The Tergar Monastery located at the suburb, is about 20 minutes away via car or Tuk Tuk (three wheeler mototaxi) from the MahaBodhi Temple at Bodhgaya.
The serene simple yet Majestic monastery can be seen from afar.
Junction with left to Tergar Monastery & right to Monlam Pavilion.
The relaxing Tergar Café located near the gate
Turning Wheels surrounds the Monastery building
Impressive internal décor in contrast with the simple external structure
The Monastery ambience is serene and one feels blissful circumambulating the building. :-)
Construction of Tergar Monastery at Bodhgaya was completed in 2006 by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche under the instructions of his teacher, Tai Situ Rinpoche.
Mingyur Rinpoche who is well known for his candid way of teaching meditation had also published New York Times Best-sellers: Joy of Living and Joyful Wisdom.
These are really gems, easy to read and good guides to new meditators and good complements to his series of "Joy of Living" Meditation retreats. It was after watching one of his You-tube videos, in which he greatly praised the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa that motivated me to attend the 31st annual Kagyu International Monlam at Bodhgaya when a friend encouraged me to embark on the trip.
Little did I know that the Kagyu Monlam is just held next to his resident monastery at Bodhgaya and I am always happy to visit the monastery when I could.
Hopefully, I would be able to meet Mingyur Rinpoche at Bodhgaya or Singapore soon when he is out of his retreat.
Reference of Mingyur Rinpoche could be read here:
http://tergar.org/about/mingyur-rinpoche/mingyur-rinpoche-bio/
More info here:
http://yongeyfoundation.org/Mingyur_Rinpoche_files/Wandering%20Yogi.pdf
Copies of his Teachings under :
http://www.youtube.com/user/MingyurRinpoche?gl=SG&hl=en-GB
Attached also a Very good QnA session between Mingyur Rinpoche & Venerable Haitao on Vajra practices. :-)
很棒的问答！详解藏传修行法！
Watch "海濤法師與明珠仁波切智慧座談" on YouTube - 海濤法師與明珠仁波切智慧座談: http://youtu.be/Q_D_tobL_Ls
Address of Tergar Monastery:
Sujata Bypass,
Bodhgaya, Gaya, Bihar 824 231, India
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