Tharlam Monastery
{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal}}
File:Tharlam Monastery, Bodhanath.jpg
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Tharlam Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Sakya sect in Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal.{{Cite web|title=Tashi Deleg Greetings! |url=http://www.tharlam.org/ |date=2007 |accessdate=2015-10-16 |website=Tharlam Monastery |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907204826/http://www.tharlam.org/ |archivedate=September 7, 2008 }}
History
In 1436, Ga Rabjampa Kunga Yeshe (1397 - 1470) founded Tharlam Monastery in Kham, Eastern Tibet. It was also known as Tarlam Sabzang Namgyaling, 唐隆寺, 汤陇寺, tanglong si, and Śrī Tarlam Ganden Sabzang Namgyel Ling (thar lam dga' ldan sa bzang rnam rgyal gling).{{Cite web|title = Tarlam|url = http://www.treasuryoflives.org/institution/Tarlam|website = The Treasury of Lives|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}{{Cite web|title = Ga Rabjampa Kunga Yeshe|url = http://www.treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/%25C2%25A0Ga-Rabjampa-Kunga-Yeshe%25C2%25A0/TBRC_P1028|website = The Treasury of Lives|accessdate = 2015-10-16|last = Pearcey|first = Adam|date = May 2013}}
In 1959 the monastery was destroyed by Chinese communists. The monastery was rebuilt by Dezhung Rinpoche in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1981.{{Cite web|title = Tharlam Monastery|url = http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tharlam_Monastery|website = Rigpa Wiki|accessdate = 2015-10-16}} 40 rooms for "meditation and retreat" were later built.{{cite web | url=http://www.buddhamaitreya.org/Buddha_Maitreya/Projects/Monasteries/Tharlam/ | title=Tharlam Monastery | publisher=The Church of Shambhala Vajradhara Maitreya Sangha | accessdate=May 29, 2013}}
File:Solo, Tharlam Monastery Band Plays During Lamdre, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal.jpg|Tharlam Monastery Band Plays During Lamdre
File:Tibetan Buddhist monks blowing the long horns, and drumming, Tharlam Monastery, closing ceremonies, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal.jpg|Tibetan Buddhist monks blowing the long horns, and drumming, Tharlam Monastery, closing ceremonies.
File:Young Tibetan Drummer with his drum on his shoulder Gets Prepared to Play on Bodhisattva Day!.jpg|Young Tibetan Drummer with his drum on his shoulder gets prepared to play on Bodhisattva Day!
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