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GANDEN SUMTSELING MONASTERY IN SHANGRILA (YUNNAN PROVINCE), CHINA

Also known as Song Zan Ling Monastery, Ganden Sumtseling is located in Shangrila. Due to its distinct architecture, the monastery is also known as Little Potala as it resembles the Potala in Lhasa. The monastery’s abbot is Pongdrup Rinpoche and he is assisted by his vice abbot, another Rinpoche. Together they oversee the community of over 800 registered monks who live in eight khamtsens. Five of these khamtsens...

GADEN THARPA CHOLING MONASTERY

Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery in West Bengal has Dorje Shugden statue kept in a locked room, said here by Lonely Planet! Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery situated at the hilltop in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. The monastery was founded by Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang in 1912. History says that Domo Geshe Rinpoche lived in Kalimpong in 1906 when he came to India for pilgrimage and to collect medicinal...

RADAK CHOPELING MONASTERY

Two hours away from Chatreng, on the way to Shangrila is a monastery called Radak Chopeling which practices Dorje Shugden. At the moment, there are over 300 monks registered there. The abbot of Radak Chopeling is Laza Rinpoche, who is from Gaden Shartse. He came to Radak Chopeling at Dorje Shugden’s instructions who, via an oracle, told him to manage the monastery and make it successful. Whilst in Gaden, Laza Rinpoche lived in...

MAHAYANA MONASTERY

Kathmandu, Nepal H.E. Serkong Tritul Rinpoche is currently building this new monastery in Kathmandu Nepal, which will hold Dorje Shugden as their main Dharma Protector. The work started in 2009 and is in full progress now. When completed, this monastery will house over 1,000 monks. Tritul Rinpoche is simultaneously building another Dorje Shugden-based monastery in Hualian,...

MAHASUKHANGA MONASTERY

Hualian, Taiwan H.E. Serkong Tritul Rinpoche of Gaden Jangtse Monastery recently built Mahasukhanga Monastery in the Hualian county of Taiwan. Serkong Tritul Rinpoche, an incarnation of Gaden Tripa of Jangtse Monastery was expelled from his monastery because he refused to surrender the practice of Dorje Shugden. However, he has since established his own monasteries and Dharma centers very successfully throughout Asia. Apart from...

JANGCHUP LAMRIM TEMPLE

Lumbini, Nepal In December 2010, H.E. Gonsar Rinpoche founded a new temple in Lumbini which has been named Jangchub Lamrim Temple or Mother Temple of the Graduated Path to Enlightenment. The temple facade is a stunning white, with a grand entrance designed in the classical style of a Greek temple, complete with large white columns. A golden Tibetan stupa stands within the compound that is venerated and circumambulated by faithful...

GADEN DHOKHANG BUDDHIST CENTER

Taichung City, Taiwan Gaden Dhokhang Buddhist Center is the first satellite center to be opened by Shar Gaden Monastery, since it was established in 2008. As this center is under the umbrella of Shar Gaden Monastery, qualified Geshes and monks travel there from the monastery to spread the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa's tradition and Dorje Shugden's practice. Based in Taichung City, Taiwan, this center has seen an...