Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t26.7

v1.c7.s3.t26.7

Until the last phase of Qing Dynasty, Xiaqiong Monastery had become a monastery with over 1,000 monks owning the Tantra Institute, Kalachakra Institute and 25 Buddha palaces and 25 affiliated temples. Abiding by the disciplines of Lhasa Esoteric Buddhism and the lessons of Chogyi Gyamtsen, eminent monk of Sera Monastery, the monks mainly learning Esoteric Buddhism as the principal thing, and Exoteric Buddhism as a supplementary.