Drigung Monastery

Drigung Monastery
Drigung Monastery
Drigung Monastery Location within Tibet
Coordinates:	30°06′23″N 91°12′18″E / 30.10639°N 91.205°E / 30.10639; 91.205
Monastery information
Location	Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet, China
Founded by	Drigung Kyobpa Jigten-gonpo-rinchenpel
Founded	1179
Date renovated	1980
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Sect	Kagyu
Lineage	Drigung Kagyu

Drigung Monastery is a notable monastery in the Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet, known for performing sky burials.

The monastery (actually Drigungtil Ogmin Jangchubling Monastery (Wylie: ‘Bri-gung mthil ‘Og-min byang-chub gling); also Drikung Thil Monastery)) is named after its location in a valley about 150 km east from Lhasa, in Drigung district, and is the mother monastery of the Drigung Kagyu (Drikung Kargyu) tradition.

It was founded in 1179 by the founder of that tradition, Drigung Kyobpa Jigten-gonpo-rinchenpel (Wylie: ‘Bri-gung sKyob-pa ‘Jig-rten dgon-po rin-chen dpal, also called Kyobpa Rinpoche, 1143-1217). The tradition emphasizes on its founders tantric meditation and Phowa practices.

After destructions by the Communists, after 1959, reconstruction works began in 1980. Drigung Kagyu traditions are nowadays also kept at the Jangchubling Drikung Kargyu Institute at Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 1985.

External links

• A Brief History of Drigung Monastery
• Drigungtil high resolution photographs
• www.drikung.org

Coordinates: 30°06′23″N 91°12′18″E / 30.10639°N 91.205°E / 30.10639; 91.205