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Kharnang monastery is a Buddhist monastery situated at a close distance to the northwest of Lhobasha village which is to the east and at 4-hours drive by horse to the city of Karze (Garzê) in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China, located in the historical Tibetan region of Kham.〔''(The Voice That Remembers: A Tibetan Woman's Inspiring Story of Survival )'', Adhe Tapontsang as told by Joy Blakeslee, Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, 1997, p14.〕 ==History == The monastery comprised 450 monks including lamas in the 1950.〔Adhe Tapontsang, p14.〕 In 1955, persecutions by the Chinese authorities that invaded Tibet started in Kharnang monastery, leading some monks to commit suicide.〔Adhe Tapontsang, p61.〕 In 1979, Adhe Tapontsang, a former Tibetan prisoner released in 1985 and now living in exile in Dharamsala, was allowed to visit her native place for two weeks, discovered that the Kharnang monastery, as well as Karze Day-tshal monastery and De Gonpo Temple was completely destroyed and plundered, sometime during the Cultural Revolution.〔Adhe Tapontsang, p192.〕 Shenphen Rinpoche, born 10 January 1969 in France has been recognised as a tulku of Lama Gendun Rabgye, from Kharnang Monastery.〔(Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling - Recognition documents )〕〔(Tibetan Lamas detailed biography )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kharnang Monastery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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