Ngagyur Nyingma College Library

Retreat Center in Bhutan

The construction of the Library Project commenced in 2006. The Library was designed by our Dharma friend Mr. Chen Ter Kwai, who is a renowned Architect from Taiwan and has worked for a number of famous architects in China and Japan. He was one of the architects who worked for the construction of the world’s tallest tower in Taiwan. The Engineer for the project is Mr.Daigi who has had 37 years of experience in the field. According to the original plan based on the measurement done by Mr.Chen, the area was 55,000 sq. ft., after a Board meeting held at Mindrolling the area has now been increased to 65,000 sq. ft.



It was a great pleasure to announce that the Mindrolling College, a branch of Mindrolling Monastery based in Dehradun, Uttranchal, India, will undertake this 5.5 million dollar project.



This Library is proposed to contain the audio-visual facilities from the beginning to the advanced philosophical and research studies of all the religions including Christian, Hindu, Jain etc. in addition to the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and Bon. It will also house the books, references, currents and periodicals of the world history, politics, science, geography etc. of the various fields of knowledge to benefit peoples of all the ages and background.

The project is undertaken in memorial of the well-known Mindrolling library in Tibet. It will have a very unique rectangular structure that is 42 meters long and 32 meters wide with two floors.



First Floor

1. The Library catalogues
   
2. A reception center
   
3. Children's reading room.
   
4. A room for magazines and news papers
5. A general reading room
6. A conference room
7. A Buddhist sanctuary
8. A library book stock room
9. An Office
10. Separate rest room for male and female
11. A court yard

Second Floor

1. An office
2. A big auditorium
3. A big room for references and research.
4. A Buddhist stock room.
5. The office of Chairman.
6. Administration office
7. Open shelf reading room
8. Separate rest room for male and female.

Today’s India is catching the world’s attentions for its blooming software industry and the dazzling rapid economic growth index. The soaring stock market performance, foreign capital pouring into the nation along with great many construction projects on infrastructure going on, for the first time in history. The underlying reality, however, is with wealth distribution even more polarized and resources dominated by a tiny cluster of privileged individuals, chances or hopes for the majority of the younger generation to ever fulfill their dreams are beyond imagination. The generally believed motto - work hard and one can succeed - is becoming even unreachable as most children in Today’s India are deprived of the most fundamental chance of education right from the starting point of their life path. Illnesses, illiteracy, and child labor are just a few among the numerous undeniable facts that continue haunting the lives of India’s younger generation.

To help alleviate this vicious circle and above all, to give hopes to today’s socially disadvantaged children in , (so one day they, too, can have the luxury as our own children to dream and plan their future) the building of a school becomes essential. The proposed project for a school at Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India is aimed at uplifting orphaned and underprivileged children in and around the area of Dehradun.


The urgent need of a charitable school with boarding facilities to accommodate at least 500 students aged 5 to 18 is felt as surveys indicate an extreme low rate of children being able to attend school due to financial and other constraints. The setting up of this school is aimed at overcoming the above-mentioned financial as well as societal constraints with free education, facilities of accommodation and healthy meals. There is a need to rescue these children from the clutches of illiteracy which forces them to work as low wage laborers at shops and other small commercial establishments.


The school proposed to be built at the Dehra Dun would consist of at least 20 classrooms along with facilities including a library, a kindergarten, computer training, vocational training and a laboratory. The main school building would cover an area of about 30,000 square feet and about 35,000 square feet area for hostel accommodation. The student’s hostel is proposed to accommodate 500 students complete with dining halls, bathrooms, dormitories and other related conveniences to help sustain the hostel’s operation. There will also be provision of accommodation for the school principal, hotels wardens along with other teaching staff as per minimum requirements.