Kongchogsaum Lhakhang
Kongchogsaum Lhakhang, also known as Tsilung, is a Buddhist Monastery in central Bhutan.
History
The Monastery was founded, according to the saint Pema Lingpa as far back as the 8th century and in 1039, Bonpo Dragtshel, a Terton, discovered texts which had been buried by Guru Rinpoche in this location. According to legend, the king of the water Deities was said to have risen out of the lake beneath the temple and offered Dragtshel a stone pillar and scroll. This concept of a lake beneath the Monastery is also reiterated in another legend in which Pema Lingpa is said to have discovered the subterranean lake and concealed the entrance to it with a stone, which stands today in the courtyard of the Monastery.
Architecture
The Monastery contains a staue of Buddha Vairocana in its main Sanctuary and Statues of Guru Rinpoche, Avalokiteshvara, and paintings of Pema Lingpa and Longchen Rabjam.
