Dzogchen Monastery

Dzogchen Monastery (Tib. rdzogs chen dgon pa), one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries of Tibet, was founded by Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin (1625-1697) in 1675 (according to the Great Tibetan Dictionary) or 1685 (according to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo). It became especially renowned for its Shri Singha Shedra established by Gyalsé Shenpen Thayé. Among the great masters to have lived and taught at Dzogchen are Khenpo Pema Vajra, Patrul Rinpoche, Mipham Rinpoche and Khenpo Shenga.

Its main temple was destroyed by fire in the second month of the Fire Mouse year (1936). It was rebuilt and then the whole monastery was destroyed by the Chinese in the late 1950s.