Daklha Gampo

Daklha Gampo is an early monastery of the Kagyu tradition in the mountains of central Tibet. Gampopa Sonam Rinchen, a disciple of the yogin Milarepa, founded it in 1121. His teaching attracted students who established important Kagyu lineages of their own, making the monastery a source of enduring religious influence beyond its valley. For generations, leadership passed through Gampopa's family. From the sixteenth century an incarnation line headed the monastery, beginning with Gampopa Tashi Namgyel. The Dzungar invasion brought violence to central Tibet, and in 1718 Daklha Gampo was sacked. Its long history nonetheless remained closely tied to the transmission of Kagyu teaching and practice.