{"id":81,"date":"2010-05-26T20:32:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2014-05-28T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:45:30","slug":"shechen-monastery-in-bodhgaya-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/spiritual-development\/monasteries\/shechen-monastery-in-bodhgaya-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Shechen Monastery in Bodhgaya, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271 alignright\" title=\"india_01\" src=\"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/india_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" \/>Bodhgaya, India is the  center of the Buddhist world. It was there, under the Bodhi Tree, that  Prince Siddhartha became enlightened. People from all over the world  come to Bodhgaya on pilgrimage and nearly every Buddhist country has  built a temple there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/spiritual-development\/teachers\/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche\/\"> Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche <\/a> had planned to build a Nyingma monastery in  Bodhgaya. Accordingly, in 1996 Rabjam Rinpoche with the participation  of dedicated volunteers and donors built Shechen Monastery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-273 alignleft\" title=\"india_02\" src=\"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/india_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"138\" \/>The monastery complex is located a few  minutes walk from the Great Stupa. The main building houses a temple  with frescoes on the life of the Buddha painted by teachers and students  from the Tsering Arts School. Another building provides residence  quarters for about 50 monks. The monks study and perform rituals and prayers and annually attend the Nyingma Monlam in Bodhgaya. The institute\u2019s quarters  are available for group rental.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karuna-shechen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-274 alignleft\" title=\"india_03\" src=\"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/india_03-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/india_03-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/india_03.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a> The beautiful Memorial Stupa for Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche is located on the grounds of the monastery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodhgaya, India is the center of the Buddhist world. It was there, under the Bodhi Tree, that Prince Siddhartha became enlightened. People from all over the world come to Bodhgaya on pilgrimage and nearly every Buddhist country has built a temple there. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche had planned to build a Nyingma monastery in Bodhgaya. Accordingly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-child.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/3086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shechen.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}