thrangu the sacred.

thrangu the sacred.

Tucked away in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains outside of Kathmandu, the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery sits perched atop a mountainside. The teachings at Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery are deeply entwined in its 6000+ year-old history and in Prince Mahasatwo’s loving self-sacrifice to a hungry tigress and her cubs. Some 3500 years later, reincarnated as the Buddha, he returned to this hilltop. The main ornate shrine still houses relics of the Buddha. Home to over 250 student monks, the monastery was founded by Thrangu Rinpoche in 1978 and still houses sacred bone relics of the Buddha in its ornate main shrine.