Ngor Monastery

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Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

Ngor Monastery (Wyl. ngor evaṃ chos ldan) — an important Sakya monastery, and seat of the Ngor subschool, established by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo around 1430. Before being completely demolished during the Chinese invasion, it was a very active monastery, counting about 1,000 monks in the 1950s. It has only been partly reconstructed.

Ngor Monastery is divided into four monastic houses (Tib. labrang; Wyl. bla brang):

  • Luding,
  • Khangsar,
  • Thartse and
  • Phende.

Ngor Monastery in Exile

  • Ngor Monastery was reestablished in Manduwala, India

Further Reading

  • Ronald Davidson, 'The Ngor-pa Tradition' in Wind Horse, vol. 1, 1981, pp.79-98
  • David Jackson, 'Sources on the Chronology and Succession of the Abbots of Ngor E-waṃ-chos-ldan', Berliner Indologische Studien. Band 4/5: 49-93, 1989.
  • David P. Jackson, 'The 'Bhutan Abbot' of Ngor: Stubborn Idealist with a Grudge against Shugs-ldan' in Lungta 14, 2001

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