The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism. This sect has a total of six monasteries in Tibet, including the one in the Lhasa region of Tibet, on the south side of the Tsangpo River. The Og Min Ogyen Mindroling Monastery in Dehradun was established in 1965 when Khochhen Rinpoche with a few monks came to India and re-established the then destroyed Mindroling Monastery of Lhasa.
Mindroling Monastery is located in Clement Town area of Dehradun. It is locally called the Tibetan Monastery area also.
The Mindroling Monastery in Dehradun is a major study center for Buddhist monks as it has a college for advanced Buddhist Studies. It is believed to be essential for conservation the continuous extraction of teachings and passing them on to the next age bracket of monks. This 'university' is called Ngagyur Nyingma College or Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies. It has a nine-year course of subjects considered important enough to be taught regarding Buddhism. After this nine year graduate study, monks are expected to research on any subject taught for at least three years, completing it with outstanding knowledge and accomplishment, after which they will be called Khenpo (abbot).
The World Peace Stupa is situated in the Og Min Ogyen Mindrolling Monastery. It is a reflection of the Mindroling monastery which was established in 1676 in the Drach Valley in todays Tibet. It is 185 feet tall and 100 square feet wide. It is acclaimed to be the largest stupa of the world! The Stupa adorns the statue of Maitreya who is seen above the steps where the present Buddha Sakyamuni resides.
The stupa looks stupendous surrounded by a nice flat park with mini-stupas indicating importance of the architecture and the builder e.g. the one on the left is a replica of the one built by King Bimbisara.
Inside the monastery are fantastic murals of buddhist art and relics. There are different such painting and relics at different levels of the Stupa - however during my visit they were closed due to the congregation. Only the first level was open which held the seat of the congregation and adorned the beautiful statue of Padmasambhava.
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