Rabgya Monastery (locally pronounced Rabja) is a small enclave on the north bank of the river Ma chu རྨ་ཆུ་ ( Yellow River) belonging to Machen rather than Kawasumdo county.Rabgya Monastery formally known as Tashi Kundeling, is an important branch of Sera monastery, founded on the advice of the Seventh Dalai Lama in 1769 by a Mongolian from Kokonor named Arik Geshe (1726-1803). Even today there are sevaral monks from the Sogwo Mongolian prefecture just to the east. The second preceptor of the monastery, Shingza Pandita Lobzang Dargye (1753-1824), is seen as an incarnation of Tsongkhapa`s mother, Shingza Acho, and his subsequent incarnations have presided over the monastery. The complex has been substantially rebuilt during the last 13 years, and reconstruction continues even now.
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