Triten Norbutse Monastery

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Triten Norbutse Monastery, Changu, Katmandu, NEPAL. Edit

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Triten-Norbutse-monastery in Kathmandu/Nepal is one of the two most important Yungdrung-Bon monastic seats in exile. Here monks are provided with a complete education in Bon theory and practise. On completion a geshe title is awarded. Spiritual head is H. E. Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche. The monastery is also a base for many social and caritative activities for the benefit of Bonpos in Tibet and in exile and constitutes one of the most important institutions to safeguard the teachings of this tradition. Activities in Europe and academic projects are also located here.

Triten Norbutse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Triten Norbutse Monastery was established in the fourteenth century in central Tibet by the great Bönpo Master Shen Nyima Gyaltsen (born 1360), a descendant of the Shen lineage which is the lineage of Buddha Tonpa Shenrab, the founder of the Bön religion. For many centuries Triten Norbutse was one of the four main Bönpo monastic institutions in Tibet which provided a complete Bön cultural and religious education. Completely destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, it has since been partially rebuilt, although there is no real possibility of studying there nowadays.

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September to November and from February to April.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

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1 to 2 hours.

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Taxi : Private taxies or cabs are also available here to reach the site.

Bus : Kathmandu has frequent and cheap bus service to nearly all parts of Nepal, unfortunately due to poor roads and frequent delays the buses are some of the slowest and least comfortable.

Train : There are no direct trains to Kathmandu but you can travel from Mumbai to Delhi/or Gorakhpur by train. Then you have to continue the onward journey by bus or a chauffeur driven car.

Air : Katmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport is the largest and only international airport in Nepal. Most flights to Kathmandu arrive via Delhi, Dhaka, or Bangkok, and of the remaining only a few originate from outside Asia.

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