Monks of the Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery

The Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery is currently located in Dharamsala, India. It was originally situated in Tibet, a few kilometers south of Lhasa and the Potala Palace, the residence of H.H. the Dalai Lama. It was built in the 18th century by the Most Venerable Yongzin Yeshi Gyaltsen, tutor of His Holiness the 8th Dalai Lama. Yongzin Yeshi Gyaltsen, previously founded another monastery in Kyidong, west Tibet, called Samten Ling. The monastery had a very close relationship with a common lineage