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Kongchogsaum Lhakhang
Location within Bhutan
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| Location | Bumthang |
| Founded | 8th century |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Kongchogsaum Lhakhang, also known as Tsilung, is a Buddhist monastery in central Bhutan.
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The monastery was founded, according to the saint Pema Lingpa as far back as the 8th century and in 1039, Bonpo Dragtshel, a terton, discovered texts which had been buried by Guru Rinpoche in this location.[1] According to legend, the king of the water deities was said to have risen out of the lake beneath the temple and offered Dragtshel a stone pillar and scroll.[1] This concept of a lake beneath the monastery is also reiterated in another legend in which Pema Lingpa is said to have discovered the subterranean lake and concealed the entrance to it with a stone, which stands today in the courtyard of the monastery.[2]
The monastery contains a staue of Buddha Vairocana in its main sanctuary and statues of Guru Rinpoche, Avalokiteshvara, and paintings of Pema Lingpa and Longchen Rabjam.[2]