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The [[Kathok]] [[Gompa]] main [[Monastery]], (''[[Kathok Dorje Den]]''), is in [[Kham]], [[Tibet]] and is over 840 years old. (It was established sometime around 1159-1162 c.e.). The founder of [[Kathok Monastery]] was [[Kathok]] [[Kadampa Deshek]], (1112-1192 c.e.) Among his immediate successors were [[Tsangtun Dorje]] and [[Jampabum]]. The supreme [[energy]] of [[Kathok Monastery]] was like a [[great sun]] at its [[Zenith]] in the [[Time]] of the fifth [[abbot]], [[Yeshe Bum]]. During this [[Time]] there were 180,000 practitioners and [[lamas]] surrounding the [[Monastery]]. Thousands of them [[attained]] the [[Rainbow body]]. [[Kathok]] [[Monastery]]: A very famous [[Nyingma]] [[monastery]] in [[eastern Tibet]], known to have produced 100,00 [[buddhas]]. They have records of that many [[lineage]] holders obtaining the [[rainbow body]] there. It is also known as the site of [[Guru Padmasambhava's]] [[bodhimanda]].
 
  
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[[Kathok Gonpa]] is considered in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to be the most [[sacred]] of [[Monasteries]] [[In Tibet]]. It is known as [[Kathok Dorje Den]] and is a [[precious]] [[treasure]] like [[Bodh Gaya]] in [[India]]. After centuries of carrying on the [[lineage]], in the seventeenth century, the great [[treasure revealer]], [[Ringdzin Duddul Dorje]] and his [[Disciple]], [[Vajradara Longsal Ningp]]o renewed the energies of the great [[lineage]]. Of the many great [[disciples]] of [[Duddul Dorje]], [[Kunsang Sherab]] began [[Payul Monastery]], which later on became a very important [[lineage]] in [[Nyingma]] [[tradition]] and [[Pema Ringzen]] created the [[Dzogchen Monastery]].....yet from all of these great [[masters]] of [[Kathok]] history the [[treasure revealer]], [[Longsal Nyingpo]], is outstanding.
 
  
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Through his {{Wiki|past}} [[Life]] connections with [[Guru Rinpoche]], and as [[Guru Rinpoche]] prohesized, he revealed many [[Sacred Texts]] and {{Wiki|substances}} and carried on the [[lineage]] accordingly. From the record of history we know that on the original spot where [[Kathok]] [[Gonpa]] is located, [[Guru Rinpoche]] and his [[25 disciples]] practiced for 25 days and [[consecrated]] the ground 13 Times. There are many miraculous [[signs]] there such as the handprints and footprints of [[Guru Rinpoche]] in solid rock. This was a land of great [[bliss]] where the [[Dakinis]] danced and left footprints on top of the huge rocks.
 
  
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Also, the great [[translator]], [[Vairotsana]], when he was exiled to [[Gyarong]] practiced at the {{Wiki|future}} site of [[Kathok Gonpa]] for one month. [[Kathok Gonpa]] practices include both [[Tantra]] and [[Sutra]]. There are many, many [[precious]] texts in this [[tradition]]. The [[master]], [[Siddhi Choggie Sangye]] was a [[student]] of [[Ridgzen Jigme Lingpa]] and brought the [[Long-Chen Nying-Thig]] practices to [[Kathok Gonpa]]. After all of this, through the inspiration of great [[masters]] and the [[Power]] of [[Dharma]] [[Protectors]], the [[Kathok Gonpa]] [[lineage]] is advancing very strongly and more powerfully in these degenerating Times.
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The [[Kathok]] [[Gompa]] main [[Monastery]], (''[[Kathok Dorje Den]]''), is in [[Kham]], [[Tibet]] and is over 840 years old. (It was established sometime around 1159-1162 c.e.).
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The founder of [[Kathok Monastery]] was [[Kathok Kadampa Deshek]], (1112-1192 c.e.) Among his immediate successors were [[Tsangtun Dorje]] and [[Jampabum]].
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The supreme [[energy]] of [[Kathok Monastery]] was like a [[great sun]] at its [[Zenith]] in the [[Time]] of the fifth [[abbot]], [[Yeshe Bum]]. During this [[Time]] there were 180,000 practitioners and [[lamas]] surrounding the [[Monastery]]. Thousands of them [[attained]] the [[Rainbow body]].
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[[Kathok Monastery]]:
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A very famous [[Nyingma monastery]] in [[eastern Tibet]], known to have produced 100,00 [[buddhas]]. They have records of that many [[lineage]] holders obtaining the [[rainbow body]] there. It is also known as the site of [[Guru Padmasambhava's]] [[bodhimanda]].
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[[Kathok Gonpa]] is considered in [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to be the most [[sacred]] of [[Monasteries]] [[In Tibet]].
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It is known as [[Kathok Dorje Den]] and is a [[precious]] [[treasure]] like [[Bodh Gaya]] in [[India]].
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After centuries of carrying on the [[lineage]], in the seventeenth century, the great [[treasure revealer]], [[Ringdzin Duddul Dorje]] and his [[Disciple]], [[Vajradara Longsal Ningp]]o renewed the energies of the great [[lineage]].
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Of the many great [[disciples]] of [[Duddul Dorje]], [[Kunsang Sherab]] began [[Payul Monastery]], which later on became a very important [[lineage]] in [[Nyingma tradition]] and [[Pema Ringzen]] created the [[Dzogchen Monastery]].....
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yet from all of these great [[masters of Kathok]] history the [[treasure revealer]], [[Longsal Nyingpo]], is outstanding.
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Through his {{Wiki|past}} [[Life]] connections with [[Guru Rinpoche]], and as [[Guru Rinpoche]] prohesized, he revealed many [[Sacred Texts]] and {{Wiki|substances}} and carried on the [[lineage]] accordingly.
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From the record of history we know that on the original spot where [[Kathok Gonpa]] is located, [[Guru Rinpoche]] and his [[25 disciples]] practiced for 25 days and [[consecrated]] the ground 13 Times.
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There are many miraculous [[signs]] there such as the handprints and footprints of [[Guru Rinpoche]] in solid rock. This was a land of great [[bliss]] where the [[Dakinis]] danced and left footprints on top of the huge rocks.
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Also, the great [[translator Vairotsana]], when he was exiled to [[Gyarong]] practiced at the {{Wiki|future}} site of [[Kathok Gonpa]] for one month. [[Kathok Gonpa]] practices include both [[Tantra]] and [[Sutra]].  
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There are many, many [[precious]] texts in this [[tradition]].  
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The [[master]], [[Siddhi Choggie Sangye]] was a [[student]] of [[Ridgzen Jigme Lingpa]] and brought the [[Long-Chen Nying-Thig]] practices to [[Kathok Gonpa]].  
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After all of this, through the inspiration of great [[masters]] and the Power of [[Dharma Protectors]], the [[Kathok Gonpa lineage]] is advancing very strongly and more powerfully in these degenerating Times.
 
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'''[[Katok Monastery]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[kaHthog]]'') aka '''[[Katok Dorje Den]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[kaHthog rdo rje'i gdan]]'') — the oldest of the [[Six "Mother" Nyingma Monasteries]]. It was founded by [[Katok Dampa Deshek]], younger brother of [[Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo]], in 1159, above [[Horpo]], in [[East Tibet]]. The site is considered to be one of [[twenty-five holy places of Eastern Tibet]] and represents the main {{Wiki|holy}} place of [[enlightened activity]]. After the original [[monastery]] had fallen into disrepair, a new [[monastery]] was built on the site in 1656 by [[Tertön]] [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]] (1615-1672) and [[Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo]] (1625-1692). There were approximately 800 [[monks]] at the [[monastery]] before the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Chamdo|Chinese invasion]] of [[Tibet]].
 
  
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The [[monastery]] had a reputation for fine {{Wiki|scholarship}} and produced some of the greatest [[scholars]] in [[Tibetan history]], such as [[Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu]] (1698-1755) and Getse [[Pandita]] [[Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrup]] (b. 1761). More recently, [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]] and [[Khenpo Ngawang Palzang]], aka [[Khenpo Ngakchung]], were among the greatest [[lamas]] associated with the [[monastery]].
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'''[[Katok Monastery]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[kaHthog]]'') aka '''[[Katok Dorje Den]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[kaHthog rdo rje'i gdan]]'') — the oldest of the [[Six Mother Monasteries]].
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It was founded by [[Katok Dampa Deshek]], younger brother of [[Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo]], in 1159, above [[Horpo]], in [[East Tibet]].
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The site is considered to be one of [[twenty-five holy places of Eastern Tibet]] and represents the main {{Wiki|holy}} place of [[enlightened activity]].
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After the original [[monastery]] had fallen into disrepair, a new [[monastery]] was built on the site in 1656 by [[Tertön]] [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]] (1615-1672) and [[Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo]] (1625-1692).
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There were approximately 800 [[monks]] at the [[monastery]] before the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Chamdo|Chinese invasion]] of [[Tibet]].
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The [[monastery]] had a reputation for fine {{Wiki|scholarship}} and produced some of the greatest [[scholars]] in [[Tibetan history]], such as [[Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu]] (1698-1755) and Getse [[Pandita]] [[Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrup]] (b. 1761).  
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More recently, [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]] and [[Khenpo Ngawang Palzang]], aka [[Khenpo Ngakchung]], were among the greatest [[lamas]] associated with the [[monastery]].
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==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
 
===In [[Tibetan]]===
 
===In [[Tibetan]]===
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*{{BigTibetan|ཀཿཐོག་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་བསྡུས་}}, ''[[kaHthog pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus]]''
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:{{TBRC|W20396|ཀཿཐོག་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་བསྡུས་, ''kaHthog pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus''}}
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*{{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་བསྡུས་]]}}, ''[[kaHthog pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus]]''
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:{{TBRC|W20396|[[ཀཿཐོག་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་བསྡུས་]], ''[[kaHthog pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus]]''}}
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===In English===
 
===In English===
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*Jann M. Ronis, “[[Celibacy]], Revelations, and [[Reincarnated]] [[Lamas]]: Contestation and Synthesis in the Growth of [[Monasticism]] at [[Katok Monastery]] from the 17th through 19th Centuries” (unpublished PhD {{Wiki|thesis}})
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*[[Jann M. Ronis]], “[[Celibacy]], Revelations, and [[Reincarnated]] [[Lamas]]: Contestation and Synthesis in the Growth of [[Monasticism]] at [[Katok Monastery]] from the 17th through 19th Centuries” (unpublished PhD {{Wiki|thesis}})
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==Internal Links==
 
==Internal Links==
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*[[Katok Situ Incarnation Line]]
 
*[[Katok Situ Incarnation Line]]
 
*[[Trimé Shyingkyong Incarnation Line]]
 
*[[Trimé Shyingkyong Incarnation Line]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/nyngma/brief_history_katog_monastery.html A Brief History of Katog Monastery by Alexander Berzin]
 
*[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/nyngma/brief_history_katog_monastery.html A Brief History of Katog Monastery by Alexander Berzin]
  
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[[ka: thog dgon pa]]<br>
 
[[ka: thog dgon pa]]<br>
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Also known as ''[[Kathok Dorje Den]]''<br>
 
Also known as ''[[Kathok Dorje Den]]''<br>
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{{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་ལྡན་]]}}<br>
 
{{BigTibetan|[[ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་ལྡན་]]}}<br>
 
[[ka: thog rdo rje ldan]]<br>
 
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===[[Lineage Masters]]===
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===[[Kathok Lineage Masters]]===
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* [[Dampa Deshek]], [[Sherap Senge]] ([[dam pa bde gshegs shes rab seng ge]]) founder of [[Kathok]]: 1122-1192  
 
* [[Dampa Deshek]], [[Sherap Senge]] ([[dam pa bde gshegs shes rab seng ge]]) founder of [[Kathok]]: 1122-1192  
 
*[[Tsangtönpa]],  
 
*[[Tsangtönpa]],  
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*[[Jangchub Gyaltsen]]  
 
*[[Jangchub Gyaltsen]]  
 
*[[Pubor Khedrub Jnanaketu]]
 
*[[Pubor Khedrub Jnanaketu]]
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:see also: [[ka thog bla rabs bcu gsum]]
 
:see also: [[ka thog bla rabs bcu gsum]]
  
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===The [[Incarnation]] lines of [[Kathok]]===
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*[[Katok Getse Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Katok Getse Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Kathok Situ Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Kathok Situ Rinpoche]]
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===Current [[Lineage]] Holders===
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===[[Current Kathok Lineage Holders]]===
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*[[Kathok Lhoga Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Kathok Lhoga Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Kathok Choktrul Jamyang Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Kathok Choktrul Jamyang Rinpoche]]
 
*[[Khentrul Lodro Thaye]]<br>
 
*[[Khentrul Lodro Thaye]]<br>
  
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*[[Nyingma Kama]]
 
*[[Nyingma Kama]]
 
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*[[Dudul Dorje]]
 
*[[Dudul Dorje]]
 
*[[Longsal Nyingpo]]
 
*[[Longsal Nyingpo]]
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===Affiliate [[Monasteries]] & [[Retreats]]===
 
===Affiliate [[Monasteries]] & [[Retreats]]===
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*[[Kham Tagtsang]] ([[khams stag tshang]])
 
*[[Kham Tagtsang]] ([[khams stag tshang]])
 
*[[Kathok Mardo Tashi Choling]]
 
*[[Kathok Mardo Tashi Choling]]
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===Alternative Names & Spellings===
 
===Alternative Names & Spellings===
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*{{BigTibetan|[[ཀ་ཐོག་དགོན་པ།]]}}
 
*{{BigTibetan|[[ཀ་ཐོག་དགོན་པ།]]}}
 
*[[ka thog dgon pa]]
 
*[[ka thog dgon pa]]

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The Kathok Gompa main Monastery, (Kathok Dorje Den), is in Kham, Tibet and is over 840 years old. (It was established sometime around 1159-1162 c.e.).

The founder of Kathok Monastery was Kathok Kadampa Deshek, (1112-1192 c.e.) Among his immediate successors were Tsangtun Dorje and Jampabum.

The supreme energy of Kathok Monastery was like a great sun at its Zenith in the Time of the fifth abbot, Yeshe Bum. During this Time there were 180,000 practitioners and lamas surrounding the Monastery. Thousands of them attained the Rainbow body.

Kathok Monastery:

A very famous Nyingma monastery in eastern Tibet, known to have produced 100,00 buddhas. They have records of that many lineage holders obtaining the rainbow body there. It is also known as the site of Guru Padmasambhava's bodhimanda.


Kathok Gonpa is considered in Tibetan Buddhism to be the most sacred of Monasteries In Tibet.

It is known as Kathok Dorje Den and is a precious treasure like Bodh Gaya in India.

After centuries of carrying on the lineage, in the seventeenth century, the great treasure revealer, Ringdzin Duddul Dorje and his Disciple, Vajradara Longsal Ningpo renewed the energies of the great lineage.

Of the many great disciples of Duddul Dorje, Kunsang Sherab began Payul Monastery, which later on became a very important lineage in Nyingma tradition and Pema Ringzen created the Dzogchen Monastery.....

yet from all of these great masters of Kathok history the treasure revealer, Longsal Nyingpo, is outstanding.


Through his past Life connections with Guru Rinpoche, and as Guru Rinpoche prohesized, he revealed many Sacred Texts and substances and carried on the lineage accordingly.

From the record of history we know that on the original spot where Kathok Gonpa is located, Guru Rinpoche and his 25 disciples practiced for 25 days and consecrated the ground 13 Times.

There are many miraculous signs there such as the handprints and footprints of Guru Rinpoche in solid rock. This was a land of great bliss where the Dakinis danced and left footprints on top of the huge rocks.


Also, the great translator Vairotsana, when he was exiled to Gyarong practiced at the future site of Kathok Gonpa for one month. Kathok Gonpa practices include both Tantra and Sutra.

There are many, many precious texts in this tradition.

The master, Siddhi Choggie Sangye was a student of Ridgzen Jigme Lingpa and brought the Long-Chen Nying-Thig practices to Kathok Gonpa.

After all of this, through the inspiration of great masters and the Power of Dharma Protectors, the Kathok Gonpa lineage is advancing very strongly and more powerfully in these degenerating Times.

Source

www.kathokcentre.ca






Katok Monastery courtesy of Stefan Eckel


Katok Monastery (Tib. ཀཿཐོག་, Wyl. kaHthog) aka Katok Dorje Den (Tib. ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེའི་གདན་, Wyl. kaHthog rdo rje'i gdan) — the oldest of the Six Mother Monasteries.

It was founded by Katok Dampa Deshek, younger brother of Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo, in 1159, above Horpo, in East Tibet.

The site is considered to be one of twenty-five holy places of Eastern Tibet and represents the main holy place of enlightened activity.

After the original monastery had fallen into disrepair, a new monastery was built on the site in 1656 by Tertön Rigdzin Düddul Dorje (1615-1672) and Rigdzin Longsal Nyingpo (1625-1692).

There were approximately 800 monks at the monastery before the Chinese invasion of Tibet.


The monastery had a reputation for fine scholarship and produced some of the greatest scholars in Tibetan history, such as Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu (1698-1755) and Getse Pandita Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrup (b. 1761).

More recently, Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso and Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, aka Khenpo Ngakchung, were among the greatest lamas associated with the monastery.


Further Reading

In Tibetan

TBRC-tag.png ཀཿཐོག་པའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་མདོར་བསྡུས་, kaHthog pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus


In English


Internal Links


External Links

Source

RigpaWiki:Kathok Monastery





ཀཿཐོག་དགོན་པ་
ka: thog dgon pa


Also known as Kathok Dorje Den


ཀཿཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་ལྡན་
ka: thog rdo rje ldan


Kathok Lineage Masters


see also: ka thog bla rabs bcu gsum


The Kathok Incarnation lines


Current Kathok Lineage Holders


Kathok Practices and Teachings


Affiliate Monasteries & Retreats


Alternative Names & Spellings

Source

RangjungYesheWiki:Kathok Monastery

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