{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist monastery on Tashi Island, Tibet}} {{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery |name = Tsozong Gongba Monastery |image = Basum Lake 01.jpg |image size = |alt = |caption = Tsozong Gongba Monastery in [[Pagsum Lake]] |pushpin_map = China Tibet#China |coordinates = {{coord|30|00|33|N|93|54|58|E|display=title, inline}} |map_caption = Location in Tibet |location_country = [[Tibet]] |location = [[Gongbo'gyamda County]], [[Nyingchi Prefecture]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] |founded_by = |founded = {{start date and age|1400}} |date_renovated = |sect = [[Nyingma]] |dedicated_to = |head_lama = |no._of_monks = |architecture = |footnotes = }}
'''Tsozong Gongba Monastery''' (also romanized as Tsodzong or Tsomum) is a small [[Tibetan Buddhism]] monastery in eastern [[Tibet]]. The monastery, founded in 1400, practices the [[Nyingma]] tradition.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tibet |first1=Bradley |last1=Mayhew |first2=Michael |last2=Kohn |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |year=2005 |page=232}}</ref> Tsozong Gongba is located on [[Zhaxi Island|Tashi Island]] ({{zh|s=扎西岛|p=Zhāxī Dǎo}}) in the middle of [[Pagsum Lake]] in the [[Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains]], part of [[Gongbo'gyamda County]] in [[Nyingchi Prefecture]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. Tsozong Gongba means "castle in the lake" in [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]. The monastery has four buildings situated around a small yard.
The construction of the Tsozong Gongba Monastery was chaired by the Nyin-gma-pa monk Sungye Lingpa and is now home of a few [[nun]]s.
The three statues (Chenresig, Guru Rimpoché and Sakya Thukpa, see below) were actually shot and burned by the [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) during the [[Cultural Revolution]], before being restored by the local [[lama]] Dudjom Rimpoche and his son Chuni Rimpoche (now a resident at [[Lamaling]] Monastery near [[Bayi, Nyingchi County|Bayi]] town<ref>{{cite book |title=Tibet of China |first=An |last=Caidan |publisher=China Intercontinental Press |year=2003 |isbn=7-5085-0374-0 |page=144}}</ref>). A small [[Kora (pilgrimage)|kora]] around the monastery passes several hard-to-discern [[holy]] sites, including a [[Sky burial]] site, a 'body-print' of [[Gesar]].
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:TsozongB1-wiki.jpg|Tsozong Gongba Monastery main building. Image:TsozongB2-wiki.jpg|Tsozong Gongba Monastery auxiliary building with 3 'endless knots' above the door. Image:TsozongIsland-wiki.jpg|Tashi Island in the middle of the [[Basum Tso]]. Image:TsozongOm-wiki.jpg|[[Om mani padme hum]] -variation of the six syllable [[mantra]] of [[Avalokiteshvara]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Tibet, Life, Myth, and Art |first=Michael |last=Willis |publisher=Thorsons |year=2003 |page=69}}</ref> is inscribed in [[Tibetan script]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Tibetan Phrasebook |first=Sandup |last=Tsering |publisher=Lonely Planet Publications |year=2002 |pages=15–17}}</ref> on this rock behind the main building. Image:TsozongAVL2-wiki.jpg|Avalokiteshvara (or Avalokiteśvara, in Tibetan - Chenresig) - statue in the main building. Image:TsozongRMP-wiki.jpg|Padmasambhava (or Guru Rimpoché) - statue in the main building. Image:TsozongBDH-wiki.jpg|Buddha Shakyamuni (Sakya Thukpa) - statue in the main building. </gallery>
== See also == * [[List of Buddhist temples]] * [[List of Tibetan monasteries]]
== References == {{reflist}}
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{{Buddhist monasteries in Tibet}}
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