Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t24.4

v1.c7.s3.t24.4

From the 10th-11th centuries CE, the great lotsawa, Rinchen Zangpo (lo chen rin chen bzang po) (958 ~ 1055 CE), Atisha (Aa ti sha) (982 ~ 1054 CE) and other eminent monks and bhadant monks ever lived in Tholing Monastery where they have translated and preached sutras, written books and left a profound influence on us. In 1076, King Guger, Zander, held a huge Tibetan Dharma-cakra Assembly in Tholing Monastery and up to 1,00,000 number of eminent monks, bhadants and Buddhist believers attended this Assembly from everywhere. The success of this Assembly has been recorded into the history and is historically called “Bing Chen Dharma Assembly” or “The Dragon-year Dharma Assembly”.