Sho monastery
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Tibetan script :
ཤོ་ དགོན
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Wylie transliteration : sho dgon
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The Sho monastery ( Tib . : sho dgon ) or Martshang ( smar tshang ) monastery in Kham is the ancestral monastery of the teachings of Marpa Kagyu . It belongs to the group of eight small schools in the Kagyu school tradition of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ).
The monastery was founded in 1167 by Martshang Sherab Sengge , who was a student of Phagmodrupa from the Phagdru Kagyu School.
It is in the area of today's district Zhag'yab County the town of Qamdo of Tibet Autonomous Region in China .
See also
- Marpa-Kagyu (Marpa-Kagyu)
Web links
- Martsang Kagyu Lineage Gangri Karma Rinpoche - English
- Entry in the Buddhist Digital Resource Center
References and footnotes
- ↑ Chinese Xiaogong si 肖贡 寺 or Xiaogun si 肖 衮 寺
- ↑ Chinese Macang si 玛 仓 寺
- ↑ Gajupai de tedian ji simiao - accessed on May 5, 2011.
| Sho monastery (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| sho dgon; Xiaogong si 肖贡 寺; Xiaogun si 肖 衮 寺; Martshang Monastery, smar tshang; Macang si 玛 仓 寺; Tashi Sho monastery; Xuesi 学 寺; Xue monastery |