Shechen Monastery
The Shechen Monastery (Tibetan: ཞེ་ཆེན་, Wylie: Zhe-chen) is one of the primary monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, in Tibet. It is located in Derge between Nangdo and Dzogchen Monastery.[1] It was founded in 1695, destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, and rebuilt in 1985 by Dilgo Khyentse.
There are also now Shechen monasteries in Nepal and India[2].
The monastery in Nepal was founded in 1980 near the great stupa of Boudhanath, just northeast of Kathmandu, and is known as Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery. The present abbot is the seventh Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, the grandson and of Dilgo Khyentse. Prominent members of the monastery include the Yangtsi (reincarnation) of Dilgo Khyentse, Matthieu Ricard and Changling Rinpoche.
References
- Dudjom Rinpoche and Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje. The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: its Fundamentals and History. Two Volumes. 1991. Translated and edited by Gyurme Dorje with Matthew Kapstein. Wisdom Publications, Boston. ISBN 0-86171-087-8
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