was such a thing as a Tibetan non-sectarian Center! We are blessed! |
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