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This '''list of Tibetan monasteries''' is a listing of historical and contemporary monasteries of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] within the [[Tibet|ethno-cultural Tibet]] itself and elsewhere. Tibetan monasteries are works of architectural, pictorial, decorative and landscape art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tibu/hd_tibu.htm|title=Tibetan Buddhist Art|website=www.metmuseum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231723/https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tibu/hd_tibu.htm|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>

This is the '''list of Tibetan monasteries''' of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tibu/hd_tibu.htm|title=Tibetan Buddhist Art|website=www.metmuseum.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231723/https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tibu/hd_tibu.htm|archive-date=2018-03-08|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable"

{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-text"

|-

|-

! Name

! Name
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| [[Alchi Monastery|Alchi]]

| [[Alchi Monastery|Alchi]]

| [[Ladakh]]

| [[Ladakh]]

| [[Gelug]]

| giles

| 11th century

| 11th century

|

|
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| [[Badekar Monastery]]

| [[Badekar Monastery]]

| [[Baotou|Bugat]], [[Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]]

| [[Baotou|Bugat]], [[Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region]]

| Gelug

| [[Gelug]]

| 1749

| 1749

|

|

⚫

|

|-

| [[Chagri Monastery]]

| Bhutan

| [[Kagyu]]

| 1620

|

|

|

|-

|-

| Chaksam Cho Ri

| Chaksam Cho Ri

| Chushul, U-Tsang

| Chushul, [[U-Tsang]]

|

|

| 14th century

| 14th century

| Destroyed in 1959

| Destroyed in 1959

| from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chakzampa.png Chaksam Bridge diagram made in 1878]

| from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chakzampa.png Chaksam Bridge diagram made in 1878]

|-

| Densatil

| Southeast of [[Lhasa]] near the [[Yarlung Tsangpo]]

| [[Kagyu]]

| 1198

| 1960s

|

|-

|-

| [[Dorje Drak]]

| [[Dorje Drak]]

| Lhoka

| [[Shannan, Tibet|Lhoka]]

| [[Nyingma]]

| [[Nyingma]]

| 1400, 1720, 1960s in India

| 1400, 1720, 1960s in India
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| 1416

| 1416

|

|

| Home monastery of the [[Dalai Lama]]. Founded by Jamyang Choje. Drepung was historically the largest monastery in Tibet as well as the largest in the world until the Communist Chinese invasion.

| Home monastery of the [[Dalai Lama]] and founded by Jamyang Choje. Drepung was historically the largest monastery in Tibet as well as the largest in the world until the [[annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China]]

|-

|-

| [[Drigung Monastery|Drigung]]

| [[Drigung Monastery|Drigung]]

| Lhasa Prefecture

| Lhasa Prefecture

| Kagyu

| [[Kagyu]]

| 1179, 1980s

| 1179, 1980s

| 1960s

| 1960s

|

|

|-

| [[Drongtse Monastery]]

| [[Ü-Tsang|Tsang]]

| Gelug

|

|

|

|-

|-

| [[Dzogchen Monastery|Dzogchen]]

| [[Dzogchen Monastery|Dzogchen]]

| Kham

| [[Kham]]

| [[Nyingma]]

| [[Nyingma]]

| 1684

| 1684
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|

|-

|-

| [[Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges]]

| Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges

| Tsang

| Tsang

| Gelug

| Gelug
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|title = A Brief History of Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges

|title = A Brief History of Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges

|work = Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Gelug Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|work = Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Gelug Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|accessdate = 2016-06-06

|access-date = 2016-06-06

|date = 1991-09-01

|date = 1991-09-01

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/gelug/brief_history_gyumay_gyuto_tantric_college.html

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/gelug/brief_history_gyumay_gyuto_tantric_college.html
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| Gelug

| Gelug

| 652

| 652

| Severely Damaged by Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army in March, 1959

| Severely Damaged by People's Liberation Army in March, 1959

| Lhasa main temple. Said to have been built by King [[Songtsen Gampo]] in 647; a major pilgrimage site.

| Lhasa main temple. Said to have been built by King [[Songtsen Gampo]] in 647; a major pilgrimage site.

|-

|-

| [[Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery]]

| Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery

| Tsang

| Tsang

| [[Jonang]]

| [[Jonang]]
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| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries".

| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries".

|-

|-

| [[Keru Temple]]

| Keru Temple

| Ü

| Ü

| [[Nyingma]]

| [[Nyingma]]
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|

|

|-

|-

| [[Kharchu Monastery]]

| [[Key Monastery]]

| [[Lahaul and Spiti district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]

| [[Gelugpa]]

| 11th century

|

|

|-

| Kharchu Monastery

| Lhokha

| Lhokha

| [[Nyingma]]

| [[Nyingma]]

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|

|

|-

|-

| [[Khomthing Monastery]]

| Khomthing Monastery

| Lhokha

| Lhokha

|

|

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|

|

|-

|-

| [[Khorshak Temple]]

| Khorshak Temple

| Western Tibet

| Western Tibet

|

|

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| Was founded in 1709 by the first [[Jamyang Zhépa|Jamyang Zhaypa]], Ngawang Tsondru.

| Was founded in 1709 by the first [[Jamyang Zhépa|Jamyang Zhaypa]], Ngawang Tsondru.

|-

|-

|[[Magur Namgyal Ling]]

| [[Lhuntse Dzong]]

| Bhutan

| Nyingma

| 1654

|

| The 14th Dalai Lama arrived at Lhuntse Dzong on 26 March 1959, on his way to exile in India.

|-

|Magur Namgyal Ling

| Amdo

| Amdo

| Gelug

| Gelug
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| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries."

| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries."

|-

|-

| [[Nalendra Monastery]]

| Nalendra Monastery

| Penpo

| Penpo

|

|

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|title = A Brief History of Nalendra Monastery

|title = A Brief History of Nalendra Monastery

|work = Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Sakya Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|work = Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Sakya Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|accessdate = 2016-06-06

|access-date = 2016-06-06

|date = 1991-09-01

|date = 1991-09-01

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/sakya/brief_history_nalendra_monastery.html

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/sakya/brief_history_nalendra_monastery.html
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}}</ref>

}}</ref>

|-

|-

| [[Namdzong Nunnery]]

| Namdzong Nunnery

| Amdo

| Amdo

|

|

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|

|

|-

|-

| [[Nangshi Monastery]]

| Nangshi Monastery

| Ngaba, Amdo

| Ngaba, Amdo

|

|

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| Sakya

| Sakya

| 1429

| 1429

| 1959<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/947820220|title=In the Presence of My Enemies : Memoirs of Tibetan Nobleman Tsipon Shuguba.|last=Carnahan|first=Sumner|last2=Rinpoche|first2=Lama Kunga|publisher=Clear Light Publishers|others=Foreword by Lobsang Lhalungpa|year=1995|isbn=9781574160444|location=Santa Fe, NM|pages=18 and 19|oclc=947820220|quote=(page 18 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1956, before destruction by Chinese Communists." and (page 19 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1980. The monastery was destroyed by the Chinese during the 'Cultural Revolution.' "}}</ref>

| 1959<ref>{{Cite book|title=In the Presence of My Enemies : Memoirs of Tibetan Nobleman Tsipon Shuguba.|last1=Carnahan|first1=Sumner|last2=Rinpoche|first2=Lama Kunga|publisher=Clear Light Publishers|others=Foreword by Lobsang Lhalungpa|year=1995|isbn=9781574160444|location=Santa Fe, NM|pages=18 and 19|oclc=947820220|quote=(page 18 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1956, before destruction by Chinese Communists." and (page 19 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1980. The monastery was destroyed by the Chinese during the 'Cultural Revolution.' "}}</ref>

|

|

|-

|-
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| Independent before 1959, has belonged to [[Sera monastery|Sera]] since 1980.

| Independent before 1959, has belonged to [[Sera monastery|Sera]] since 1980.

|-

|-

| [[Palcho Monastery|Gyantse Palkor Chöde Monastery]]

| [[Palcho Monastery|Gyantse Palkor Chöde Monastery]] (Palcho Monastery)

| Tsang

| Tsang

| Gelug, Sakya, [[Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism)|Kadam]]
⚫

|

|

| 1428

|

|

|

|

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|

|

| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries". Other branch "Namdroling Monastery" established by Penor Rinpoche in India, in 1963

| One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries". Other branch "Namdroling Monastery" established by Penor Rinpoche in India, in 1963

|-

| [[Pemayangtse Monastery]]

| Sikkim

| Nyingma

| 1705

|

|

|-

|-

| [[Pomda Monastery]]

| [[Pomda Monastery]]
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| Formerly on the outskirts of [[Lhasa]], but now re-established in south India.

| Formerly on the outskirts of [[Lhasa]], but now re-established in south India.

|-

|-

| [[Ratö Monastery]]

| Ratö Monastery

| Ü

| Ü

|

|

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|-

|-

| [[Rongbuk Monastery|Rongbuk]]

| [[Rongbuk Monastery|Rongbuk]]

| [[Basum Township]]

| Basum Township

| [[Nyingma]]

| [[Nyingma]]

| 1902

| 1902

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|

|

|-

|-

| [[Rongwo Gönchen Monastery]]

| Rongwo Gönchen Monastery

| Amdo

| Amdo

|

|

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|

|

|

|

|-

| [[Rumtek Monastery]]

| [[Sikkim]]

| Kagyu

| 18th century

|

|

|-

|-

|[[Sakya Monastery]]

|[[Sakya Monastery]]
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|

|

|

|

| First monastery in Tibet, established by [[Padmasambhava]] and [[Shantarakshita]]. [[Heinrich Harrer]] in 1982 flew over "Samye; it was totally destroyed. One can still make out the outer wall, but none of the temples or stupas survives."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13856937|title=Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation|last=1912-2006.|first=Harrer, Heinrich,|date=1985|origyear=1984|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780140077742|location=Harmondsworth|oclc=13856937}}</ref>

| First monastery in Tibet, established by [[Padmasambhava]] and [[Shantarakshita]]. [[Heinrich Harrer]] in 1982 flew over "Samye; it was totally destroyed. One can still make out the outer wall, but none of the temples or stupas survives."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation|author=Harrer, Heinrich|date=1985|orig-year=1984|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9780140077742|location=Harmondsworth|oclc=13856937}}</ref>

|-

|-

| [[Sekhar Guthok Monastery]]

| Sekhar Guthok Monastery

| Lhokha

| Lhokha

|

|

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|title = A Brief History of Drug Sang-ngag Choling Monastery

|title = A Brief History of Drug Sang-ngag Choling Monastery

|work = The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Kagyü Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|work = The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Kagyü Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|accessdate = 2016-06-06

|access-date = 2016-06-06

|date = 1991-09-01

|date = 1991-09-01

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/kagyu/brief_history_drug_sang-ngag_choling_monastery.html

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/kagyu/brief_history_drug_sang-ngag_choling_monastery.html
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|url-status = live

|url-status = live

}}</ref>

}}</ref>

1950 photo of [[c:File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery]] in Lhodrag by [[Hugh Edward Richardson|Hugh Richardson]]. Founded by Milarepa in the 11th century<ref>{{Citation|last=Richardson|first=Hugh|title=English: Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery in Lhodrag near the Bhutan border founded by Milarepa in the 11th century. The famous nine-storeyed tower can clearly be seen on the left. Harvested crops may be seen in the field in the foreground.|date=1950|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|accessdate=2018-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123185856/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|archive-date=2015-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref>

1950 photo of [[c:File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery]] in Lhodrag by [[Hugh Edward Richardson|Hugh Richardson]]. Founded by Milarepa in the 11th century<ref>{{Citation|last=Richardson|first=Hugh|title=English: Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery in Lhodrag near the Bhutan border founded by Milarepa in the 11th century. The famous nine-storeyed tower can clearly be seen on the left. Harvested crops may be seen in the field in the foreground.|date=1950|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|access-date=2018-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123185856/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sekhar_Gutog_monastery_in_Lhodrag_near_Bhutan.jpg|archive-date=2015-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-

|-

| [[Sanga Monastery]]

| [[Sanga Monastery]]
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|

|

|

|-

| [[Tamzhing Monastery]]

| Bhutan

| Nyingma

| 1501

|

|

|-

|-

| [[Tashichho Dzong]]

| [[Tashichho Dzong]]
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|

|

| Seat of the [[Panchen Lama]]. Founded by [[Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama|Gyalwa Gendün Drup]].

| Seat of the [[Panchen Lama]]. Founded by [[Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama|Gyalwa Gendün Drup]].

|-

| [[Tawang Monastery]]

| [[Tawang District]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]]

| [[Gelug]]

| 1681

|

| The monastery is the second-largest in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tawang.nic.in/tourist-place/tawang-monastery/|title = Tawang monastery &#124; Tawang District, Government of Arunachal Pradesh &#124; India}}</ref>

|-

|[[Thikse Monastery]]

| Ladakh

| Gelug

| 15th century

|

|

|-

|-

| [[Tholing Monastery]]

| [[Tholing Monastery]]
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|

|

|

| Since 2007, the monastery comprises representatives of all four great traditions : [[Nyingma]], [[Kagyu]], [[Sakya]] and [[Gelug]].

| Since 2007, the monastery comprises representatives of all four great traditions : [[Nyingma]], [[Kagyu]], [[Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)|Sakya]] and [[Gelug]].

|-

|-

| [[Tingri Monastery]]

| Tingri Monastery

| Tsang

| Tsang

|

|

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|

|

|

|

| The largest, oldest and most important monastery in the [[Yarlung Valley]]. Said to have been built by King [[Songtsen Gampo]].

| The largest and oldest monastery in the [[Yarlung Valley]]. Said to have been built by King [[Songtsen Gampo]].

|-

|-

| [[Trathang Monastery]]

| Trathang Monastery

| Lhokha

| Lhokha

|

|

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|

|-

|-

| [[Tsandan Monastery]]

| Tsandan Monastery

| Nagchu

| Nagchu

|

|

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|

|-

|-

| [[Tsaparang Monastery & Palace Complex]]

| Tsaparang Monastery & Palace Complex

| Western Tibet

| Western Tibet

|

|

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|

|-

|-

| [[Tsethang Monastery]]

| Tsethang Monastery

| Lhokha

| Lhokha

|

|

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|

|-

|-

| [[Tsö Monastery]]

| Tsö Monastery

| Amdo

| Amdo

|

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|

|

|

|-

| Tsuglagkhang Temple

| Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

|

|

|

| Current residence of the [[14th Dalai Lama]].

|-

|-

| [[Tsurphu Monastery|Tsurphu]]

| [[Tsurphu Monastery|Tsurphu]]
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| Seat of the [[Gyalwa Karmapa]].

| Seat of the [[Gyalwa Karmapa]].

|-

|-

| [[Yama Tashikyil]]

| Yama Tashikyil

| [[Rebkong]], Amdo

| [[Rebkong]], Amdo

|

|

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| Largest monastery in the world +10000 monks.

| Largest monastery in the world +10000 monks.

|-

|-

| [[Yarlung Sheldrak]]

| Yarlung Sheldrak

|[[U-Tsang|U-tsang]]

|[[U-Tsang|U-tsang]]

| Gelug

| Gelug
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| "Yarlung Sheldrak is a monastic community that first developed around a Padmasambhava meditation cave, possibly as early as the eighth century. It was converted to the Geluk tradition in the nineteenth century."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treasuryoflives.org/en/institution/Yarlung-Sheldrak|title=Yarlung Sheldrak|date=20 January 2018|website=Treasury of Lives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125753/https://treasuryoflives.org/en/institution/Yarlung-Sheldrak|archive-date=2018-01-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

| "Yarlung Sheldrak is a monastic community that first developed around a Padmasambhava meditation cave, possibly as early as the eighth century. It was converted to the Geluk tradition in the nineteenth century."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://treasuryoflives.org/en/institution/Yarlung-Sheldrak|title=Yarlung Sheldrak|date=20 January 2018|website=Treasury of Lives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121125753/https://treasuryoflives.org/en/institution/Yarlung-Sheldrak|archive-date=2018-01-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

|-

|-

| [[Yemar Temple]]

| Yemar Temple

| Tsang

| Tsang

|

|

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| National centre of Lama administration during [[Qing dynasty]]

| National centre of Lama administration during [[Qing dynasty]]

|-

|-

| [[Yungdrungling Monastery]]

| Yungdrungling Monastery

| Tsang

| Tsang

|

|

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|title = A Brief History of Yungdrungling Monastery

|title = A Brief History of Yungdrungling Monastery

|work = The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Bön Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|work = The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Bön Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991).

|accessdate = 2016-06-06

|access-date = 2016-06-06

|date = 1991-09-01

|date = 1991-09-01

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/Bon/brief_history_yungdrungling_monastery.html

|url = http://studybuddhism.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/Bon/brief_history_yungdrungling_monastery.html
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File:Tashilhunpo.JPG|[[Tashilhunpo]] in [[Shigatse]]

File:Tashilhunpo.JPG|[[Tashilhunpo]] in [[Shigatse]]

</gallery>

</gallery>

==See also==

* [[All Ladakh Gonpa Association#Monastery|List Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh]]

* [[Himalayan monasteries]]


== References ==

== References ==
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[[Category:Tibetan architecture]]

[[Category:Tibetan architecture]]

[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist monasteries|*]]

[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist monasteries|*]]

[[Category:Tibet-related lists|Buddhist monasteries]]

[[Category:Lists of religious buildings and structures in Tibet|Buddhist monasteries]]

[[Category:Lists of Buddhist buildings and structures]]

[[Category:Lists of Buddhist monasteries]]

[[Category:Lists of monasteries|Tibetan]]

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    • This is the list of Tibetan monasteriesofTibetan Buddhism.[1]

    Name Location Tradition Established Destroyed Note
    Alchi Ladakh Gelug 11th century
    Badekar Monastery Bugat, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Gelug 1749
    Chagri Monastery Bhutan Kagyu 1620
    Chaksam Cho Ri Chushul, U-Tsang 14th century Destroyed in 1959 from Chaksam Bridge diagram made in 1878
    Densatil Southeast of Lhasa near the Yarlung Tsangpo Kagyu 1198 1960s
    Dorje Drak Lhoka Nyingma 1400, 1720, 1960s in India 1717, 1960s One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries."
    Drepung Lhasa Gelug 1416 Home monastery of the Dalai Lama and founded by Jamyang Choje. Drepung was historically the largest monastery in Tibet as well as the largest in the world until the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
    Drigung Lhasa Prefecture Kagyu 1179, 1980s 1960s
    Drongtse Monastery Tsang Gelug
    Dzogchen Kham Nyingma 1684 One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries."
    Ganden Lhasa Prefecture Gelug 1409 1959, 1966 Seat of the Ganden Tripa. Founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409.
    Gonchen Monastery Kham Sakya 1729
    Gongkar Chöde Lhokha Sakya 1464
    Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges Tsang Gelug 1433 and 1475 [2]
    Hemis Ladakh Drukpa 1672
    Jokhang Temple Lhasa Gelug 652 Severely Damaged by People's Liberation Army in March, 1959 Lhasa main temple. Said to have been built by King Songtsen Gampo in 647; a major pilgrimage site.
    Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery Tsang Jonang 14th century
    Kardang Lahaul Drukpa 12th century Main monastery in Lahaul.
    Karma Gön Monastery Kham Kagyu 1147 Seat of the 1st to the 7th Tai Situpa
    Katok Garze Nyingma 1159 One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries".
    Keru Temple Ü Nyingma mid-8th century
    Key Monastery Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh Gelugpa 11th century
    Kharchu Monastery Lhokha Nyingma 16th century
    Khomthing Monastery Lhokha
    Khorshak Temple Western Tibet
    Kirti Gompa Amdo Gelug 1472
    Kumbum Monastery Amdo Gelug 1583
    Labrang Monastery Amdo Gelug 1709 Was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhaypa, Ngawang Tsondru.
    Lhuntse Dzong Bhutan Nyingma 1654 The 14th Dalai Lama arrived at Lhuntse Dzong on 26 March 1959, on his way to exile in India.
    Magur Namgyal Ling Amdo Gelug 1646[3]
    Menri Ü Bön 1405 1386, 1966
    Menri Monastery Tsang
    Mindrolling Lhokha Nyingma One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries."
    Nalendra Monastery Penpo [4]
    Namdzong Nunnery Amdo
    Namgyal Monastery Lhasa
    Nangshi Monastery Ngaba, Amdo
    Narthang Monastery Tsang
    Nechung Temple Lhasa
    Ngor Temple Ü Sakya 1429 1959[5]
    Nyethang Drolma Lhakhang Temple Ü
    Pabonka Hermitage Lhasa Gelug 7th century Independent before 1959, has belonged to Sera since 1980.
    Gyantse Palkor Chöde Monastery (Palcho Monastery) Tsang Gelug, Sakya, Kadam 1428
    Palpung Derge Kagyu 1727 Founded by the 8th Situ Panchen, Seat of the Tai Situpa and Jamgon Kongtrul.
    Palyul Palyul Nyingma One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries". Other branch "Namdroling Monastery" established by Penor Rinpoche in India, in 1963
    Pemayangtse Monastery Sikkim Nyingma 1705
    Pomda Monastery Baxoi
    Punakha Dzong Bhutan Drukpa Winter home of the Central Monk Body
    Ralung Monastery Tsang
    Ralung Drukpa Seat of the Gyalwang Drukpa
    Ramoche Temple Lhasa
    Rato Dratsang Karnataka Gelug Formerly on the outskirts of Lhasa, but now re-established in south India.
    Ratö Monastery Ü
    Reting Ü Gelug
    Riwoche Kham Kagyu Seat of the Taklung Kagyu lineage.
    Rongbuk Basum Township Nyingma 1902
    Rongwo Gönchen Monastery Amdo
    Rumtek Monastery Sikkim Kagyu 18th century
    Sakya Monastery Tsang Sakya Seat of the Sakya Trizin.
    Samye Monastery Ü 775 - 779
    Samye Nyingma First monastery in Tibet, established by Padmasambhava and Shantarakshita. Heinrich Harrer in 1982 flew over "Samye; it was totally destroyed. One can still make out the outer wall, but none of the temples or stupas survives."[6]
    Sekhar Guthok Monastery Lhokha [7]

    1950 photo of Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery in Lhodrag by Hugh Richardson. Founded by Milarepa in the 11th century[8]

    Sanga Monastery Lhokha
    Sera Lhasa Gelug One of the largest monasteries in Tibet, containing numerous colleges. Founded by Chöje Shakya Yeshe. [[:|Photo of smashed statues pieces at Lhasa's Sera Monastery destroyed by the Communist Chinese after 1959 flight of the 14th Dalai Lama to exile in India.]]
    Shalu Tsang Sakya
    Shechen Kham Nyingma One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries".
    Simbiling Monastery ...
    Spituk Ladakh Gelug
    Surmang Monastery Kham 1988
    Surmang Kagyu Seat of the Trungpa tülkus.
    Tabo Spiti Gelug Largest monastery in Spiti.
    Taklung Monastery Ü
    Taktsang Monastery Dzoge, Amdo
    Tamzhing Monastery Bhutan Nyingma 1501
    Tashichho Dzong Thimphu Drukpa Houses the Central Monk Body in summer.
    Tashilhünpo Tsang Gelug Seat of the Panchen Lama. Founded by Gyalwa Gendün Drup.
    Tawang Monastery Tawang District, Arunachal Pradesh Gelug 1681 The monastery is the second-largest in Asia.[9]
    Thikse Monastery Ladakh Gelug 15th century
    Tholing Monastery West Tibet
    Tibet Institute Rikon Rikon, Switzerland Nyingma Since 2007, the monastery comprises representatives of all four great traditions : Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug.
    Tingri Monastery Tsang
    Tradruk Temple Lhokha Gelug The largest and oldest monastery in the Yarlung Valley. Said to have been built by King Songtsen Gampo.
    Trathang Monastery Lhokha
    Tsandan Monastery Nagchu
    Tsaparang Monastery & Palace Complex Western Tibet
    Tsethang Monastery Lhokha
    Tsö Monastery Amdo
    Tsozong Gongba Nyingma
    Tsuglagkhang Temple Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Current residence of the 14th Dalai Lama.
    Tsurphu Ü Kagyu Seat of the Gyalwa Karmapa.
    Yama Tashikyil Rebkong, Amdo
    Yarchen Gar Nyingma 1985 Largest monastery in the world +10000 monks.
    Yarlung Sheldrak U-tsang Gelug 18th century "Yarlung Sheldrak is a monastic community that first developed around a Padmasambhava meditation cave, possibly as early as the eighth century. It was converted to the Geluk tradition in the nineteenth century."[10]
    Yemar Temple Tsang
    Yerpa Gelug 600–700 1959 Famous meditation site of King Songtsen Gampo and Padmasambhava; 300 monks lived here in 1959.
    Yonghe Temple Beijing Gelug 1700s National centre of Lama administration during Qing dynasty
    Yungdrungling Monastery Tsang [11]

    Gallery[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Tibetan Buddhist Art". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  • ^ Berzin, Alexander (1991-09-01). "A Brief History of Gyumay and Gyuto Lower and Upper Tantric Colleges". Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Gelug Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991). Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  • ^ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  • ^ Berzin, Alexander (1991-09-01). "A Brief History of Nalendra Monastery". Study Buddhism. Original version published in "Sakya Monasteries." Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991). Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  • ^ Carnahan, Sumner; Rinpoche, Lama Kunga (1995). In the Presence of My Enemies : Memoirs of Tibetan Nobleman Tsipon Shuguba. Foreword by Lobsang Lhalungpa. Santa Fe, NM: Clear Light Publishers. pp. 18 and 19. ISBN 9781574160444. OCLC 947820220. (page 18 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1956, before destruction by Chinese Communists." and (page 19 photo caption)- "Ngor Monastery, 1980. The monastery was destroyed by the Chinese during the 'Cultural Revolution.' "
  • ^ Harrer, Heinrich (1985) [1984]. Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140077742. OCLC 13856937.
  • ^ Berzin, Alexander (1991-09-01). "A Brief History of Drug Sang-ngag Choling Monastery". The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Kagyü Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991). Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  • ^ Richardson, Hugh (1950), English: Sekhar Gutog (sras mkhar dgu thog) monastery in Lhodrag near the Bhutan border founded by Milarepa in the 11th century. The famous nine-storeyed tower can clearly be seen on the left. Harvested crops may be seen in the field in the foreground., archived from the original on 2015-11-23, retrieved 2018-01-14
  • ^ "Tawang monastery | Tawang District, Government of Arunachal Pradesh | India".
  • ^ "Yarlung Sheldrak". Treasury of Lives. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21.
  • ^ Berzin, Alexander (1991-09-01). "A Brief History of Yungdrungling Monastery". The Berzin Archives. Original version published in『Bön Monasteries.』Chö-Yang, Year of Tibet Edition (Dharamsala, India), (1991). Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-06-06.

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