Séra

The monastery of Will be ou' Séra' (Tibetan: སེ་ར་; Wylie: Will be) (ruffle Theng chen gling) corresponds to the one of the three large monastic universities Gelugpa of the Tibet. The two other large monasteries Gelugpa are Drepung and Ganden. “Will be” means “the enclosure of the Pinks”. The monastery is to 5 km in the north of the Jokhang to Lhassa. The first monastery of Will be is with Lhassa, with the Tibet. After its destruction with the Chinese invasion, it was reconstituted in India of the South, with Bylakuppe.

History of the monastery of Séra to Tibet

The monastery of Will be was founded in 1419, by Jamchen Chojey, a disciple of Tsong Khapa.

Like the monasteries of Drepung and Ganden, it included/understood three universities:

Will be Mey Dratsang, built in 1419, where was given the fundamental instruction to the monks. Will be Jey Dratsang, built in 1435, was larger, and was reserved for the monks on a journey, especially the monks Mongolian. Ngagpa Dratsang, built in 1559, was a school for the teaching of the Tantra S Gelugpa.

Will be sheltered more: 5000 monks in 1959. Although very damaged during the Chinese invasion and under the Cultural revolution, it was restored. It shelters a few hundreds of monks now.

Réétablissement de Séra in India

After the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the destruction of the majority of the monasteries in Tibet, the monastery of Will be was reconstituted with Bylakuppe, in India, close to Mysore.

Because none the monks of Ngagpa Dratsang (the Tantric University) survived the invasion, only the Universities of Will be Mey and Be Jey were reconstituted in India.

The graduates of the University of Will be Jey known in occident includes:

The graduates of the University of Will be Mey known in occident includes:

  • Pabongka Rinpoché - Author of the Release in the Palm of Your Hands

  • Kyabje Trijang Rinpoché - One of the teachers of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
  • Sermey Khensur Rinpoché Geshe Lobsang Tharchin - Preceding abbot of the University of Will be Mey with Bylakuppe

References

  • Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-places off Central Tibet: The Pilgrim' S Guides . Routledge & Kegan Paul, London and New York. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0

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