Mindrolling Monastery
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. 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.
| Mindrolling Monastery | |
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སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་དགོན་པ་ | |
Mindrolling Monastery, Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Location | Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
Shown within Tibet | |
| Geographic coordinates | 29.18519°N 91.40598°E |
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