Shechen Monastery

The Shechen tradition (Tibetan: zhe chen) is a direction of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Shechen one next Kathog, Pelyül, Dzogchen, Mindrölling, and Dorje Drag the so-called "Six large sitting" of the Nyingma.

Shechen Monastery

As the founder of Shechen tradition applies Rabjam Tenpe Gyeltshen ( Tib: rab ' byams bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan; 1650 -? ), A student of the 5th Dalai Lama, also known as the first " Shechen Rabjam " ( Tib: zhe chen rab ' byams ) was known. The second Shechen Rabjam Gyurme Kunzang Namgyel ( Tib: ' kun bzang rnam rgyal gyur med; 1713-1769 ) founded the monastery in 1735 then Shechen in Dege, Kham.

The Shechen Monastery was the starting point for the creation of 160 other monasteries of this tradition and was counted quickly because of its importance to the "Great seats of the Nyingma ". The head monastery and 110 of the side monasteries were destroyed in the 1950s. The Shechen monastery itself but has since been rebuilt. In India, an exile monastery was in Bodhgaya, the place where the Buddha Sakyamuni attained enlightenment, built. Also at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu / Nepal is a major exile monastery of this tradition.

Teacher

The Shechen tradition has produced many great Buddhist masters, including the Shechen Gyeltshab, the Shechen Kongtrul and Mipham Rinpoche. Dilgo Khyentse and also Chogyam Drungpa were instructed in the teachings of this tradition. The tradition of all in all the classic teachings that are typical of the Nyingma tradition. Below are the lessons to Dzogchen, the " Great Perfection " of outstanding importance.