Samye

Samye
The main building of the Samye Monastery (3D model available in Google Earth)
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Nyingma
Location
Location	Lhokha in Chimpu Valley, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Shown within Tibet
Geographic coordinates	29°19′31.80″N 91°30′13.32″E / 29.3255000°N 91.5037000°E / 29.3255000; 91.5037000
Architecture
Founder	King Trisong Deutsen
Date established	779; 1246 years ago (779)

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Samye Monastery (Tibetan: བསམ་ཡས་, Wylie: bsam yas, Chinese: 桑耶寺), full name Samye Migyur Lhundrub Tsula Khang (Wylie: Bsam yas mi ’gyur lhun grub gtsug lag khang) and Shrine of Unchanging Spontaneous Presence,^[1] is the first Tibetan Buddhist and Nyingma monastery built in Tibet, during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen. Khenpo Shantarakshita began construction in 763, and Tibetan Vajrayana founder Guru Padmasambhava tamed the local spirits before its completion in 767. The first Tibetan monks were ordained there in 779. Samye was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution then rebuilt after 1988.

Samye Monastery is located in the Chimpu valley (Mchims phu), south of Lhasa, next the Hapori mountain along the greater the Yarlung Valley. The site is in the present administrative region of Gra Nang or Drananga Lhokha.