Important Dates and Ceremonies of Menri Monastery

(2022-2023)

 

1st Lunar Month

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
1-3 3-5 Mar 2022Losar: Tibetan New Year Celebration.
4-56-7 Mar 2022Commemoration of birth anniversary of Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder and the first Abbot of Menri Monastery.
1113 Mar 2022Shengyi Garcham Chenmo: The Masked Dance Festival
14-1517-18 Mar 2022Commemoration of birth anniversary of Lord Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, the founder of Yungdrung Bon.
21-2223-24 Mar 2022Sang-ngag Ma-gyud kyi Tshog-chhod: The Tshog Offering ritual of the mother Tantras, according to Shen tradition.
23-3025-31 Mar 2022Ma-seng Drub-ba: The Great retreat of Mawe Senge, the Wisdom deity.

 

2nd Lunar Month

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
12 Apr 2022The 43rd Foundation Day of Bon Dialectic School at Menri Monastery.
22-2923-29 Apr 2022The retreat of the wrathful and peaceful deity Walse.

 

 3rd Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
23-2923-29 May 2022The retreat of the three principle deities of Bon (Tsa-Sum Bon-kyong).

 

 4th Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
14-1513-14 Jun 2022Reading of the Great Teachings of the Lord Tonpa Shenrab.
23-2921-27 Jun 2022The retreat of the deity Rigzin Duepa.

 

5th Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
12-1611-14 Jul 2022Kha-long Sang-Dhoe: The Great Ritual of crossed threads.
23-2921-27 Jul 2022The retreat of Chamma Chenmo, the Great Loving Monther.

 

6th Lunar Month

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
8 5 Aug 2022Commemoration of death anniversary of Nyamed Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder and the first Abbot of Menri Monastery.
107 Aug 2022The Ceremony of Drubkhang, the Protector Temple.
14-1511-12 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.
24-2920-26 Aug 2022The Great retreat of Shenrab Nampar Gyalwa, the Lord of complete victory.

 

7th Lunar Month

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
23-2418-19 Sep 2022Commemoration of the Parinirvana anniversary of the root Lama, Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Abbot of Menri Monastery.
23-2918-24 Sep 2022The Great retreat of the Purity deity (Namdak Pema Longyang).

 

8th Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
1-726  Sep – 2 Oct 2022Shen-gyi Ka-thub Chen-mo: The great Ordeal Retreat according to Shen tradition
23-2918-24 Oct 2022The retreat of Gekhoe Sangwa Drakchen: secret and wrathful deity of Solar Chakra.

 

9th Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
1-3026 Oct – 23 Nov 2022Yeru Chetsoe Chenmo: One month intensive teaching of Tsedma (Valid Cognition) according to Yeru tradition.
23-2916-22 Nov 2022The retreat of deity Takla Mebar, the fire Chakra deity.

 

10th Lunar Month     

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
22-2916-22 Dec 2022The retreat of deity Trowo Wangchen, the wrathful deity.
3023 Dec 2022Commemoration of death anniversary of Lord Tonpa Shenrab Miwo, the founder of Yungdrung Bon.

 

11th Lunar Month   

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
326 Dec 2022The Tshog Offering Ritual of Magyud Gyalwa Gyatso, the ocean of Mother Tantras.
7-829-30 Dec 2022Commemoration of death anniversary of Kyabgon Dawa Gyaltsen, the founder of Yungdrung Ling Monastery.
22-2914-20 Jan 2023The retreat of the deity black Walphur.

 

12th Lunar Month   

Lunar dateDateCeremonies
27-2917-19 Feb 2023Gutor 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.