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Drepung Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Sera Monastery. Drepung is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries, and indeed is the largest monastery of any religion in the world. It was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Chojey, a direct disciple of Je Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelukpa school. It is located on the Gambo Utse mountain, 5 kilometers from the western suburb of Lhasa. At its largest, before the invasion of Tibet in 1959, the monastery housed fifteen thousand celibate monks. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x717, 210 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Drepung Monastery ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x717, 210 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Drepung Monastery ... The Geluk (dge lugs) School was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibets best known religious reformer and arguably its greatest philosopher. ... Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Ganden Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ... Sera Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ... Events May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... Je Tsongkhapa (Btsong-kha-pa) in the fifth vison of Khedrub Jey (Mkhas-grub) // The Geluk (Dge-lugs) School Tsongkhapa (Wylie transliteration: Btsong-kha-pa) (1357 - 1419) , whose name means The Man from Onion Valley, also known as Je Rinpoche (Rje Rin-bo-che) and by his ordained name Lobsang... Lhasa is located in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet. ...


Drepung is divided into what are known as the seven great colleges - Gomang (sGo-mang), Loseling (Blo-gsal gling), Deyang (bDe-dbyangs), Shagkor (Shag-skor), Gyelwa (rGyal-ba) or Tosamling (Thos-bsam gling), Dulwa (‘Dul-ba), and Ngagpa (sNgags-pa).


Today the monastery in Tibet is much smaller, with a few hundred monks. However, the monastery has continued its tradition in India, and is based on land in Karnataka given to the Tibetan community in exile by Prime Minister Nehru. The monastery today houses about ten thousand celibate monks. Jump to: navigation, search Karnataka (ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू) (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Teacher) Nehru, was the leader of the (moderately) socialist wing of the Indian National Congress during and after Indias struggle for independence from the British Empire. ...


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Drepung Monastery was founded in 1416 A.D., as a Buddhist educational institution.
The Drepung facilities, constructed to serve a few dozen monks in 1970, are now in disrepair and far too small for the numerous members.
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He is reputed to have been born to a wealthy family near the town of Samye and to have secured initial finances for the construction of the monastery from a wealthy childhood friend.
At the time of Drepung's founding, seven tratsangs (or colleges) were instituted, each under the tutelage of one of Jamyang Choje's disciples.
Drepung Monastery is of great historical importance not only in that it produced some of Tibet's most renowned spiritual leaders, but also in that it always enjoyed significant political influence.
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