Samye
Samye (Tibetan: བསམ་ཡས་, Wylie: bsam yas, Chinese: 桑耶寺), full name Samye Mighur 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. Shantarakshita began construction around 763, and Tibetan Vajrayana founder Guru Padmasambhava tamed the local spirits for its completion in 779. The first Tibetan monks were ordained there. Samye was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution then rebuilt after 1988.
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The main building of the Samye Monastery (3D model available in Google Earth) | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Nyingma and Sakya |
| Location | |
| Location | South of Lhasa in Chimpu Valley, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China |
Shown within Tibet | |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°19′31.80″N 91°30′13.32″E |
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| Founder | King Trisong Deutsen |
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Samye Monastery is located in the Chimpu valley (Mchims phu), south of Lhasa, next the Hapori mountain, in the Yarlung Valley. The site is in the present administrative region of Gra Nang or Drananga Lhoka.