Katok Monastery
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Katok Monastery in 2014
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| Coordinates | 31°18′45″N 98°56′29″E / 31.3126°N 98.9414°ECoordinates: 31°18′45″N 98°56′29″E / 31.3126°N 98.9414°E |
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| Location | Baiyu County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan |
| Founded by | Katok Dampa Deshek |
| Completed | 1159 |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Sect | Nyingma |
| Dedicated to | Anuyoga |
Katok Monastery (Tibetan: ཀཿ་ཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་གདན་, THL Katok Dorjé Den), also transliterated as Kathok or Kathog Monastery, is one of the six principal ("mother") monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Baiyu County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan, China.
Katok Monastery is located 4,000m above sea level on the eastern flanks of a mountain range in Baiyu County, Garze, Sichuan. The entire monastery complex is approximately 700m above the valley floor and is accessed by a dirt road containing 18 hairpin turns. The nearest town is Horpo (Chinese: 河坡; pinyin: Hépō), 17 km to the north.
Katok Monastery was founded in 1159 by a younger brother of Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, Katok Dampa Deshek, at Derge, the historic seat of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.
Katok Monastery's third abbot, Jampa Bum (1179-1252), whose 26-year tenure as abbot ended in 1252, "is said to have ordained thousands of monks from across Tibet, and especially from Kham region of Minyak (mi nyag), Jang ('byang), and Gyémorong (rgyal mo rong)."
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