Dzogchen Monastery

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : རྫོགས་ ཆེན་ དགོན་ པ །
Wylie transliteration : rdzogs chen dgon pa
Pronunciation in IPA : [ tsoktɕʰẽ ]
Official transcription of the PRCh : Zogqên
THDL transcription : Dzokchen
Other spellings: Dzogchen
Chinese name
Traditional : 竹 慶 寺
Simplified : 竹 庆 寺; 竹 庆 邬 坚 禅林; 佐 青 寺
Pinyin : Zhúqìng Sì; Zuǒqīng sì

The Dzogchen Monastery ( Tib . : rdzogs chen dgon pa ) was founded in 1685 by Pema Rigdzin (Tib .: pad ma rig 'dzin ; 1625–1697), the first “ Dzogchen Rinpoche ”, and by Namkha Ösel (Tib .: nam mkha '' od gsal ;? –1726), the first " Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche " (abbot of the Dzogchen monastery). It is located in Dêgê (or Derge; Tib . : sde dge ) County of the Kardze Autonomous District of Tibet in northwest China's Sichuan Province .

The Dzogchen monastery tradition is a sub-school of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism . Along with Kathog , Mindrölling , Pelyül , Shechen and Dorje Drag, Dzogchen is one of the so-called “six large seats” of the Nyingma. The tradition goes back to the Dzogchen monastery in Dêgê, Kham .

The monastery quickly became one of the great traditions within the Nyingma School. The famous monastic teaching institute Shri Singha was connected to the Dzogchen monastery .

Lessons and teachers

The teachings passed on from the Dzogchen tradition are the teachings of Sutra and Tantra , especially the oral teachings of the Nyingma (Kama). Dzogchen , the teaching on the so-called "Great Perfection" is a central element of the teaching of this tradition. One of the most important teachers of this tradition was Patrül Rinpoche (1808-1887), an accomplished master and author who greatly influenced the teachings of the Nyingma and who is considered to be the incarnation of Jigme Lingpas (1729-1798), as well as Khenpo Shenga Rinpoche (1871-1927 ).

literature

• rGyal-dbang Chos-kyi Nyi-ma: History of rDzogs-chen Monastery (Tibetan), Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House, Chengdu, May 1992. ISBN 7-5409-0545-X
• Patrul Rinpoche: The words of my consummate teacher. Arbor-Verlag, Freiamt 2001, ISBN 3-924195-72-2
• Dilgo Khyentse: The heart jewel of the enlightened. Theseus Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89620-102-6

Web links

• Dzogchen Monastery India Homepage of the Dzogchen Monastery in exile, South India. Seat SE of the 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche Jigme Losel Wangpo. He is the authentic holder of the Dzogchen lineage.
• Alexander Berzin: What is Dzogchen? (Study Buddhism)
• Dzogchen Monastery Exile Homepage of Martin Marve (Nitartha International)

Dzogchen Monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Zuoqin si 佐钦 寺; Zhuqing si 祝 庆 寺; Zuoqing si 佐 庆 寺

Coordinates: 32 ° 55 ′ 1.2 ″  N , 95 ° 19 ′ 0.1 ″  E