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'''Sera Monastery''' (Tib. Sera Gönpa; [[Wyl.]] ''se ra dgon pa'') — founded by Jamchen Chöjé (1354-1435), a close disciple of [[Tsongkhapa]], in 1419, Sera Monastery was the second largest of the [[three great Gelugpa seats|three great Gelugpa monasteries]] near [[Lhasa]], with more than 8,000 monks before 1959. | '''Sera Monastery''' (Tib. Sera Gönpa; [[Wyl.]] ''se ra dgon pa'') — founded by [[Jamchen Chöjé Shakya Yeshé]] (1354-1435), a close disciple of [[Tsongkhapa]], in 1419, Sera Monastery was the second largest of the [[three great Gelugpa seats|three great Gelugpa monasteries]] near [[Lhasa]], with more than 8,000 monks before 1959. | ||
===Subdivisions=== | ===Subdivisions=== | ||
Revision as of 14:04, 21 October 2011
Sera Monastery (Tib. Sera Gönpa; Wyl. se ra dgon pa) — founded by Jamchen Chöjé Shakya Yeshé (1354-1435), a close disciple of Tsongkhapa, in 1419, Sera Monastery was the second largest of the three great Gelugpa monasteries near Lhasa, with more than 8,000 monks before 1959.
Subdivisions
Its three main colleges (Tib. dratsang; Wyl. grwa tshang) are Sera Jé, Sera Mé (which are philosophical colleges (Tib. tsennyi dratsang; Wyl. mtshan nyid grwa tshang)) and the Tantric College (Tib. Ngakpa Dratsang; Wyl. sngags pa grwa tshang).