Monks of the Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery

The ritual chanting of the Monks of Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery traces back to the 18th century when the monks' original monastery was founded in Tibet. Forced to relocate in Dharamsala, a small village in the foothills of the Himalayas, the Tibetan Buddhist group consists of 40 monks and students. In 1989, producer David Parsons and his wife, Kay, paid three visits to the monastery to record the monks' ritual music. Two albums co-produced with Ven. Thupten Nyandak, Sacred Ceremonies Ritual Music of Tibetan Buddhism and Sacred Ceremonies 2: Tantric Hymns and Music of Tibetan Buddhism, were released. The Monks of the Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery were featured on the soundtrack of the 1992 film Baraka.


In 1992 the people of Dip began work on the reconstruction of Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery. Local volunteers, including the remaining monks, under the direction of Ven Tenzin Gelek Rinpoche, the 6th reincarnation of YYG and the late Lama Tashi Gyaltsen, made a request for assistance from Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery-in-exile, in Dharamsala. The present director of the monastery-in-exile, Thupten Nyendak (Pema Lama) went to Tibet bringing with him five life-size statues from India, as well as donations for the reconstruction of the original monastery. In September of 1992 the monstery was twenty-five percent complete and was reopened. Funds are being raised for the completion of the monastery. There was no assistance from the local Chinese government in these efforts.

Presently the monastery has twenty five monks, including five monks from the original Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling Monastery who serve as teachers to the other young monks.

The founder of the present monastery, Late Lama Tashi Gyaltsen, was ordained and educated at Samten Ling and later became an active member there. He also spent several years at Dip-Tse-Chok-Ling and became very dedicated to both monasteries. Having narrowly escaped the Chinese Invasion, Late Lama Tashi Gyaltsen settled in Boudhnath (Nepal) from 1959 to 1975 with Samten Ling monks who were taking care of the Managing Director of their new monastery.

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[goturhjemrythm]

The black / white photos featured in this video, is perhaps not the best quality but is however almost 100 years old (around 1920), from a time when Tibet was still a free and independent country.

[69WyldStallyns69]

This is really great. Thank you for the upload.