Lenggu Monastery, also transliterated as Rengo Monastery, is a
Tibetan Buddhist
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...
monastery at the foot of
Ge'nyen Mountain in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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China
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. The monastery was formerly known as Kambo Dansar and was the first monastery built by the first Kamapa Duisung Chenpa in 1164. The 7th Kamapa Quzha Qiangcuo enlarged it. At its peak, over 2000 monks studied at the monastery. Today, Lengu is administered as part of
Zhamla Township in
Litang County
Litang (; ) is in southwest of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
Litang is part of Kham in the Tibetan cultural zone, and several famous Buddhist figures were born here, including the 7th Dalai Lama, the 10th Dalai Lama, the ...
,
Garze Prefecture, Sichuan.
Lenggu is one of a great many Tibetan monasteries and temples scattered across the Tibetan plateau, and has suffered a great deal of decline in the decades following the Chinese Invasion of Tibet. Once visited by many hundreds of pilgrims a year, the monastery's out-buildings are now largely in a state of decay. At the height of its activity, there were over 2000 resident monks; nowadays, only a small number remain.
History
Lenggu became a Yellow Sect monastery by about the year 1690.
References
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Buddhist monasteries in Sichuan