Menri Monastery
| Menri | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Bon |
| Year consecrated | 1405 |
| Location | |
| Location | Namling County, Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°30′32″N 89°32′06″E / 29.509°N 89.535°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Nyamme Shérap Gyeltsen (Wylie: mnyam med shes rab rgyal mtshan, 1356–1416) |
| Date established | 1405 |
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| Tibetan name | |||||
| Tibetan | སྨན་རི་ | ||||
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Menri Monastery (Tibetan: སྨན་རི་, Wylie: sman ri — "medicine mountain") is the name of a Bon monastery in Tibet that has been refounded in India. The name derives from the medicinal plants and medicinal springs on the mountain. Menri became the leading Bon monastery in the Tibetan cultural region. The abbot of Menri is recognized as the spiritual leader of Bon.