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Drepung Monastery was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choge Tashi Palden (1397–1449), one of Tsongkhapa's main disciples, and it was named after the sacred abode in South India of Shridhanyakataka. [6] Drepung was the principal seat of the Gelugpa school and it retained the premier place amongst the four great Gelugpa monasteries. [ 7 ]
In New York he met the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, who recommended that he go to the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India for proper training. [1] While studying at the Drepung Gomang Monastery for 13 years, Erdne Ombadykow was recognized as the current reincarnation (Tulku) of Tilopa, a revered Buddhist saint.
Drepung Gomang Monastery Jampel Lodoy , also spelled with variations of Dzhampel Lodoi or Jambal Lodoi , (21 August 1975 – 23 June 2020) was a Russian Tuvan Buddhist lama who served as the Kamby Lama of Tuva for two tenures.
Tibetan monks on tour stopped at Mounts Botanical to share pet blessing, cooking lessons and ceremonial sand sweeping. See photos of their visit.
Tsongkhapa founded the monastery of Ganden in 1409 as his main seat. Drepung Monastery was founded by Jamyang Choje, Sera Monastery was founded by Chöje Shakya Yeshe, and Tashi Lhunpo Monastery was founded by Gyalwa Gendün Drup, the 1st Dalai Lama. These four were the largest and most powerful Gelug monasteries in Tibet.
Visiting Tibetan monks renew their visits to Canton school, where they perform some of their sacred rites.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born on July 19th, 1931, in Yangcho Tang, Western Tibet and named Lobsang Chuponpa. At eight years old, he joined Ngamring Jampa Ling Monastery where he was ordained as a novice monk and given the monastic name "Kelsang Gyatso" meaning "Ocean of Good Fortune".
Tatsag traveled back to Lhasa in 1781–82, where he joined the Gomang faculty of Drepung Monastery and studied for the next eight years. One of his teachers was the 8th Dalai Lama, who ordained him in 1782. Tatsag was admitted into the monastic order the next year. [1]