A peaceful ambiance

Sitting on over two acres of land a little outside of town, Root Institute offers tranquil gardens with flowers, fountains, and birdsong for individuals or groups wishing to attend one of our courses, undertake meditation retreat, or simply wanting a peaceful place to stay during a visit to Bodhgaya. Please keep in mind that we are not a hotel or guesthouse, but offer a semi-monastic experience.
Many sacred objects are distributed in our garden, such as statues and stupas, as well as a prayer wheel about 12 feet high. The tall trees planted 30 years ago by our founders offer shade and greenery, an oasis to come home to after the noise and bustle of Bodh Gaya.

We offer all year round:
Space for meditation: Two meditation halls are available 24 hours a day for individual practice (even when classes and courses are underway - at least one hall is usually available)

Space for Yoga: There is a huge open air, shelter and terrace on the roof, with yoga mats available for borrowing.

Drop-in sessions during our session:
September through March

Morning Meditation: 7: 45- and: 30 pm during our Small / Main Gompa (Meditation Hall) course and retreat

November through January

Sunset Yoga: 3: 30–5: 00 pm, Sunday - Friday on the roof of the Jamaia Building - above the dining hall

The facilities
Comprehensive Religion Library
The books in the library of the Root Institute are:

Sutra (Buddha's Discourses)
Texts by Indian Pandits
Tibetan Buddhism
Zen and Chinese Buddhist Tradition
Theravada Buddhism
Buddhist biographies (including the life of Buddha)
Pilgrimage
Vinaya / Monotheism
Buddhism and other religions and disciplines (science, environment, psychology, sociology)
Buddhist texts in French, German, Spanish, Hindi, Tibetan, Chinese, Dutch, Italian and other languages
dictionary.
Only books can be borrowed by Root Institute guests, but during the early hours any visitor is welcome to read in the library.

Video room
Next to our library is a video room containing a collection of instrument and religion DVDs.

Yoga place
The roof of our dining hall has a wide open space that is shaded and tiled, making it ideal for yoga. Yoga mats are available for borrowing.

the residence
We have a range of accommodation available year-round but, please note, single rooms with attached bathrooms are the most popular and may not always be available.

Retreat houses with private or common bathrooms
Single room with private or common bathroom
Double room (two single beds) with private or common bathroom
Triple room with private bathroom (three single beds)
Dormitory with common bathroom (3 -11 beds).
Due to the nature of the semi-monastic environment, preaching should be observed without any sexual activity. Couples can share a room for 14 days after which they will have to move to a separate room. In addition, it is prohibited to use narcotics or be drunk on the premises.

Please read all our pages about being here, including our behavior guidelines, before writing to book your stay. This will really smooth your way!
Hot water




Please note that in our effort to protect the environment, Root Institute's hot water is solar-heated, and therefore usually only available during the late morning and early afternoon when the sun is strongest.
In the cold months we supplement this with electric heating at different times in various buildings. Signs are posted so you can see the heating times for your bathroom.
We request guests to please take short showers and thank you for your consideration and understanding.

Meals

Filtered water is available in our dining hall 24/7 while fresh urns of milk chai tea (sugar separate), hot ginger-lemon, and plain hot water, are available every morning and afternoon.
Our kitchen offers three healthy vegetarian meals a day, at additional cost, but please be aware that we do not have the facilities to cater for special diets. It is likely that nuts, dairy, spices and wheat will be used with each meal.
Supplementary goods are typically hard to find in Bodhgaya (though this is improving over time), so if you subscribe to a special diet excluding foods such as nuts, dairy, spice, wheat and so forth you may wish to bring supplements from home. Please remember that due to the number of students residing here, it is not possible to keep refrigerated items for you.
We try our very best to provide our guests and students with wholesome and delicious meals every day. Please don't put us in the position of saying no to special dietary requests.
For those who will take the Eight Mahayana Precepts, our meals never contain the 'black foods' meat, fish, onions or garlic, so they are generally 'precept safe'. Occasional dishes may contain the 'black foods' eggs or, rarely, radishes, but these will be labelled and not the main dish so can easily be avoided.

Especially for retreatants

  • Students wishing to undertake intensive personal meditation retreat can take advantage of our meditation cushions, water bowls, incense burners, and other retreat supplies.
  • Regular tsog purchases can also be arranged and delivered for those who are in strict retreat.
  • For those who require it, fire pujas can be requested and led by monks from Bodhgaya's Namgyal Monastery.
To learn more about our facilities for individual or group retreat and for bookings: Bodhgaya's blessings > Retreat – at Stupa Garden of Compassion.

Clinic

Our Shakyamuni Buddha Clinic run mainly for the welfare of local people also provides quality health care to students and guests. Our clinic has been offering both Western and homeopathic medicine for over twenty years and has developed an excellent reputation throughout Bodhgaya. Common illnesses and infections can be treated five days a week (excluding weekends), 9 am to 4 pm.

Friendly hospitality

Our staff and volunteers will do their best to make your stay a peaceful and enjoyable one!

Guidelines of behaviour in a Dharma environment

The Root Institute is a delightful, semi-monastic meditation center.

To maintain a spiritually harmonious environment conducive to inner reflection and meditation, we ask all our students, guests and visitors to follow the following guidelines:

Respect all life: Do not intentionally kill any living creature, even small insects.

Respect the property of others: Do not steal or take anything freely given.

Be honest and straight: Do not lie or deceive others intentionally.

Be Brahmachari: No sexual activity; This includes any romantic holding hands, hugs, massages and other physical displays of affection.

Be cautious and careful *: avoid intoxication such as alcohol, drugs and cigarettes; We encourage you to stop smoking while you are here, but if it is impossible, you can smoke outside the gates.

Consider the silence of others: keep silence at all times in appropriate areas and during residential courses, especially in meditation halls (gompas) and dormitories; No one plays or plays music and, in general, maintains a calm sense on the property.

Take care of monks and nuns: dress respectfully; Please do not put any shorts above the knee, tank-top shirt, or tight and revealing clothing.

Couples: Under the celibacy policy, they can stay in the same room for two weeks or less.



please keep in mind:

* The Bihar state government has passed a law banning the sale and consumption of liquor in the state with very severe penalties! Please make sure that you do not carry any alcohol with you in Bihar.

Please, please note that FPMT does not engage in Shagdon's practice in service or teaching in centers and projects, and because of our commitment to follow His Holiness the Dalai Lama's advice and support our work, we are willing to provide our materials and Do not share features. With people who deliberately practice Shugden against their advice

Location & travel information

A lift in India may require some patience and appreciation for the transient nature of things! We encourage all students and travelers to start their journey with an open mind. This is the beauty of India: giving up our expectations and being part of the flow of life.

The following information is intended to provide you with a very basic infrastructure for travel. We recommend everyone to do their research.

For the timing of your trip, make sure you check out our page on the season - when to travel.

In addition, travel guide websites such as:

lonely Planet
The man in seat sixty-one more
India mike
There are good sources of more information.

The information below was last updated in May 2016.

Get here by air
Gaya Airport
Currently there are flights to Gaya Airport between September and June. Domestic flights are from Delhi, Varanasi and Kolkata, and internationals from Bangkok, Colombo and Yangon.

Gaya Airport is 8 km or 20 minutes from Bodh Gaya.

Taxis will usually not wait, so we recommend you book a taxi in advance through your travel agent.

To reach the Root Institute, the normal charges will be ₹ 600 (small taxi) and ₹ 800 (large) by May 2016. If you are traveling light, you can walk 10 minutes on the Gaya-Bodhgaya road and hop on an auto-rickshaw (strict alone, is 200 and shared with others, eg minibus, is 40).

Delhi / Mumbai / Ranchi to Patna Airport
There are daily flights to / from Patna Airport, usually cheaper than flights to / from Gaya. It is about 4 hours from Route Institute (₹. 2,200) by taxi.

Get here by train
The nearest railway station is Gaya, which is 13 km or 30 minutes from Bodh Gaya. Gaya is on the main train line with Delhi, Kolkata and Varanasi. There are many trains each day and different train services have different duration, even from the same departure point.

Varanasi / Delhi / Kolkata to Gaya Station
By train, it takes 54–5 hours from Varanasi, 1512–15 hours from Delhi and from5–6 hours from Kolkata.

Direct trains to Gaya are also available from many other cities: Mumbai, Chenai, Patna, Lucknow, Dehradun, Haridwar (for travel to / from Rishikesh), Puri / Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Amritsar and Pathankot (Travel to / from Dharamshala) To) but not recommended).

Many other indirect trains are also possible. Please check the online version of trains at a glance for more details, or ¤. A paper copy can be purchased from any railway station for 50).

Please keep in mind that, to book an Indian train online, you will have to input an Indian mobile number for confirmation.

You can take a taxi (/ 600 / small or / 800 / big), auto-rickshaw () 200), or shared rickshaw to reach the route institute from Gaya train station. You may need to bargain strongly. Most drivers know the Root Institute as 'Root Institute' or 'Saxena' (the name of our first director).

Some Train Tips:

Please be cautious on Indian trains: keep your luggage locked and do not accept any food, drink or cigarettes from strangers. While these precautions are prudent, please do not let this spoil your trip. Relax and enjoy the scenery and company.

There are many different types of train classes that you can book. For the most up-to-date information, see the Man in Seat Sixty-One website.

Getting here by road
Buses / taxis are available from Bodh Gaya to all, including buses everywhere:

Patna - 2,500 small taxi or taxi 3,200 big taxi, 3-2.5 hour taxi journey, 4+ hours by bus
Varanasi - 7, traveling00 small taxi or big, 000 big taxi, 5-. Hour trip
Raxaul (nearest border crossing in Nepal) - 9 hours by taxi; 12+ hours by bus and you have to change to Patna. Patna usually departs from Patna - Raxaul at sunset. Note: Traveling from Raxaul involves several hours of bad roads.
Rajgir / Nalanda - small 2,500 small taxi or taxi 3,200 big taxi, 2 hours journey in taxi, 3+ hours by bus
Ranchi - 7 hours journey by bus
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Our office is fully operated by volunteers, so we do not operate a 24-hour check-in service.

Our office hours are 9 am to 12 noon, then 1.15 pm - 5 pm.

Please try to reach the Root Institute at the appropriate time to check during office time.

If it is not possible for you to arrive during office hours, please let us know in advance by email or by calling (during office hours) so that we can make alternative arrangements for you, in which case the names of our gate guards will be the expected guests. , Arriving after hours, and will guide you to your room.

Seasons – When to visit

In terms of tourism, Bodhgaya has two seasons - winter and summer - but four climatic periods - winter, summer, post monsoon and monsoon.

The spiritual program of the Root Institute is now planned to be included in the extended season from mid-September to March.

Winter - High season
The winter begins in November and lasts until February. Temperatures with an average daily range of 5 to 30 ° C (41–86 ° F) are not challenging, and the rainfall is quite low. The days are bright and pleasant, making it a favorite time for pilgrims from all over the world to visit Bodh Gaya.

heat
The heat in Bodh Gaya is at least 40 ° s maximum, but sometimes up to 50 ° C (122 ° F). (Yikes!) The summer begins slowly in March as pilgrimage numbers decline and peaks in May. It is a time of peace and quiet, but there is plenty of bird life in our lush gardens. If you don't mind the heat and love the quiet, it may suit you to retreat

Monsoon
The monsoon begins in mid-June, providing some relief to the high summer temperatures. By September the rainstorm left its rejuvenated waters. It is not coined and continuously wet in books and films. Humidity can cause some discomfort as temperatures stay in the mid-30s.

Post monsoon
The monsoon starts from October onwards. The amount and frequency of rain decreases, as does summer. It also marks a time where road stalls and cafes resume in Bodh Gaya in preparation for the busy high season.