Nechung

Nechung Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་ལྕོག
Wylie transliteration: gnas-chung lcog
Official transcription (China): Naiqung Gönba
Chinese transcription(s)
Traditional: 乃琼寺
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectNyingma
Location
LocationDoilungdêqên District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
CountryChina
Nechung is located in Tibet
Nechung
Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates29°40′17″N 91°3′21″E / 29.67139°N 91.05583°E / 29.67139; 91.05583

Nechung Monastery, Nechung Gompa (Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་དགོན་པ།, Wylie: gnas-chung lcog, ZYPY: Naiqung Gönba) or Nechung Chok (Tibetan: གནས་ཆུང་ལྕོག, ZYPY: Naiqung Jog "the small dwelling", Chinese: 乃琼寺), is the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet. It is also referred to as Sungi Gyelpoi Tsenkar, the "Demon Fortress of the Oracle King."[1]

It is about 10 minutes walk down from Drepung Monastery, and was the residence of the three-headed, six-armed Pehar Gyalpo, the chief protector of the Gelugs (Yellow Hat sect) and the seat of the State Oracle or Nechung Oracle.[2] It is a medium-sized temple which used to house about a hundred monks.[3]

  1. ^ Dowman (1988), pp. 66–67.
  2. ^ Mayhew & Kohn (2005), p. 22.
  3. ^ Chapman (1940), p. 201.