Kirti Gompa
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Ngawa, Sichuan, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kirti Gompa (Tibetan: ཀི་རྟི་དགོན་པ།, Wylie: ki rti dgon pa), is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1472 and located in Ngawa, Sichuan province, in China, but traditionally part of Amdo region. Numerous other associated Kirti monasteries and nunneries are located nearby. As of March 2011, the Kirti Gompa was said to house 2,500 monks. Between 2008 and 2011, mass arrests and patriotic re-education programs by Chinese authorities have targeted the monks, reducing the population substantially to 600 monks.[1] The wave of Tibetan self-immolations began at Kirti Gompa.
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Kirti Gompa | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Gelugpa |
Leadership | Twelfth Kirti Tsenzhab Rinpoche |
Location | |
Location | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province of China, known as Kham. |
Country | China |
Geographic coordinates | 32°54′N 101°42′E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Rongpa Chenakpa |
Date established | 1472 |
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