Important Dates and Ceremonies of Menri Monastery
(2022-2023)
1st Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 1-3 | 3-5 Mar 2022 | Losar: Tibetan New Year Celebration. |
| 4-5 | 6-7 Mar 2022 | Commemoration of birth anniversary of Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder and the first Abbot of Menri Monastery. |
| 11 | 13 Mar 2022 | Shengyi Garcham Chenmo: The Masked Dance Festival |
| 14-15 | 17-18 Mar 2022 | Commemoration of birth anniversary of Lord Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, the founder of Yungdrung Bon. |
| 21-22 | 23-24 Mar 2022 | Sang-ngag Ma-gyud kyi Tshog-chhod: The Tshog Offering ritual of the mother Tantras, according to Shen tradition. |
| 23-30 | 25-31 Mar 2022 | Ma-seng Drub-ba: The Great retreat of Mawe Senge, the Wisdom deity. |
2nd Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 1 | 2 Apr 2022 | The 43rd Foundation Day of Bon Dialectic School at Menri Monastery. |
| 22-29 | 23-29 Apr 2022 | The retreat of the wrathful and peaceful deity Walse. |
3rd Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 23-29 | 23-29 May 2022 | The retreat of the three principle deities of Bon (Tsa-Sum Bon-kyong). |
4th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 14-15 | 13-14 Jun 2022 | Reading of the Great Teachings of the Lord Tonpa Shenrab. |
| 23-29 | 21-27 Jun 2022 | The retreat of the deity Rigzin Duepa. |
5th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 12-16 | 11-14 Jul 2022 | Kha-long Sang-Dhoe: The Great Ritual of crossed threads. |
| 23-29 | 21-27 Jul 2022 | The retreat of Chamma Chenmo, the Great Loving Monther. |
6th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 8 | 5 Aug 2022 | Commemoration of death anniversary of Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder and the first Abbot of Menri Monastery. |
| 10 | 7 Aug 2022 | The Ceremony of Drubkhang, the Protector Temple. |
| 14-15 | 11-12 Aug 2022 | The Tshog Offering Ritual of peaceful and wrathful Shin-gey dedicated for the dead and ritual of Nyi-zer Zhag-pai Jang-chen. |
| 24-29 | 20-26 Aug 2022 | The Great retreat of Shenrab Nampar Gyalwa, the Lord of complete victory. |
7th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 23-24 | 18-19 Sep 2022 | Commemoration of the Parinirvana anniversary of the root Lama, Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Abbot of Menri Monastery. |
| 23-29 | 18-24 Sep 2022 | The Great retreat of the Purity deity (Namdak Pema Longyang). |
8th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 1-7 | 26 Sep – 2 Oct 2022 | Shen-gyi Ka-thub Chen-mo: The great Ordeal Retreat according to Shen tradition |
| 23-29 | 18-24 Oct 2022 | The retreat of Gekhoe Sangwa Drakchen: secret and wrathful deity of Solar Chakra. |
9th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 1-30 | 26 Oct – 23 Nov 2022 | Yeru Chetsoe Chenmo: One month intensive teaching of Tsedma (Valid Cognition) according to Yeru tradition. |
| 23-29 | 16-22 Nov 2022 | The retreat of deity Takla Mebar, the fire Chakra deity. |
10th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 22-29 | 16-22 Dec 2022 | The retreat of deity Trowo Wangchen, the wrathful deity. |
| 30 | 23 Dec 2022 | Commemoration of death anniversary of Lord Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, the founder of Yungdrung Bon. |
11th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 3 | 26 Dec 2022 | The Tshog Offering Ritual of Magyud Gyalwa Gyatso, the ocean of Mother Tantras. |
| 7-8 | 29-30 Dec 2022 | Commemoration of death anniversary of Kyabgon Dawa Gyaltsen, the founder of Yungdrung Ling Monastery. |
| 22-29 | 14-20 Jan 2023 | The retreat of the deity black Walphur. |
12th Lunar Month
| Lunar date | Date | Ceremonies |
| 27-29 | 17-19 Feb 2023 | Gutor Chenmo: End of Year ritual of Trowo and Phurpa cycles for averting the negativities before the New Year. |
Note: The monks of Menri Monastery assemble on every full moon day for Confession prayer. A group of monks also performs Choed-nga Chhoed-pa or Metok Chhoedpa (the flower offering prayers) on every full moon day and Nyam-med La-drub (Guru Sadhana to Nyamme) on every new moon day.