Kadruk Monastery
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Kadruk Monastery (Chinese: 卡久寺; Tibetan: དཀར་བཅུ་དགོན་པ།, Kadruk Gonpa), also known as Kadruk Tashi Lhunpo Hermitage (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་དགོན་པ།), is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery situated atop the mist-shrouded summit of Gyapugyen mountain in Lhozhag County, Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[1]
History
[edit]Established in 1570 CE, the monastery lies 75 kilometers from Lhozhag County at an elevation of 4,019 meters, surrounded by dense forests, snow-capped peaks, and deep valleys near the Bhutan border. Designated a Tibet Autonomous Region Cultural Relic Protection Unit in 2007, it holds significance as one of the Five Hidden Lands of Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), who is said to have meditated here for seven years during the 8th century.[2]
Originally a Nyingma school institution, Kadruk Monastery was founded by the tertön (treasure revealer) Rigdzin Ngodrup Gyelpo and expanded by the Fifth Dalai Lama in 1682. Its architectural complex, covering 2,691.62 square meters, features a main hall housing statues of Padmasambhava, Amitayus, Four-armed Avalokiteshvara, and the monastery's lineage masters. The site preserves over 100 ancient meditation caves carved into cliffs, along with sacred relics such as Padmasambhava's footprints and ritual objects. A perilous cliffside plank pathway leads to secluded hermitages in the valley below, a pilgrimage route symbolizing spiritual devotion.[3]
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