Zurmang monastery is also Surmang monastery. It is located in a vast alpine nomadic and farming region of Mao-zhuang village, some 220km southwest from Yushu county. It is the seat of the Trungpa tülkus, also known as the Surmang Kagyu, is a sub-sect of Karma Kagyu, it even includes a unique synthesis of Nyingma teachings. Surmang also refers to a complex of nine or ten Kagyu monasteries in that area, those of which were lead by the Trungpa tülkus and the Gharwang tulkus.
Surmang Namgyal Tse
Surmang Dutsi Til
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