Gongba Dratshang

Tibetan name
Wylie transliteration : gong pa grwa tshang thos bsam dar rgyas gling
Other spellings: Gongwa Dratsang
Chinese name
Simplified : 贡巴 寺
Pinyin : Gongba si

Gongba Dratshang or Gongba Dratshang Thösam Dargyeling ( Tib . : gong pa grwa tshang thos bsam dar rgyas gling ) is a monastery of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism in Amdo . It is located in Hedong 河东 乡 Township of Guide (Thrika) County in northwest China's Qinghai Province .

Gongge Kachupa ( gong dge dka 'bcu pa (?); 1387–1446), who returned from Trashilhünpo , amalgamated two originally existing Sakyapa monasteries and built a main assembly hall, is considered to be its builder .

The monastery was destroyed in 1867 and rebuilt in 1873 by the 4th (Chinese) Taxiu huofo 塔 秀 活佛 (Trülku) called (Chinese) Qiequn Jiacuo 切 群 嘉措. It was demolished during the 1960s and reopened in 1981.

See also

• Tshendrog Khenpo ( mtshan sgrogs mkhan po / mtshan sgrogs sprul sku )
• Minyag Dratshang

literature

• Gyurme Dorje : Footprint Tibet Handbook

reference books

• Zangzu da cidian . Lanzhou 2003

Web links

• nt.tibet.cn: Gongde xian Gongba si jianjie - Chinese
• cntbt.cn: Qinghai Guide xian de simiao - Chinese
• Tibetan Buddhism in Guide County - English

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese Gongba si 贡巴 寺 "Gongba Monastery"
2. ↑ T. khri ka (and others)
3. ↑ Chinese Gongge Gajuba 贡格 噶 举 巴 or Gongge Gajuba 贡格 噶 居 巴 ("Kunga Kechuwa" by Gyurme Dorje, see lit.)
4. ↑ Zangzu da cidian , p. 269b

Gongba Dratshang (alternative names of the lemma)
Gongba si 贡巴 寺; gong ba grwa tshang thos bsam dar rgyas gling; Gongwa Dratsang; Gongba Dratshang; Guoba si 国 巴 寺; Gongba si 工 巴 寺

Coordinates: 36 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  N , 101 ° 28 ′ 35.9 ″  E