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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
Sotang Yardok is located close to | Sotang Yardok is located close to Tramog.<Ref> It is located between 95° and 96° width and 29° height on map of East Tibet, Gecko Maps, A. Rohweder, Switzerland.</Ref><Ref>Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref> | ||
==Foundation== | ==Foundation== | ||
Sotang Yardrok was founded around the fifteenth century by Kunga Tenzin (Wyl. ''kun dga’ bstan ‘dzin''), a direct disciple of Gowo [[Rabjampa]] Sonam Senge | Sotang Yardrok was founded around the fifteenth century by Kunga Tenzin (Wyl. ''kun dga’ bstan ‘dzin''), a direct disciple of Gowo [[Rabjampa]] Sonam Senge (Wyl. ''go bo rab 'byams pa bsod nams seng ge'') (1429-1489).<Ref> It is written go‘u rab ‘byams in Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
Due to his founder’s background, Sotang Yardrok was a Sakya monastery, and likely connected to the Sakya strongholds in Central Tibet. After the death of its founder, there was no head lama for a long time, and Sotang Yardrok was taken care of personally by the Kanam Depa of that time. | Due to his founder’s background, Sotang Yardrok was a Sakya monastery, and likely connected to the Sakya strongholds in [[Central Tibet]]. After the death of its founder, there was no head lama for a long time, and Sotang Yardrok was taken care of personally by the Kanam Depa of that time. After that, it is said that [[Chögyal Pakpa]] (1235-1280) visited the monastery on his way to China.<Ref>Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref><Ref>This information is to be taken with a grain of salt as the date of this supposed visit does conflict with the chronological order of previous events, preceding them.</Ref> | ||
After that, it is said that [[Chögyal Pakpa]] (1235-1280) visited the monastery on his way to China. <Ref>Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.</Ref><Ref>This information is to be taken with a grain of salt as the date of this supposed visit does conflict with the chronological order of previous events, preceding them.</Ref> | |||
==Main Practices== | ==Main Practices== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:39, 28 July 2022
Sotang Yardrok (Tib. གསོ་ཐང་ཡར་འབྲོག་དགོན་, Wyl. gso thang yar ’brog dgon) is a Sakya monastery located in Powo, Tibet.[1]
Location
Sotang Yardok is located close to Tramog.[2][3]
Foundation
Sotang Yardrok was founded around the fifteenth century by Kunga Tenzin (Wyl. kun dga’ bstan ‘dzin), a direct disciple of Gowo Rabjampa Sonam Senge (Wyl. go bo rab 'byams pa bsod nams seng ge) (1429-1489).[4]
Description
It is reported that originally Sotang Yardrok was a place for monks as well as for white robed monastery, thus a place for lay tantric practitioners.
Development
Due to his founder’s background, Sotang Yardrok was a Sakya monastery, and likely connected to the Sakya strongholds in Central Tibet. After the death of its founder, there was no head lama for a long time, and Sotang Yardrok was taken care of personally by the Kanam Depa of that time. After that, it is said that Chögyal Pakpa (1235-1280) visited the monastery on his way to China.[5][6]
Main Practices
The main practices of Sotang Yardrok are Lamdré and Hevajra, as taught in the Sakya lineage.
Main Teachers
There has been a line of eight tulkus of the founder Kunga Tenzin.
Notes
- ↑ Emeric Yeshe Dorje, The History of the Düdjom Tersar Lineage, forthcoming.
- ↑ It is located between 95° and 96° width and 29° height on map of East Tibet, Gecko Maps, A. Rohweder, Switzerland.
- ↑ Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.
- ↑ It is written go‘u rab ‘byams in Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.
- ↑ Phurbu rdo rje (1988), sPo bo lo rgyus, [History of Powo], Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.
- ↑ This information is to be taken with a grain of salt as the date of this supposed visit does conflict with the chronological order of previous events, preceding them.
