Chenye Monastery
Chenye Monastery ( Chenye Gönpa , Tibetan སྤྱན་ གཡས་ དགོན་པ་ Wylie spyan gyas dgon pa "Right Eye Gönpa ") is a former monastery of the Kadam tradition from the 11th century. It was founded by Geshe Dragpa ( Tib. Dge bshes grags pa ) was founded and is now a Gelugpa Monastery.
It is located in Gyelmen Township ( rgyal sman ; Chin. Jiama 加 麻 乡) in Qonggyai (Chonggye) County of Shannan (Lhoka) Government in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
The most precious relic was the right eye of Shariputra , the main disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha , after which the temple was named "Right Eye Temple" (Chenye Lhakhang).
The monastery is on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region .
See also
literature
- Gyurme Dorje: Tibet handbook: with Bhutan .
- Blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho (Phu-khaṅ Dge-bśes.), Gareth Sparham: Memoirs of a Tibetan Lama .
Web links
- Gelu pai simiao - Jianye si. tibet.news.cn (Chinese)
- Summary of Blue Annals Chapter 2: Good Friend Drapa Ngonshé, his disciples, and Chengyé Monastery (dge bshes grwa pa dpon slob dang spyan g.yas pa'i skabs) thlib.org
- Entry in the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (English, Tibetan)
References and footnotes
- ↑ Chinese Jianye si建 叶 寺 or Jianye si坚 耶 寺
- ↑ Chinese Gexi Zhaba 格西扎巴
- ^ Gyurme Dorje, p. 206.
- ↑ Chin. Xizang Zizhiqu Wenwu Baohu Danwei
| Chenye Monastery (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Chinese Jianye si 建 叶 寺, Chinese Jianye si 坚 耶 寺, Chengyé (spyan gyas), Chenye Monastery, Janye Monastery, Chenye Monastery, Chen-ye Lhakhang, Janye Monastery, Chenye Gompa; spyan gyas lha khang; spyan gyas dgon pa; Jianye si 坚 叶 寺 |
Coordinates: 28 ° 58 '44.3 " N , 91 ° 30' 37" E