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Home » Blog » Tibetan Buddhism » Gelug » Tashilhunpo Monastery

Tashilhunpo Monastery

June 16, 2015 by Tibetan Trekking Travel Leave a Comment

Contents

  1. Brief
    1. 4 Great & 6 Great Monasteries
  2. Tashilhunpo Monastery Data
    1. Address & Contact
    2. Opening hour
    3. Altitude
    4. Entrance fee
  3. How to get to there
  4. The Four Major Sects of Tibetan Buddhism
  5. Tibetan Buddhism Icons

Tashilhunpo Monastery is located in Shigatse, the 2nd largest city of Tibet. Its full name in Tibetan means “all fortune and happiness gathered here” or “heap of glory”. It was built in 1447 AD by the 1st Dalai Lama, and was once inhabited by over 4,000 monks.

Brief

The monastery is the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lamas, who is repected as the 2ndsecond highest ranking Tulku lineage in the Gelug Pa of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tashilhunpo Monastery was seized by the invasion army of Gorkha Kingdom in 1791 AD, soon they were driven back to Kathmandu by a joint army-force of Tibetan and Chinese, and Gorkha Kingdom bow to accept that to keep peace in the future, paying tribute every five years, and return what they had plundered from Tashilhunpo monastery.

Today, 600 monks still live and study there. The Grand Hall contains the tomb, which was built with more than 85 kilograms gold and many jewels, of the 4th Panchen Lama. There is also a 27 meter high statue of the Maitreya Buddha there.

4 Great & 6 Great Monasteries

It is called One of the 4 Great Gelug Pa Monastery togehter with Ganden monastery, Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery; all of the above 4 monasteries together with Labrang monastery currently in Gansu province and Kumbum Monastery currently in Qinghai province are called “The 6 Great Gelug Pa Monastery”

Tashilhunpo Monastery
Tashilhunpo Monastery
Tashilhunpo hall
Tashilhunpo monastery

Tashilhunpo Monastery Data


Address & Contact

Add : No. 1, Ji-Jie-Lang-ka Road
Contact : +86 892 882-5220/882-2933

Opening hour

09:00 am – 17:00 pm
The halls are not open from 12:00 pm-14:00 pm

Altitude

3,890 meters

Entrance fee

RMB 100 per person

How to get to there


Tashilhunpo Monastery is located in the west of Shigatse City, it can be reached by foot or by taxi, and it could be fun to take local Rickshaw to get there, which could cost RMB 30 to get to monastery

The Four Major Sects of Tibetan Buddhism


Ganden Monastery
Gelug pa
Pelpung Kagyupa
Kagyu pa
Larung Gar Monastery
Nyingma pa
Sakya monastery
Sakya pa

Tibetan Buddhism Icons


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