Two Announcements from Menri Monastery in India
September Commemoration for 33rd Menri Trizin and Enthronement for the 34th
H.H. Lungtok Tenpai Nyima RinpocheOn September 3 and 4, 2018, Menri Monastery will host a ceremony commemorating one year since the departure of our great guide, refuge and protector, His Holiness the 33rd Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, who passed away last year. His Holiness was the worldwide spiritual leader of the Bön tradition and abbot of Menri Monastery in Dolanji, India. He died September 14, 2017. All followers and disciples are requested to reserve this important date, and are welcome to come to the monastery to pay their respects.
H.H. Lungtok Dawa Dhargye RinpocheOn September 6 and 7, 2018, the grand enthronement ceremony for His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Lungtok Dawa Dhargye Rinpoche will take place at Menri Monastery.All are invited and welcome to participate in this celebration. Geshe Dawa Dhargye was chosen as the new Menri Trizin on the auspicious day of January 1, 2018, as the throne holder of Menri Monastery and the spiritual leader of the Bon religious tradition.
The Menri Trizin was chosen in the Bön ceremony called Tagdril, which relies on the wisdom of the chief protector deities of Yungdrung Bön in making the proper selection. All members of the Bön community around the world welcomed the new Abbot with flowers and celebrated the fortunate occasion. Then on February 20, 2018, the anniversary of the birth of the founder of Menri Monastery, Nyame Sherab Gyaltsen, a brief enthronement ceremony was held in which His Holiness the 34th Menri Trizin Lungtok Dawa Dhargye Rinpoche was officially enthroned on Nyame Sherab Gyaltsen's throne, a golden throne supported by images of the five fearless lions.
Read the official letters from Yung Drung Bon Monastic Centre Society.
