Lingshed Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Lingshet, Ladakh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lingshed Monastery or Lingshed Gompa is a Gelugpa Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India. It is located near Lingshet village in the Leh district.[1][2] It is 84 km north of Padum. It was founded in the 1440s by Changsems Sherabs Zangpo, disciple of Je Tsongkhapa, on a monastic site previously founded by the Translator Rinchen Zangpo. The monastery has belonged to the religious estate of Ngari Rinpoche since 1779. The Jangchub Tensung Dorje Center was founded in Lingshed by Kyabje Dagom Rinpoche in 1994.
Lingshed Monastery | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Gelug |
Location | |
Location | Lingshet, Leh district, Ladakh, India |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 33°54′11″N 76°49′10″E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Changsems Sherabs Zangpo |
The ceremonial life of Lingshed Monastery and its monks is the subject of Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism (Routledge 2003) by the anthropologist Martin A. Mills.[3]