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'''Sum Dzong Gön''' aka '''Sum Dzong Gön Tashi Chöling''' (Tib. གསུམ་ཛོམས་དགོན་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་གླིང་, Wyl. ''gsum ‘dzoms dgon bkra shis chos gling'') is a [[Geluk]] monastery of [[Powo]].<Ref>A map of the early 20th century shows the spelling “Sum Dzong”. The spelling is Sum Dzom in ‘Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang’.</Ref>. | '''Sum Dzong Gön''' aka '''Sum Dzong Gön Tashi Chöling''' (Tib. གསུམ་ཛོམས་དགོན་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་གླིང་, [[Wyl.]] ''gsum ‘dzoms dgon bkra shis chos gling'') is a [[Geluk]] monastery of [[Powo]].<Ref>A map of the early 20th century shows the spelling “Sum Dzong”. The spelling is Sum Dzom in ‘Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang’.</Ref>. | ||
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Sum Dzong Gön is located in the township of [[Sum Dzong]], in the south-eastern part of Powo, on the banks of the [[ | Sum Dzong Gön is located in the township of [[Sum Dzong]], in the south-eastern part of Powo, on the banks of the [[Chö Dzong Chu]].<Ref>Emeric Yeshe Dorje, ''The History of the Düdjom Tersar'', forthcoming.</Ref> | ||
==Foundation== | ==Foundation== | ||
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==Developments== | ==Developments== | ||
The monks of Sum Dzong Gön used to deepen their study in [[Ganden Jangtse]], | The monks of Sum Dzong Gön used to deepen their study in [[Ganden Jangtse]], one of the two main colleges of [[Ganden Monastery]], and in [[Sera Mé]].<Ref>Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, ''History of Powo'', Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref> | ||
==Main | ==Main Practices== | ||
The main practices of Sum Dzong Gön were those of the [[Gelugpa]] tradition. | The main practices of Sum Dzong Gön were those of the [[Gelugpa]] tradition. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<small><references/></small> | <small><references/></small> | ||
[[Category: Gelugpa Monasteries]] | [[Category: Gelugpa Monasteries]] | ||
[[Category:Powo]] | [[Category: Powo]] | ||
[[Category: Tibet]] | [[Category: Tibet]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:26, 23 March 2021
Sum Dzong Gön aka Sum Dzong Gön Tashi Chöling (Tib. གསུམ་ཛོམས་དགོན་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་གླིང་, Wyl. gsum ‘dzoms dgon bkra shis chos gling) is a Geluk monastery of Powo.[1].
Location
Sum Dzong Gön is located in the township of Sum Dzong, in the south-eastern part of Powo, on the banks of the Chö Dzong Chu.[2]
Foundation
Sum Dzong Gön was founded in 1465 by Jangchub Gyaltsen as he unified three smaller monasteries into a single institution.
Description
The monastic body comprised of 134 monks and had two temples, with a statue of Buddha Maitreya as a centerpiece.
Developments
The monks of Sum Dzong Gön used to deepen their study in Ganden Jangtse, one of the two main colleges of Ganden Monastery, and in Sera Mé.[3]
Main Practices
The main practices of Sum Dzong Gön were those of the Gelugpa tradition.
Notes
- ↑ A map of the early 20th century shows the spelling “Sum Dzong”. The spelling is Sum Dzom in ‘Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang’.
- ↑ Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar, forthcoming.
- ↑ Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, History of Powo, Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.