• Histories of Samye after the Dynastic Period. According to post-dynastic accounts such as the Testament of Ba and other accounts, such as that compiled by...
  • About Phakchok Rinpoche & Samye Institute. ... Samye Institute regularly publishes audio and video teachings from Phakchok Rinpoche and other senior instructors.
  • The Samye pillar or རྡོ་རིང་ and its inscription. There are many traditions about Samye compiled after the tenth century.
  • The Samye Memorial Buddhist Monastery has earned the widespread fame of the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (the pure land of Guru Rinpoche).
  • Teachings and education from Phakchok Rinpoche and Samye Institute.
  • According to Tibetan and Chinese sources, in about 797, a great debate was held at Samye between proponents of Indian and Chinese Buddhist perspectives.
  • Samye is a beautiful monastery complex built in a shape of Manadala. It represents the model of the Universe with continents, subcontinents, sun and moon.
  • Samye Monastery was built by the Trisong Detsen (reigned 742-798) of the Tubo Kingdom and was presided over by the Buddhist master Padmasambhava.
  • Samye is famous for its sacred mandala design: the central temple symbolizes the legendary Mount Meru, center of the universe.
  • Samye Monastery is laid out on the shape of a giant mandala, with the main temple representing the legendary Mount Meru in the centre.