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Tarpaling is a monastery in the Nyang Valley in Tsang just south of Zhalu. Originally a retreat hermitage of Chel Lotsāwa, the name was given by his Kashmiri teacher Śākyaśrībhadra, who declared that his student should practice in a "land of liberation." It was expanded as a monastery by Tarpa Lotsāwa Nyima Gyeltsen in the fourteenth century, later becoming a Geluk institution in the mid seventeenth century. Buton Rinchen Drub studied Sanskrit poetry and grammar here for about four years with Tarpa Lotsāwa.

Sources

Akester, Matthew. 2016. Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Guide to Central Tibet. Chicago, IL: Serindia Publications, pp. 507-508.

Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide. London: Routledge, p.272.

Gyurme Dorje. 2009. Tibet Handbook. Bath: Footprint, p. 330.

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