Category
page 1Sakya monasteries and temples

Samye
Samye Monastery (, ), full name Samye Migyur Lhundrub Tsula Khang (Wylie: Bsam yas mi ’gyur lhun grub gtsug lag khang) and Shrine of Unchanging Spontaneous Presence, is the first Tibetan Buddhist and Nyingma monastery built in Tibet, during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen. Khenpo Shantarakshita began construction in 763, and Tibetan Vajrayana founder Guru Padmasambhava tamed the local spirits before its completion in 767. The first Tibetan monks were ordained there in 779. Samye was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution then rebuilt after 1988.
Sakya Monastery
building in People's Republic of China
Shalu Monastery
monastery in Tibet
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Ngor
thumb|right|Kunga Wangcuk (1424-1478) and Sonam Senge (1429-1489), The Fourth and Sixth Abbots of Ngor
left|thumb|Ngor Monastery in 1955 before its destruction
thumb|right|The Ngor Abbot Sanggye Sengge as Lineal Guru of the Path with the Fruit
Ngor or Ngor Éwam Chöden (, ) is the name of a monastery in the Ü-Tsang province of Tibet about southwest of Shigatse and is the Sakya school's second most important gompa. It is the main temple of the large Ngor school of Vajrayana Buddhism, which represents eighty-five percent of the Sakya school.
Gonchen Monastery
Gonchen Monastery
Khorzhak Monastery
building in Khorzhak town, Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China

Matho Monastery
Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India