Back دير دريجونج ARZ འབྲི་གུང་དགོན། Tibetan Drigungklosteret Danish Drigung Thil German Monasterio de Drigung Spanish Monastère de Drigung Til French Wihara Drigung ID ディグンティ寺 Japanese Drigung (klooster) Dutch Drigungklosteret NB
| Drigung Thil Monastery | |
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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: འབྲི་གུང་མཐིལ Wylie transliteration: 'bri gung mthil 'og min byang chub gling THL: Drigung Til Okmin Jangchup ling Chinese transcription(s) Simplified: 直贡梯寺 | |
 Drigung Thil Monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Kagyu (Drikung Kagyu lineage) |
| Location | |
| Location | Mamba Township, Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China[1] |
| Country | China |
  Location within Tibet | |
| Geographic coordinates | 30°6′23.4″N 92°12′14.7594″E / 30.106500°N 92.204099833°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Drigung Kyobpa Jigten-gonpo-rinchenpel |
| Date established | 1179 |
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Drigung Thil Monastery (Wylie: bri gung mthil 'og min byang chub gling) is a monastery in Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet founded in 1179. Traditionally it has been the main seat of the Drikung Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In its early years the monastery played an important role in both religion and politics, but it was destroyed in 1290 by Mongol troops under the direction of a rival sect. The monastery was rebuilt and regained some of its former strength, but was primarily a center of meditative studies. The monastery was destroyed after 1959, but has since been partly rebuilt. As of 2015 there were about 250 resident monks.