- country:India
- region:Central Asia
- style(s):Tibetan, Traditional
- label:30 iPS
- type:Band
- artist posted by:30 iPS
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Founded in Shigatse, central Tibet, by the First Dalai Lama in 1447, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery was renowned for 500 years for its scholarship in Mahayana philosophy and the Tantric tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Following the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959 and the cultural revolution from 196680 the Monastery lost many of its precious scriptures & statues and of the 6,000 monks in the Monastery, only a handful were able to follow the Dalai Lama into exile.
In 1972, under the patronage of the present Dalai Lama, Tashi Lhunpo Monastery was re-established in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Occupying a central position in the Tibetan settlement of Bylakuppe, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is now home to over 300 monks, and has once again regained its reputation as an important centre for learning and for the preservation of the culture and traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
