Cheka monastery

Location of Maizhokunggar County (pink) in the prefecture-level city of Lhasa (yellow)

Tibetan name
Wylie transliteration : 'chad kha dgon

The Cheka Monastery ( Tib. : 'Chad kha dgon ) is an in 1165 founded the monastery Kadam -Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism . It is located in Zhaxigang 扎西 岗乡 Township in Maizhokunggar (Meldro Gongkar) County, Lhasa . The monastery was founded by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje ( Tib . : 'chad ka pa ye shes rdo rje ; * 1101 ; † 1175 ), Chekawa for short, the important clergyman of the Kadam tradition.

The monastery has been on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region since 2009 .

See also

• Se Chilbupa Chökyi Gyeltshen

Web links

• qsdfsw.com: Qiaka si - Chinese
• xz.people.com.cn: 第五批 自治區 級 文物保護 單位 名單 - Chinese
• Entry in the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (English)

References and comments

1. ↑ Chinese Qieka si 切卡 寺, Qieka si 怯 喀 寺 or Qieka si 切喀 寺 (among others)

Cheka monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Qieka si 切卡 寺; Jiaka si 伽喀 寺 'chad ka dgon; Qieka si 怯 喀 寺 or Qieka si 切喀 寺

Coordinates: 29 ° 49 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 91 ° 51 ′ 37 ″  E