Ngagyur Nyingma College
Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies
History
Realizing
the great necessity of advanced Buddhist studies, plans were made for
building a college (shedra) in Mindrolling. The foundation stone for
the Ngagyur Nyingma (Five Sciences) College was laid on April 26, 1988
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The project was completed
in 1991 and the Ngagyur Nyingma College was formally inaugurated on
March 28, 1991 as a part of Mindrolling, India and immediately began
the training of hundreds of monks. It is one of the largest Buddhist
Institutes in existence today.