Shugseb Monastery

Tibetan name
Wylie transliteration : shug gseb dgon pa
Chinese name
Traditional : 修 賽 寺
Simplified : 修 赛 寺
Pinyin : Xiusai si

The Shugseb Monastery ( Tib . : shug gseb dgon pa ) was founded by Gyergom Tshälthrim Sengge ( gyer sgom tshul khrims seng ge ; 1144–1204), a disciple of Phagdru Dorje Gyelpo ( phag gru rdo rje rgyal po ), in the iron cattle - Year of the 3rd Sixty Year Cycle (1181) founded in the Nyephu area. The monastery is located in the district of Qüxü (Chushur) in the district-free city of Lhasa in Tibet at an altitude of 4100 m.

The religious tradition that spread from this place was called Shugseb-Kagyu ( shug gseb bka 'brgyud ). Gyergom Tshälthrim Sengge's students placed great emphasis on studying the teachings of the Shiche ( zhi byed ) tradition, which is why they were also referred to by some as Shichepa ( zhi byed pa ), i.e. H. Followers of the Shiche school, considered.

The monastery is now a Nyingmapa nunnery .

See also

• Shugseb Jetsün Rinpoche ( shug gseb rje btsun rin po che )

literature

• bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo . Beijing 1985
• Keith Dowman: The power-places of Central Tibet: the pilgrim's guide . 1988

Web links

• tbrc.org: shug gseb dgon (chu shur rdzong) - English
• tibet.news.cn: Ningmapai simiao - Xiusai si (Nyingma School Monasteries: Shugseb Monastery) - Chinese
• tibettour.org: Xiongse si (Photos) - Chinese
• xcar.com: Photos of the new Caina Bridge (Caina daqiao), named after the community, over the Lhasa River, the great Chorten (Xiongse si Baita) and the surrounding area - Chinese

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese Xiusai si 修 赛 寺
2. ↑ The first cycle of this sixty-year cycle year counting begins with the Shing-byi year (1024), see Tibetan calendar .
3. ↑ bod rgya tshig mdzod chen mo (1985: 385)

Shugseb Monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Shugseb Gompa; shug gseb dgon pa; Xiusai si; 修 賽 寺; 修 賽 寺; Xiuse si 休 色 寺; Xiongse si 雄 色 寺; Xiuse Nigu si 修 色 尼姑 寺; Shuksep Nunnery

Coordinates: 29 ° 26 ′ 56.6 "  N , 91 ° 1 ′ 33.3"  E