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History

Testament of Ba Blue Annals Trisong Detsen Odantapuri Bihar

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Architectural features of the monastery and their history

Mount Meru Cosmology Chörtens Heinrich Harrer 14th Dalai Lama

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The Great Samye Debate

Kamalasila Moheyan East Mountain Teaching Chan Buddhism Szechwan

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Samye Monastery's founding

Śāntarakṣita 5th Dalai Lama Namkha Kilya Tantra

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Location: Lhokha in Chimpu Valley, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Affiliation: Tibetan Buddhism
Completed: 779
Established: 779; 1247 years ago (779)
Founder: King Trisong Deutsen
Groundbreaking: 763 by Shantarakshita, then 767 by Padmasambhava

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History

Samye Monastery's founding

The Great Samye Debate

Influences

Puning Temple Puning Temple (Hebei)
Qianlong Emperor
Qing China Qing dynasty
Chengde
Hebei

Architectural features of the monastery and their history

Recent events

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
Dalai Lama
Public Security Bureau Public security bureau (China)
Dorje Drak
Guru Rinpoche
Guangzhou
Guangdong

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Samye

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related to Design · 21

Samye → As, Bihar, Brag Mar, Buddhist, Chinese, East Asia, India, Japan, Lhasa, Mahavairocana Tantra, Odantapuri, Samye Monastery, Sanskrit, South East Asia, The, The Samye Pillar, This, Tib, Tibetan, Tōdai-ji

related to The Great Samye Debate · 20

Samye → Buddhist, Chan Buddhism, China's East Mountain Teaching, Chinese, Chinese Buddhist, East Mountain Teaching, Hosang Mahayana, Indian Buddhist, Jeffrey Broughton, Kamalasila, Mahayana, Moheyan, Moheyan's, One, Shantaraksita, Shantaraksita's, The, Tibet, Tibetan, Trisong Detsen

related to Imprisonment and suicide · 19

Samye → Chinese, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Detention Centre, Dorje Drak Monastery, Dranang County, Human Rights, In, Lhoka Public Security Bureau, March, Namdrol Khakyab, PSB, Samye Monastery, TCHRD, The, The TCHRD, Tibet, Tibetan Centre, Tibetans

related to Samye Monastery's founding · 18

Samye → According, Ba, Bsod-nams-rgyal-mtshan, Dalai Lama, Finding, Following, However, Indian, Khenpo, Madhyamaka, Nepali, Padmasambhava, Shantaraksita's, Terrified, Testament, Tibet, Trisong Detsen, Vajrakilaya

related to history · 12

Samye → Buddhist, CE, Chinese, In, Indian, Khotanese, Mount Meru, Other, Samye Monastery, The, There, Tibetan

related to Statue of Padmasambhava dismantled by Chinese Authorities · 7

Samye → Chinese, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Guru Rinpoche, In May, Padmasambhava, Samye Gompa

related to Influences · 6

Samye → Chengde, Hebei, Puning Temple, Qianlong Emperor, Qing China, The

related to External links · 3

Samye → Sacred DestinationsSamye, Samye Monastery, Travel China

Affiliation · 1

Samye → Tibetan Buddhism

Completed · 1

Samye → 779

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monastery tibetan tibet padmasambhava chinese building king buddhist trisong dance lhasa main monks debate 763 mountain first 767 779 nyingma

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Samye	Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism	1.00	infobox
Samye	Completed	779	1.00	infobox
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Samye	Established	779; 1247 years ago (779)	1.00	infobox
Samye	Founder	King Trisong Deutsen	1.00	infobox
Samye	Groundbreaking	763 by Shantarakshita, then 767 by Padmasambhava	1.00	infobox
Samye	Location	Lhokha in Chimpu Valley, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China	1.00	infobox
Samye	Sect	Nyingma	1.00	infobox
the Tōdai-ji in Japan	instance of	This idea is found in a number of temples of the period in South East Asia and East Asia	0.80	text
Samye	related to Design	The	0.60	section
Samye	related to Design	Samye Monastery	0.60	section
Samye	related to Design	Buddhist	0.60	section

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