Taklung Monastery

Taklung Monastery
painting of six Buddhist teachers on red background, surrounded by smaller figures in frame
Taglung Lineage Teachers, 14th-century painting in the Rubin Museum of Art
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectTaklung Kagyu
Location
CountryChina
Taklung Monastery is located in Tibet
Taklung Monastery
Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates30°08′N 91°06′E / 30.133°N 91.100°E / 30.133; 91.100
Architecture
FounderTaklung Thangpa Tashi Pal
Date established1180
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Taklung Monastery, Taklung stag-lung,[1] Taklung Yarthang Monastery, Pel Taklug Tang (dPal sTag lung thang) or Taklung or Taglung Gompa is a Kagyu Buddhist monastery about 120 km north of Lhasa.

  1. ^ Dorje and Kapstein (1991), p. 478.

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