Sakya monastery, (in) Sagyaxoi, Xizang, CN

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"Built in 1073, the Sakya Monastery (Sakya Temple), located 450 kilometers west of Lhasa, has long enjoyed nearly the same fame as the Dunhuang Grottoes for its large collection of Buddhist scripture evaluable porcelain and vivid wall paintings dating back nearly one thousand years."
http://www.chinafacttours.com/tibet/attractions/sakya-monastery.html

“The Sakya Monastery boasts a collection of over two thousand printing plates, and its Buddhist scriptures hall takes a possession of books more than ten thousand about Buddhist classic works, history, medicine, philosophy, drama, poetry, calendric calculation. and biographies on celebrity.” - http://www.tibettravel.info/tibet-travel-resources/temples.htm

"Sakya Monastery, also known as dPal Sa skya or Pel Sakya ("White Earth" or "Pale Earth") is a Buddhist monastery situated 25 km southeast of a bridge which is about 127 km west of Shigatse on the road to Tingri in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The seat of the Sakya or Sakyapa school of Tibetan Buddhism, it was founded in 1073, by Konchok Gyelpo (1034-1102), originally a Nyingmapa monk of the powerful noble family of the Tsang and became the first Sakya Trizin. Its powerful abbots governed Tibet during the whole of the 13th century after the downfall of the kings until they were eclipsed by the rise of the new Gelukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Its Mongolian architecture is quite different from that of temples in Lhasa and Yarlung. The only surviving ancient building is the Lhakang Chempo or Sibgon Trulpa. Originally a cave in the mountainside, it was built […] by Ponchen Sakya Sangpo in 1268 and restored in the 16th century. It contains some of the most magnificent surviving artwork in all of Tibet, which appears not to have been damaged in recent times. The Gompa grounds cover more than 18,000 square metres, while the huge main hall covers some 6,000 square metres.[1][2][3]
Most of the buildings of the monastery are in ruins, because they were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. […] A huge library of as many as 84,000 scrolls were found sealed up in a wall 60 metres long and 10 metres high at Sakya (Ch: Sagya) Monastery in 2003."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakya_Monastery

Input by: tmciolek, Aug 17, 2012

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 17 Aug 2012

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Sakya monastery, CN.

General location of the Sakya monastery, CN.
Lat 28.9050 long=88.0180
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.


Google Map link:

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Xizang Zizhiqu

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

  • [missing data]

6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Vajrayana

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • Sakya

11. Date-early

  • MBM chrono-tag: 1067-99c - tmciolek 13 Dec 2012
  • 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-e

12. Date-intermediate

13. Date-late

  • MBM chrono-tag: 1200=> - tmciolek 27 Oct 2012

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • Architectural

16. Additional notes

  • [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

  • [missing data]

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