Dzogchen Monastery

E1040562

Buddhist monastery Tibetan Buddhist monastery

Dzogchen Monastery is a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in eastern Tibet renowned as one of the principal centers for the study and practice of the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) teachings.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dzogchen Monastery canonical	2
Dzogchen Gonpa	1
Zogchen Monastery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13430020 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dzogchen Monastery
Context triple: [Nyingma school, associatedWith, Dzogchen Monastery]

A. Dechen Phodrang Monastery
Dechen Phodrang Monastery is a historic Buddhist monastic and educational institution in Bhutan, renowned for its ancient murals and role in training young monks.
B. Drepung Monastery
Drepung Monastery is one of Tibet’s largest and historically most important Gelug Buddhist monasteries, located on the outskirts of Lhasa.
C. Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
D. Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
E. Rumtek Monastery
Rumtek Monastery is a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India, serving as one of the principal seats of the Karmapa and a key center of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dzogchen Monastery
Target entity description: Dzogchen Monastery is a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in eastern Tibet renowned as one of the principal centers for the study and practice of the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) teachings.

A. Dechen Phodrang Monastery
Dechen Phodrang Monastery is a historic Buddhist monastic and educational institution in Bhutan, renowned for its ancient murals and role in training young monks.
B. Drepung Monastery
Drepung Monastery is one of Tibet’s largest and historically most important Gelug Buddhist monasteries, located on the outskirts of Lhasa.
C. Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
D. Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
E. Rumtek Monastery
Rumtek Monastery is a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India, serving as one of the principal seats of the Karmapa and a key center of the Karma Kagyu lineage.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monastery ⓘ Tibetan Buddhist monastery ⓘ
associatedPractice	monastic debate ⓘ tantric rituals ⓘ
associatedWith	Dzogchen lineage ⓘ linked to: Nyingma school Nyingma terton traditions ⓘ
associatedWithSchool	Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Nyingma school
country	China ⓘ
culturalContext	Tibetan culture ⓘ
foundedBy	Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin ⓘ linked to: Pema Rigdzin Pema Rigdzin ⓘ
foundedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	early 17th century ⓘ
foundingTitleHolder	1st Dzogchen Rinpoche ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dzogchen Gonpa ⓘ linked to: Dzogchen Monastery Zogchen Monastery ⓘ linked to: Dzogchen Monastery
hasDiscipline	Vinaya observance ⓘ meditative retreat programs ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Dzogchen Rinpoche ⓘ linked to: 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche
hasTypeOfInstitution	monastic university ⓘ
knownFor	Dzogchen teachings ⓘ Great Perfection practice ⓘ monastic education ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Classical Tibetan ⓘ
locatedIn	Kham region ⓘ eastern Tibet ⓘ
offers	monastic training ⓘ philosophical studies ⓘ ritual training ⓘ
primaryPracticeFocus	Great Perfection (Dzogchen) ⓘ linked to: Dzogchen meditation ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Nyingma communities worldwide ⓘ eastern Tibet ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousFunction	hosting religious festivals ⓘ ordination of monks ⓘ preservation of Dzogchen teachings ⓘ
religiousTradition	Nyingma tradition ⓘ linked to: Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Vajrayana
role	important pilgrimage site ⓘ major Nyingma monastery ⓘ principal center for Dzogchen study and practice ⓘ
spiritualFocus	Great Perfection realization ⓘ linked to: Great Perfection realization of the nature of mind ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyingma school → associatedWith → Dzogchen Monastery ⓘ

Kham → hasMonasticCenters → Dzogchen Monastery ⓘ

subject linked to: Kham region

Dzogchen Monastery → hasAlternativeName → Dzogchen Gonpa ⓘ

linked to: Dzogchen Monastery

Dzogchen Monastery → hasAlternativeName → Zogchen Monastery ⓘ