Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t35.2

v1.c7.s3.t35.2

In 1675, chieftain Dege built a Buddhist monastery to house local monks at his territory of dpal yul rnam rgyal rtse. This was named as Bai yu nan jie chiang qu lin shi (dpal yul rnam rtyal byang chub gling) and was also known as dpal yul byang chub gling or dpal yul dog in short. After the monastery began to take shape, a quota of about 500 monks was fixed for it. Further, rig vzin kun bzang shes rab (1636-1698 CE) was engaged as the chief abbot to improve teaching of complete precepts from getsul to gelong, and impose canon of abstaining from meat and drink.