Taklung Monastery

The Taglung Monastery (Tibetan: chen or stag stag ment dgon ment thang ) in a circle Lhünzhub is a monastery of the Kagyu Taglung - one of the so-called " eight small schools " of the Kagyu school tradition - of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1180 by Taglung Thangpa Trashi Pel ( Tib: stag ment thang pa bkra shis dpal; 1142-1209/10 ) was founded. Ngawang Namgyel (1571-1626) wrote a history of the school.

The monastery is the seat of Shabdrung Taglung - line holder or Taglung Shabdrung Rinpoche.

The monastery is on the list of monuments of Tibet Autonomous Region.