Tsozong Gongba Monastery


Tsozong Gongba Monastery is a small Tibetan Buddhism monastery in eastern Tibet, China. The monastery, founded in 1400, practices the Nyingma tradition. Tsozong Gongba is located on Tashi Island in the middle of Pagsum Lake in the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, part of Gongbo'gyamda County in Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. Tsozong Gongba means "castle in the lake" in Tibetan. The monastery has four buildings situated around a small yard.
The construction of the Tsozong Gongba Monastery was chaired by the Nyin-gma-pa monk Sungye Lingpa and is now home of few nuns.
The three statues were actually shot and burned by the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, before being restored by the local lama Dudjom Rimpoche and his son Chuni Rimpoche. A small kora around the monastery passes several hard-to-discern holy sites, including a Sky burial site, a 'body-print' of Gesar.

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