Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t31.7

v1.c7.s3.t31.7

In the heyday, sku vbum dgon housed 3,600 monks with 1,000 monks from mtshan nyid grwa tshang and consisted of five academies namely mtshan nyid grwa tshang, sngags pa grwa tshang, dus vkhor grwa tshang, sman pa grwa tshang and vcham pa. By adopting the courses offered by sgo mang grwa tshang of vbras sungs dgon and designed by rje btsun chos kyi rgyal mtshan (1459-1544) from se ra theg dgon, monks there studied gzhung-po-ti lnga of Exoteric Buddhism and 300 monks studied at mtshan nyid grwa tshang who practiced Kriya Tantra, Carya Tantra, Yoga Tantra and Maha-anuttara Yoga Tantra including gsang vdus kyi bskyed rdzongs and used to go to sgo mang grwa tshang of vbras sungs dgon to further study the doctrine of Buddhism.