Gangteng Gonpa
Gangteng Gonpa, sometimes written "Gangtey Gonpa", is the name of an important monastery and the village next to it in the Phobjika valley of Wangdue Phodrang District in central-northern Bhutan.
Gangteng Monastery, or Gangteng Sang-ngak Chöling (Dzongkha: སྒང་སྟེང་དགོན་པ), was established by the first Peling Gyalse Rinpoche or Gangteng Tulku, Rigdzin Pema Tinley (1564-1642), who was the grandson of the great Bhutanese "treasure revealer" Terchen Pema Lingpa (1450-1521).
Gangteng Monastery is one of the main seats of the religious tradition based on Pema Lingpa's revalations and it is one of the main centres of the Nyingmapa school of Buddhism in Bhutan. From 2002-2008 the Monastery has been completely restored under the present Gangteng Tulku, H.E. Rigdzin Kunzang Pema Namgyal (b. 1955). A Nyingma monastic college or shedra, Do-ngag Tösam Rabgayling, has been established above the village.
References
Sources
- Gangteng, Literary Committee The Rosary of Jewels: Biographies of the Successive Throne Holders of Gangteng. Thimphu, Bhutan: Gangteng Monastery.
- Harding, Sarah The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.
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