Sera Monastery
Lhasa, China
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- Monastery in Lhasa, China
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- Address: China, Tibet, Lhasa, 色拉中路 邮政编码 - 850007
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What is the Sera Monastery in Lhasa?
Sera Monastery is one of the three largest Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries of the Gelug order in the world. Sera Monastery was founded in 1419 A.D. by the great Lama Jamchen Choeje Shakya Yeshe, one of the principal disciples of Lama Tsong Khapa. Within Sera Monastery there are two colleges, Sera Jey and Sera Mey.
What are the 84,000 secret books found in Tibet?
Sakya Monastery houses a huge library of as many as 84,000 books on traditional stacks 60 metres (200 ft) long and 10 metres (33 ft) high. Most of them are Buddhist scriptures, although they also include works of literature, history, philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, agriculture, and art.
What is the history of Sera Monastery?
Background. The original Sera Monastery is a complex of structures founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey Sakya Yeshe of Zel Gungtang (1355–1435), a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa. Prior to establishing this monastery, Tsongkhapa, assisted by his disciples, had set up hermitages at higher elevations above Sera Utsé Hermitage.
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