Dzogchen Monastery

Dzogchen Monastery (T. rdzogs chen dgon pa རྫོགས་ཆེན་དགོན་པ་). One of the six most important Nyingma monasteries of Tibet. It was established in 1685 in Dergé area on the orders of the 5th Dalai Lama who sent the First Dzogchen Drubwang Pema Rigdzin to spread Buddhism in Kham. Sanggye Tenpa, the third abbot of Derge's royal monastery, Lhundrubteng, was a major sponsor. Famous for its Śrī Siṃha College, it was largely destroyed in the twentieth century but has since been rebuilt. It is the seat of the Dzogchen Drubwang, Dzogchen Ponlop, Dzogchen Kongtrul and Dzogchen Khyentse incarnation lines.

In India

Following the destruction of the monastery in the late 1950s, the monastery was re-established in South India, at the Dhondenling Tibetan settlement in Kollegal. Dzogchen Monastery (India) is the official seat of the seventh incarnation of the Dzogchen Rinpoche.

Further reading

• Dzogchen Monastery, Treasury of Lives

• Dzogchen Monastery, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Dzogchen Monastery, Wikipedia