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Home » Blog » Tibetan Buddhism » Nyingma » Dzogchen Monastery

Dzogchen Monastery

July 11, 2014 by Tibetan Trekking Travel 4 Comments

Contents

  1. Location
  2. Inheritance
  3. Dzogchen Monastery Data
    1. Address
    2. Opening hour
    3. Altitude
    4. Entrance fee
  4. How to get to there

Dzogchen Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma Pa of Tibetan Buddhism.

Location

It is located in the east Derge of Kanze (Garze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Kham, Present, West Sichuan Province). Approximately 52 kilometers west from Manigango which is a wild-west small town in the northwest region of Kham.

Inheritance

It was founded by Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche in 1675 AD and is thought to be the largest Nyingma monastery. It became renowned for its Shri Singha Shedra established by Gyalsé Shenpen Thayé, and is also known as the principle repository of the Konchok Chidu cycle of the Jangt. It was one of the most famous centers of sacred ritual dance, commonly known as “Lama Dance” OR “Monk Mask Dance“.

Dzogchen valley
dzogchen monastery
Dzogchen assembly hall
Dzogchen Monastery
Dzogchen monastery puja

Dzogchen Monastery Data


Address

Gen Qing village, Dzogchen (Zhu Qing) Xiang

Opening hour

Full day

Altitude

3,850 meters

Entrance fee

Free of charge

How to get to there

The monastery is by the road that connects Manigango and Sershul county. It is about 50 km west from Manigango, the only pass between this two sites is the 4,500 meters Hai-Zi La pass, it takes about 2.5 hours to cover this distance;

Sershul is about 170 northwest of Dzogchen, which may take 4 hours to cover this distance, and Sershul county is about another 3.5 hours drive to Yushu airport, which has direct flight to major cities of China, such as Beijing, Xining….

Alternative, Garze Gesar airport will be the nearest airport to this site when it is completed in the end of 2018

There is no bus to reach Dzogchen monastery, the possible way that you can use are:

  • To take the bus from Garze (Kanze) to Sershul, get off the bus at Geng Da village, from which you will need to walk for about 1 kilometers to reach the assembly hall
  • The simpler way is to rent one local minibus from Manigango to Dzogchen , which may cost RMB 600.00 – 700.00 for a round trip rental

Filed Under: Nyingma Pa Monasteries

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Comments

  1. Doug says

    May 23, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    There are flights to the mentioned airport from Chengdu?

    Reply
    • Tibetan Trekking Travel says

      May 23, 2019 at 4:55 pm

      There is one direct flight from Chengdu to Yushu on daily basis, the flight takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes;

      Garze Gesar airport is still under construction, this airport is to be planned to open in this September or October

      Reply
  2. CHUNDI SHERPA says

    August 31, 2023 at 12:14 am

    can fly from lhasa to dzogchen monastery?

    Reply
    • Tibetan Trekking Travel says

      August 31, 2023 at 2:13 pm

      The nearest airport to Dzogchen monastery is Garze Gesar Airport, which is approximately 90 kilometers away and takes 2-2.5 hours to drive. Flights from Lhasa do not have direct routes to Garze Gesar Airport, so a transfer at Chengdu Tianfu Airport is required to reach there

      Reply

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