Labrang Tashikhyil Monastery

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Labrang Tashikhyil Monastery (Tib. བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་, Wyl. bla brang bkra shis 'khyil) is a major Gelugpa monastery in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo, China. It was founded by Jamyang Shyepa Ngawang Tsöndrü in 1708.

Further Reading

  • Paul Nietupski, Labrang Monastery: A Tibetan Buddhist Community on the Inner Asian Borderlands, 1709-1958 (Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture), Lexington, 2010
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