Sera Monastery

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Buddhist monastery Gelug monastery university 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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sera Monastery canonical	8
Sera Monastery (re-established in Bylakuppe, India)	1
Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7983990 — 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: Sera Monastery
Context triple: [Lhasa, contains, Sera Monastery]

A. Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
B. Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
C. Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
D. 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.
E. Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
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: Sera Monastery
Target entity description: 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.

A. Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
B. Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
C. Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
D. 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.
E. Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monastery ⓘ Gelug monastery ⓘ university monastery ⓘ
affiliatedSchool	Gelug ⓘ linked to: Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
architecturalStyle	Tibetan Buddhist monastic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Dalai Lama institution ⓘ Tibetan monastic education system ⓘ
contains	assembly hall (Tsogchen) ⓘ monastic residences (khangtsen) ⓘ various chapels and temples ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
currentUse	active monastery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
debatePracticeFrequency	daily (in the afternoon, traditionally) ⓘ
debatePracticeLocation	monastic debate courtyard ⓘ
elevation	approximately 3,700 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy	Jamchen Chöje Shakya Yeshe ⓘ
foundedUnderPatronageOf	Je Tsongkhapa ⓘ
foundingCentury	15th century ⓘ
foundingYear	1419 ⓘ
function	granting Geshe degrees ⓘ training monks in Buddhist philosophy ⓘ
hasOverseasBranch	Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India ⓘ linked to: Sera Monastery
hasSubunit	Ngakpa Dratsang ⓘ Sera Je College ⓘ Sera Me College ⓘ linked to: Sera Je College
heritageStatus	important cultural relic site under regional protection ⓘ
historicalRole	important institution in Tibetan religious politics ⓘ major center of Gelug scholasticism ⓘ
knownFor	historic role as educational center ⓘ historic role as religious center ⓘ large monastic population ⓘ monastic debate ⓘ philosophical education ⓘ scholastic training ⓘ
locatedIn	Lhasa ⓘ northern outskirts of Lhasa ⓘ
locatedNear	Lhasa ⓘ
locatedOn	southern slope of Serawoze Mountain ⓘ
partOf	Three Great Monasteries of Lhasa ⓘ
region	Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
restorationStatus	partially restored ⓘ
sisterMonastery	Drepung Monastery ⓘ Ganden Monastery ⓘ
sufferedEvent	damage during 1959 Tibetan uprising ⓘ destruction during Cultural Revolution ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Lhasa → contains → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism → mainMonastery → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Shoton Festival → majorVenue → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Central Tibet → contains → Sera Monastery ⓘ

subject linked to: central Tibet

Sera Monastery → hasOverseasBranch → Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India ⓘ

linked to: Sera Monastery

Drepung Monastery → nearbyMonasteries → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Ganden Monastery → associatedMonastery → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Sera lineage → associatedWithMonastery → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Sera lineage → historicallyCenteredIn → Sera Monastery ⓘ

Sera lineage → associatedWithDiasporaMonastery → Sera Monastery (re-established in Bylakuppe, India) ⓘ