Mindrolling Monastery in India

22/05/2026

On May 20th, 2026, Mindrolling Monastery began the annual seven-day profound and sacred drubchö of Minling Dorsem (Vajrasattva). This drubchö is held during the sacred month of Saga Dawa to commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and mahaparinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni.

Read more at https://www.mindrolling.org/minling-dorsem-drubcho-at-mindrolling-2026/

04/04/2026

On the auspicious full moon day of the second lunar month, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the very embodiment of boundless compassion and wisdom, bestowed the sacred tsugphü (hair-cutting) ceremony upon Minling Dungse Rinpoche and Minling Jetsün Rinpoche, an event of profound blessing and historic significance.

Read more: https://www.mindrolling.org/his-holiness-the-dalai-lama-confers-the-tsugphu-ceremony-to-the-mindrolling-lineage-holders/

02/04/2026

On March 28th, 2026, hundreds gathered at Mindrolling Monastery for the Great Tsechu Cham that is performed every year on the Guru Rinpoche’s 10th day of the 2nd lunar month.

Read More: https://www.mindrolling.org/the-great-tsechu-cham-ceremony-2026/

22/03/2026

From the 12th to the 21st of March, 2026, the annual ten-day Kagyed Drubchen took place at Mindrolling Monastery to commemorate the parinirvana of the founder of Mindrolling, Chögyal Terdag Lingpa.

Read more: https://www.mindrolling.org/the-great-kagyed-drubchen-at-mindrolling-2026/

09/03/2026

On March 6, 2026, as part of the ongoing efforts to ensure the health and well-being of the monastic sangha and the wider community, Minling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche together with the administration of Mindrolling Monastery organized a preventative health clinic along with an educational presentation on tuberculosis.

Read the full article at https://www.mindrolling.org/mindrolling-preventative-health-clinic-march-6-2026/

05/03/2026

On the 10th day of the new lunar year of Fire Horse, the seven-day drubchen of Thugje Chenpo Desheg Kundu commenced at Mindrolling Monastery to commemorate the Parinirvana of Kyabje Minling Trichen.

See more on our website: https://www.mindrolling.org/the-great-drubchen-of-thugje-chenpo-desheg-kundu-at-mindrolling-monastery-2026/

21/02/2026

On the third day of Losar of the year of the Fire Horse, 2026, the sangha of Mindrolling gathered to make vast offerings of ganachakra (feast offerings) to mark the anniversary of the parinirvana of Kyabje Minling Trichen. The assembly was led by Minling Dungse Rinpoche and included Minling Jetsün Rinpoche, Minling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Minling Jetsün Dechen Paldrön, Sangyum Kushog, Venerable Khentrul Marpa Rinpoche and the other Mindrolling tulkus, khenpos, and monks, as well as nuns of Samten Tse, and Mindrolling International sangha members. Many more sangha members who could not attend in person joined the practice on the internet by live stream. The entire assembly joined together with great devotion to accomplish the vast ganacakra.

On this auspicious day with entire Mindrolling sangha gathered and with Kyabje Minling Dungse Rinpoche taking his seat of Mindrolling, the blessings of the lineage of the past, present, and future were profoundly felt by all. Like all the Mindrolling lineage masters who came before, may Dungse Rinpoche and Jetsün Rinpoche continue to uphold the glorious victory banner of the Dharma for the future generation.

19/02/2026

Live Stream for Parinirvana Day of Kyabje Minling Trichen – 8:30 AM IST, February 20, 2026 - www.dharmashri.org

The third lunar day of the year is the anniversary of the parinirvana of Kyabje Minling Trichen. Each year the sangha performs a vast tshog, or feast offering, offering to mark this important day, and as a way to accumulate great merit. For the Parinirvana day of Kyabje Minling Trichen, Friday, February 20th, 2026, the sangha of Mindrolling will perform the Rigdzin Thugthig Sadhana at Mindrolling Monastery led by Minling Dungse Rinpoche, Minling Jetsün Rinpoche, Minling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, and Minling Jetsün Dechen Paldrön.

The practice will be live streamed from the Guru Rinpoche shrine room in the Great Stupa at Mindrolling. The practice begins at 8:30 AM India Time on Friday, February 20th, 2026. For Europe this is 4:00 AM Central Europe Time on February 20th, and for North America, it begins 10:00 PM February 19th US Eastern Time.

You can join the livestream at

www.dharmashri.org

This feast practice is a wonderful way to accumulate merit and connect with the incomparable lineage of Mindrolling, and we hope that sangha members from a round the world will join for this important sadhana practice.

17/02/2026

15/02/2026

Notice: The Stupa, temple, and surrounding campus of Mindrolling Monastery will remain closed for the duration Losar - Tibetan Lunar New Year.

Gates will remain closed from the 18th to 23rd February 2026.

We regret any inconvenience.

-Mindrolling Monastery Administration