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*[[Throneholders of Dorje Drak Monastery]]
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==External Links==
*[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/nyngma/brief_history_dorjey-drag_monastery.html?query=padmasambhava A Brief History of Dorje Drak Monastery by Alexander Berzin]


[[Category:Nyingma Monasteries]]
[[Category:Nyingma Monasteries]]
[[Category:Northern Treasures]]
[[Category:Northern Treasures]]

Revision as of 20:47, 6 September 2009

Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar (Wyl. thub bstan rdo rje brag rdo rje brag e wam lcog sgar) — one of the Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries. It was founded in 1610 by Rigdzin Ngakgi Wangpo (1580-1639). The monastery specialized in the Northern Treasures (Tib. changter; Wyl. byang gter) tradition of Rigdzin Gödem. It had approximately 200 monks before the Chinese invasion.

In Exile

Founded by Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche in 1984 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, it is called Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar Chökhor Namgyal Ling.

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