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Different information?

To Lhasa in Disguise

Austerlitz -- 88.75.213.192 (talk) 10:56, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have included information from the above book in the article - thank you so much for pointing it out to me. Best wishes for the New Year. John Hill (talk) 00:02, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes, too, and welcome. Austerlitz -- 88.75.73.44 (talk) 20:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

some more information

[1] "It's possible to visit the main assembly hall, to the right of the courtyard, which is dominated by a statue of Sakyamuni. There is also a footprint of the ninth Dorje Phagmo here, plus an eerie protector chapel and several chapels upstairs." (2007)
[2] "Located at the peninsula in the south of the Yamzho Yumco Lake (Yamdrok), Samding is a monastery of Shangpa Kagyu (White Sect)."
[3] "Some records show that the monastery was built by a student of Khyungpo Nyalior (978-1127), founder of the Shangpa Kagyu Sect, a branch of the Kagyupa School. Other records show that the monastery was built in 1441 by the first Samding Dorje Phagmo, student of Bodong Chokle Namgyel (1375-1451, founder of the Bodong Sect). Therefore, the Samding Monastery is considered to belong to the Bodong Sect."
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[5] "Samding was founded in the 13th century by Khetsün Zhönnu Drub."
[6] "statue of Sakyamuni (Sakya Thukpa)"
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Austerlitz -- 88.75.220.96 (talk) 19:38, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Austerlitz -- 88.72.31.220 (talk) 11:19, 20 March 2009 (UTC) (added some quotations from the links)[reply]

There is now a well researched book available:

Diemberger, Hildegard (2007). When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14320-2.

According to its entry in the TBRC database Samding Monastery belongs to the Bodong Tradition. Association with the Shangpa Kagyu can be explained because the first Samding Dorje Phagmo was a student of Thangtong Gyalpo as well as of Bodong Panchen Chogle Namgyal. Anyway there are close connections between the Bodongpa and Shangpa traditions.

There are also short biographies of the first two Samding Dorje Phagmo incarnations, Chokyi Dronma and Kunga Zangmo available on-line at the Treasury of Lives.

Also see:

Sudbury, Jill (2007). An Enigmatic Renaissance: The Revival of the Bodongpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. (M.Phil.). Oxford University.

These are all good academic sources which can be used to improve this article.

Chris Fynn (talk) 06:44, 8 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]