Karma Gon Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Karuo District, Tibet, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karma Gon Monastery, (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་དགོན་པ, Wylie: karma dgon pa, THL: karma gönpa ; Chinese: 噶玛寺; pinyin: gámǎ sì) the original monastery of the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, was founded in the 12th century by Düsum Khyenpa, the 1st Karmapa Lama in eastern Tibet at the age of 76.[1][2][3] Karma Gon (karma dgon, also Karma Dansa, karma gdan sa; Chinese, Gama Si), is located on the eastern bank of the Dzachu River in Chamdo, eastern Tibet.[4] Karma Dansa was the cradle of the karma kagyupas. When established the Karmapa had gathered 1000 monks around him here. Karma Gon was named as Karma Dansa as an administrative unit and the Chinese Ming Court enlarged the monastery’s jurisdiction by adding the Mekong’s middle and upper reaches. It was then also called Gama Dansa Si in Chinese.[5]
Karma Gon Monastery Karma Dansa Gama Si | |
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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: ཀརྨ་དགོན་པ Wylie transliteration: karma dgon pa THL: karma gönpa Chinese transcription(s) Traditional: 噶瑪寺 Simplified: 噶玛寺 Pinyin: gámǎ sì | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Vajrayana or Mahayana |
Location | |
Location | Karub District |
Country | China |
Geographic coordinates | 31°49′50″N 96°54′51″E |
Architecture | |
Style | Tibetan, Naxi (Jang) and Chinese |
Founder | Düsum Khyenpa |
Date established | 1147 |
Other sources,[6] claim it was founded in 1184 by Chödzin Gemphel[7][8](chos ‘dzin dge ‘phel), the late 1st Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa (dus gsum mkhyen pa).