Tshelpa monastery

The monastery Tshelpa ( Tib .: tshal pa ) also Yanggön (Tib .: yang dgon ) is located in the area of Lhasa in Tibet , about 10 kilometers east of downtown Lhasa in the municipality of Tshelgungthang on the southern bank of the Lhasa He ( tshal gung thang ) from Chengguan . It was originally a monastery of the Kagyu School and was later attached to the Gelug School.

It is the founding monastery of the Tshelpa Kagyu School ( Tib .: tshal pa bka 'brgyud pa ), one of the four major branches of the Kagyu school direction ( Barom , Karma- , Phagdru, and Tshelpa Kagyu) of Tibetan Buddhism , the divided into four main schools ( Nyingma , Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug ).

The locals call it "Yanggön Monastery".

It was founded in 1175 by the charismatic founder of the Tshelpa Kagyü school Lama Shang ( bla ma zhang ), who is also the founder of the Tshel Gungthang monastery, which was founded in 1187 near Lhasa .

The Tshelpa Monastery was later destroyed, the monastery seen today was rebuilt in the early 1950s, the current temple is much smaller than the original.

literature

• Kal Sang Gyal: Religions in Tibet ; Beijing, China Intercontinental Press; ISBN 7-5085-0437-2 ( section on the Kagyu school, chin. )

See also

• Phagmodrupa
• Dagpo-Kagyu

Web links

• info.tibet.cn: Caiba si (Tshelpa Monastery) - Chinese

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese Caiba si 蔡 巴 寺
2. ↑ chin .: Yanggeng si 揚 庚 寺
3. ↑ Chinese Caigongtang xiang 蔡公堂 鄉
4. ↑ Chinese Caiba Gaju pai 蔡 巴 噶舉派  /  蔡 巴 噶 举 or short Caibai Gaju 蔡 巴 噶 舉  /  蔡 巴 噶 举
5. ↑ Chinese Yanggeng si 揚 庚 寺
6. ↑ or Shang Yudragpa Tsondru Dragpa ( zhang g.yu brag pa brtson 'grus grags pa ); (1123–1193)
7. ↑ Chin. Xiang Zunzhu Zhaba 向 ‧ 尊 珠 扎巴
8. ↑ Tib. Tshal supply thang ; chin. Gongtang si贡唐 寺 / 貢唐 寺
9. ↑ Chinese taboo gaju 塔布 噶 舉

Tshelpa monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Tsal, Ts'al, Caiba si 蔡 巴 寺, Yanggeng si 揚 庚 寺, Tsalpa Monastery, Tshälpa, Tsel Yanggon Monastery; Tshal Yang-dgon grva-tshang

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