Paro Taktsang

Also known as Tiger's Nest

temple complex in Bhutan

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Affiliation: Tibetan Buddhism
Sect: Nyingma and Drukpa Kagyu
Deity: Guru Padmasambhava
Location: Paro Valley, Paro District , Bhutan
Country: Bhutan
Style: Bhutanese
Established: 9th century (as a meditation cave), 1692 (formally built as a monastery)

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Paro Taktsang (Dzongkha: སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་, also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest) is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmasambhava practiced and taught Vajrayana.

A later monastery complex was built in 1692 by 4th Druk Desi Tenzin Rabgey around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practiced with students, including Yeshe Tsogyal, before departing the kingdom of Tibet in the early 9th century. Padmasambhava is credited with introducing Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan, which was then part of Tibet, and is the tutelary deity of the country. Today, Paro Taktsang is the best known of the thirteen taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in which he and his students meditated.