Shaten Monastery

The Shaten Monastery (tib. zhabs brtan dgon pa; , also 夏登寺 Xiàdēng sì) is a temple located in Nagqu Town in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, which is associated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana).

History

The monastery was founded in 1724 by the fourth Drukhang Rinpoche (sgrub khang sprul sku; ). Today, the seventh line holder of this incarnation line is Drukhang Thubten Khedrup (sgrub khang thub bstan mkhas grub; ; born 1955), vice president of the Political Consultative Conference of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and vice chairman of China's Buddhism Association.

One branch of the Tibetan Buddhist Institute ( Xīzàng fóxuéyuàn; founded in 2011) was officially established there in 2013 (besides two others at Sera Monastery and Samye Monastery).

Cultural Relics Protection Unit of the Tibet Autonomous Region

Since 2013, the monastery has been on the list of (the province-level) of the Tibet Autonomous Region (6–134).

See also

• (in Chinese)
• Sera Utsé Hermitage

Notes and references

External links

• tibetcn.com: Xiaodeng si 孝登寺 (in Chinese)
• xztzb.cn: 那曲孝登寺：感恩党中央，传承爱国爱教光荣传统 [Nagqu Xiaodeng Monastery: Grateful to the Party Central Committee, inheriting the glorious tradition of patriotism and devotion to religion] (in Chinese)
• bitterwinter.org: The CCP Wants To Control the Interpretation of Tibetan Buddhist Scriptures (Lopsang Gurung, a pseudonym)