Tsurphu Monastery
Tshurphu (also: Tsurphu Tsurpu; Tib: mtshur phu; Chinese: Chǔbù Sì楚 布 寺) is the residence of the Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu (Tib. bka karma ' brgyud ) of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery is situated about 4270 meters above sea level in the community Gurum ( Tib: gu shang rong; Chinese: Gǔróng Xiang古 荣 乡) in Toelung Dechen (Tib. bde chen shan stod ment; Chinese Doilungdeqen Xian), round 70 km west of Lhasa in Tibet.
History
The founding monastery of the Karma Kagyu is the Monastery of Karma Guen, located in the eastern Tibetan area in the region Lhathog (Tibetan: lha thog ), about 100 km north of Qamdo is. Towards the end of his life, founded the first Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa in 1189 then the monastery Tshurphu, which was the main residence of the Karma Kagyu school in Central Tibetan area. The monastery had until the mid 20th century four faculties, as the first Shiwa Dratshang ( Tib. zhi ba grva tshang ) 2 Tshurphu Dratshang ( Tib: mtshur phu grva tshang ) 3 Zurri Dratshang ( Tib: for ri grva tshang ) and 4 Chökhang Gong Dratshang ( Tib: mchod khang gong grva tshang ) were known. As the seat of the Karmapa Lama, the monastery was one of the outstanding religious sites in Tibet and became a monastery town with up to 1000 monks. The traditional Tshurphu calendar is named after the monastery. The most important Buddha statue of the monastery was the Lhachen Dsamling Gyan (Tib. lha chen ' dzam rgyan gling ), the "Great statue ( of the Buddha Shakyamuni named ) jewelry in the world". In the statue, it was the largest made in a cast statue of Tibet. You, as the monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The " faithful " re-establishment of the monastery began in 1980 under the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Dorje Rigpe. After the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche, the 12th Tshurphu Gyeltshab Rinpoche, the 14th Dalai Lama and the Chinese government Ugyen Thrinle Dorje (b. 1985) had recognized as his reincarnation (but not the 14th Shamar, see Karmapa conflict), he was enthroned as the 17th Karmapa in Tshurphu, where he lived until his transition into exile in India in 2000.
The most important religious figures of the monastery were next to the Karmapa and Shamar Rinpoche of Tshurphu Gyeltshab also significant Trülku lines. The latter resided in the Cökhang Gong Dratshang, the former founded in the 16th century, the monastery Yangpachen at the upper end of the valley Toelung that his main residence was henceforth.
The monastery is on the list of monuments of Tibet Autonomous Region.