Sakya Monastery, A Treasure House of Tibetan Buddhism

Sakya Monastery, in Tibet Autonomous Region, is the principal monastery of the Sakyapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and is located in Sakya County, in Shigatse Prefecture, south-west Tibet. Around 160km southwest of Shigatse, the monastery lies on the hillside on the road to Tingri. History of Sakya Monastery Several decades before the rise of the…

May 22, 2017 BY Kunga

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A Glimpse of Sakya Monastery in Tibet

A Glimpse of Sakya Monastery in Tibet

  Sakya Monastery – built in 1073 A.D. in the Sakya County of Shigatse Prefecture, the Sakya Monastery is the patriarch temple of the Sakya Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The temple was enlisted as one national key cultural relic protection site by the State Council in 1961. Taking up an area of 45,000 square kilometers,…

May 8, 2014 BY Kunga

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