Rezhensi

It is one of the ancient Tibetan temples in Linzhou County, northeast of Lhasa. The temple site is located on the mountainside, with green cypresses, flocks of birds flying, and the surrounding springs gurgling, making it an ideal place for Buddhists to practice. The monastery was founded in the first year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1056) by Zhongdunpa (1005-1064), a disciple of Atisha and the founder of Kadampa. It was the first monastery of Kadampa. At the beginning of the 15th century, it changed to the Gelug sect, belonging to the Sera Monastery. The main buildings are Cuoqin Hall, Rezheng Larang and so on. The silver-cast spiritual pagoda of Master Atisha is also here. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the master of scripture Ngawang Qudeng Ren Temple was a khenpo, who was the ancestor of the Rezhen family. Now the temple has been destroyed, only the ruins remain. The temple site is located on the mountainside, with ancient cypresses full of slopes nearby, the stream is gurgling, and there is a winding mountain trail that winds down the mountain. It is an ancient temple of Tibetan Buddhism and a scenic and quiet tourist destination.