Drepung Monastery

Drepung Monastery (T. ‘bras spungs dgon pa འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན་པ་). One of the three main Gelug monasteries near Lhasa, Tibet. It was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden (1379-1449), a disciple of Tsongkhapa. It contains the Ganden Podrang residence which served as the seat of the Dalai Lamas until the seventeenth century.

Further reading

• Drepung Monastery, Treasury of Lives

• Drepung Monastery, Wikipedia
• Drepung Monastery, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• A Brief History of Drepung Monastery from the Berzin Archives