Nalendra Monastery

The Nalendra Monastery ( Tib. Na len dra dgon pa ) is a major monastery of the Sakya -School of Tibetan Buddhism . It is located in Lhündrub County of Lhasa in Tibet , People's Republic of China . It was founded in 1436 near the south bank of the Phenpo River ('phan po chu') north of Lhasa. Its founders were the great Sakya master Rongtön Shecha Kunrig ( T. rong ston shes bya kun rig) (1367–1449) and his disciple Kunkhyen Trashi Namgyel ( T. kun mkhyen bkra shis rnam rgyal). It was the seat of the Nalendrapa, a sub-school of the Sakya School.

The two most important lines of reincarnated lamas are the line of the Cobgyed Trichen Rinpoches or Chogye Trichen Rinpoches (bco brgyad khri chen rin po che) and the line of the Zimog Rinpoches (gzim 'og rin po che):

The monastery is on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region .

Throne holder from Nalendra

Chogye Trichen Rinpoches

Chogye Trichen Rinpoche

• ...
• Ngawang Khyenrab Thupten Lekshe Gyatso (Tib. Ngag dbang mkhyen rab thub bstan legs bshad rgya mtsho; 1920–2007), head of the Tshar tradition (Tib. Tshar lugs) of the Sakya school

Zimog Rinpoches

• 1. Shabdrung Ngawang Norbu (Zhabs drung Ngag dbang nor bu)
• 2. Champa Ngawang Sanggye Tenzin (Byams pa Ngag dbang sangs rgyas bstan 'dzin)
• 3. Champa Ngawang Tendzin Thrinle (1744–1798) (Ngag dbang bstan 'dzin phrin las)
• 4. Champa Ngawang Tendzin Nyendrag (1799–1884) (Byams pa Ngag dbang bstan 'dzin snyan grags)
• 5. Champa Ngawang Kün Tenzin Thrinle (1884–1963) (Byams pa Ngag dbang kun dga 'bstan' dzin phrin las)
• 6. Ngawang Tenzin Norbu (born 1964 in India) (Ngag dbang bstan 'dzin nor bu)

literature

• David Paul Jackson (1989): The Early Abbots of 'Phan-po Na-lendra: The Vicissitudes of a Great Tibetan Monastery in the 15th Century. In: Wiener Studien zur Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde , volume 23. Vienna: Working group for Tibetan and Buddhist studies, University of Vienna, pp. 6–18, 60–62. (Excerpt: 'Phan po Na lendra)
• Robert Barnett, Tibet Information Network: Cutting off the Serpent's Head: Tightening Control in Tibet, 1994-1995

See also

• Tsharchen Losel Gyatsho

Web links

• StudyBuddhism.com: A Brief History of Nalendra Monastery
• sakya.com: Nalendra Project & History - English
• Nalendra Monastery - English
• zimwock.org: Zimwock Tulku Lineage - English

References and footnotes

1. ↑ tbrc.org: 'phan pola len + dra  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (found on April 26, 2010)  
2. ↑ cf. rigpawiki.org: Rongtön Sheja Kunrig and jonangpa.com: Rongton's Praise to Dolpopa
3. ↑ StudyBuddhism.com: A Brief History of Nalendra Monastery (found June 4, 2016)
4. ↑ Chinese 究 给 · 企 千 仁波切
5. ↑ Chinese 任 窝 仁波切
6. ↑ cf. chogyetrichen.com: His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. & yuloling.com: His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Nalendra Monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Phenpo Nalendra Monastery; Nalendra Monastery; chin. Narenzha si 那 仁 札 寺 , Nalinzha si 那 林扎 寺 ; Bianbo Narenzha si 遍 波 • 那 仁 札 寺 ; 那 兰扎 寺 , Nalantuo si 那 烂 陀 寺

Coordinates: 29 ° 51 '52.9 "  N , 91 ° 10' 22.8"  E