The Splendor of Drepung Monastery Drepung Monastery (Tibetan: ), is one of the most significant religious institutions in Tibetan Buddhism. Its full name is Pelden Drepung Phuntsok Namgyal Ling (Tibetan: དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲས་སྤུངས་ཕུན་ཚོགས་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་གླིང་།). It can be translated as “The Auspicious Rice Heap, Island of Victory over All Directions.”The monastery is situated on the southern slope of Mount Gephel...Read More