Kathok Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Baiyü County, Sichuan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kathok Monastery (Tibetan: ཀཿཐོག་དགོན།, THL Kathok Gön), also transliterated as Kathog, Katok, or Katog, was founded in 1159 and is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" in Tibet of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was built after Samye Monastery, in the Kingdom of Derge (Baiyu County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan, China), in the region traditionally known in Tibet as Kham or Do Kham.
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Kathok | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Nyingma |
Deity | Anuyoga |
Location | |
Location | Baiyu County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, traditionally known as Do Kham |
Country | China |
Geographic coordinates | 31.3126°N 98.9414°E / 31.3126; 98.9414 |
Architecture | |
Founder | Kathok Dampa Deshek |
Date established | 1159 |
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