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Site Type: Monastery
Location: Amdo, Golok (mgo log), Padma
Operating Status: Active
Current Tradition: Jonang
Former Tradition: Nyingma
Date Established: 1533
Number of Former Residents: 200+
Number of Current Residents: 200+
History & Description:
The 1st Jonang monastery in the Golok cultural region of Northeastern Tibet, Akyong Yarthang Monastery dates back to the early 16 century when it was originally a monastery of the Nyingma Kathokpa tradition. This monastery was founded by the Nyingma master Lama Chobum.
The 1st Jonang monastery in the Golok cultural region of Northeastern Tibet, Akyong Yarthang Monastery dates back to the early 16 century when it was originally a monastery of the Nyingma Kathokpa tradition. This monastery was founded by the Nyingma master Lama Chobum.
In the year 1717, King Akyong Tenzin Dargyay and Domtsha Lama Kunga, the abbot of the Nyingma monastery, gifted this monastery to the Jonang master Ngawang Namgyal, making it Jonang. Now it is home to one of the largest Jonang Buddhist Studies Colleges in Amdo.
