Dongzhulin Monastery Explained
Ganden Döndrubling or Dongzhulin Monastery (Chinese: 噶丹东竹林寺) is a Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, China around 1574. At the time of founding, the monastery followed Kagyu tradition. Around 1670s, the monastery was converted to Gelug tradition.[1] [2]
History
During the rule of the 5th Dalai Lama around 1670s, Khoshut Mongols invaded the area on behalf of 5th Dalai Lama and converted the monastery to Gelug tradition.[3]
In early-1850s, French Catholic priest Charles Renou who eventually became part of the Catholic mission to Tibet disguised as Chinese trader stayed at this monastery for 10 months to learn the Tibetan language.[4] [5]
The monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, and restored in 1985.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: sbom rag dga' ldan don grub gling - Buddhist Digital Archives. BUDA. Buddhist Digital Resource Center. 12 March 2024. Found as a bka' brgyud pa institution under the patronage of the 'jang ruler bsod nams rab brtan about 1574 with the name chos sde khrung khrung mtsho sgang. 1677. converted to a dge lugs pa institution and given the name dga' ldan don grub gling. was the largest dge lugs pa monastery in bde chen rdzong which at his heyday had about 700 monks. After 1959 the monastery was restored and the number of monks is not more than 300 with 4 sprul sku..
- Web site: Bomrak Ganden Dondrub Ling. The Treasury of Lives. 12 March 2024. Bomrak is a Geluk monastery in Jang. It was founded around 1575 as a Kagyu monastery, and converted in 1677 to the Geluk tradition..
- Book: Gros, Stéphane . Frontier Tibet: Patterns of Change in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands . Chronology of Major Events: With Particular Attention to the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands . Amsterdam University Press . 2019 . j.ctvt1sgw7.4 . 2024-03-13 . 21 . 1667 The Qoshot Mongol forces make their way into Gyelthang, conquering the area on behalf of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Döndrupling monastery is built there and adherents of the Karmapa and Nyingmapa schools are forced to convert to the Gelukpa school. 1674 ... results in the handing over of Gyelthang to the Dalai Lama..
- Book: Bray, John . Frontier Tibet: Patterns of Change in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands . Trade, Territory, and Missionary Connections in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands . Amsterdam University Press . 2019 . j.ctvt1sgw7.10 . 2024-03-13 . 159 . On September 1852, Renou set out again, accompanied by a small group of Chinese Christians. A few weeks later, he arrived at the monastery of Döndrupling, where he displayed the goods that he had to sell, mainly cloth. ... Renou at first explained that the telescope was not for sale, but then agreed to offer it in exchange for Tibetan lessons. He subsequently spent ten months studying at the monastery..
- Alps of Tibet and Retracing Missionaries’ Trails. Tamotsu Nakamura. Himalayan Journal. 61. 2005. 12 March 2024. In 1852, an intrepid young missionary named Father Pere Renou, who was first in charge of the Mission, arrived in Yunnan and headed for its northwest corner via Zhongdian, Dongzhulin monastery and Deqen. Being disguised as a Chinese merchant, the young priest stayed in the monastery several months to learn the local Tibetan dialect. .
- Web site: Dongzhulin Monastery in Deqin County, Diqing. Yunnan Exploration. 12 March 2024. Dongzhulin is not as famous as Songzanlin, but more popular with the local Tibetans. During the Cultural Revolution it was destroyed and the restoration was worked out in 1985. It has several “living” Buddhas and each year the Mask Dancing Ceremony attracts thousands of followers..
