Dratsang  On December 22, 2017, His Holiness the Dalai Lama consecrated the recently renovated main temple, Orgyen Dongag Shedrup Yoesel Dargyeling (widely known as the Golden Temple). On February 3, 2018, as usual, all the monks gathered together to commemorate the Mahaparinirvana of great charioteer of the Ngagyur Nyingma teachings, the omniscient Longchen Rabjam, and performed rituals for his death…

Dratsang The year 2561 of the Buddha Era, 17th Rabjung, Tibetan Royal Year 2144, Female Fire Bird Year started on February 27, 2017. As usual, to mark the start of the year, all the sangha members of Namdroling Monastery, led by His Eminence Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche, gathered inside the main temple and made auspicious prayers for all sentient beings’ good…

Activities at Namdroling Dratsang Losar The year 2560 of the Buddha Era, 17th Rabjung, Tibetan Royal Year 2143, Fire Male Monkey Year—also Guru Padmasambhava’s birth year—started on February 9, 2016. On this auspicious day, all the sangha of Namdroling, with His Eminence Gyangkhang Khentrul Rinpoche presiding, gathered inside the main temple to mark the start of the year by making…

Activities at the Namdroling Dratsang The Buddha Era 2559, 17th Rabjung, Tibetan Royal Year 2142, Wood Female Sheep Year started from February 19, 2015. The whole Namdroling sangha gathered early in the morning inside the Golden Temple and made auspicious prayers for the well-being of all sentient beings in general and for the long life of the Fourth Drubwang Penor…

The Celebration of the Rebirth of His Holiness Penor Rinpoche With immeasurable happiness and joy on hearing about the rebirth of the genuine reincarnation of our guru, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, the family of Namdroling Monastery assembled in the Monastic Jr. High School grounds, where prayers of auspiciousness and prayers of long life were chanted in front of the holy…

The Cremation Ceremony of the Holy Body of Late His Holiness Penor Rinpoche at Namdroling Monastery On 17th May, 2013, at around 5 p.m. His Eminence Gyangkhang Thubten Thrinley Palzang and his retinue were welcomed, with a grand reception headed by the faculty of the Monastery along with the monks and nuns. Rinpoche was led into the great Temple, where…