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'''Kumbum Monastery''' or '''Kumbum Jampa Ling Monastery''' (Tib.  སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་, [[Wyl.]] ''sku ‘bum byams pa gling'') — a [[Gelug|Gelugpa]] monastery founded in 1583 by the Third Dalai Lama, [[Sonam Gyatso]]. It was built in [[Amdo]], near Lake Kokonor, at the site where [[Tsongkhapa]] had been born. 

==Further Reading==
*[http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/buddhism_tibet/gelug/brief_history_kumbum_monastery.html A Brief History of Kumbum Monastery in the Berzin Archives]

[[Category: Gelugpa Monasteries]]