TSURPHU MONASTERY - TIBET


Tsurphu Monastery is located in the northwest part of Tolung valley (now under Tolung Dechen Shen - Lhasha) about 70 kilometers ( 44 miles) from the capital city of Lhasa. The main shrine hall and the monastery is built in the middle of the valley near the Tsurphu River, facing south, and is surrounded by high mountains. Tsurphu was the home for two large libraries enshrining the sutras, tantras, instructions, collected works of all great masters of the four school, Tibetan literature, and, most important of all, the writings of the all the Karmapas and their disciples.

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The giant Thangkas of Tsurphu Monastery

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