Yangpachen Monastery (Chinese: 羊八井寺 Tibetan: tubten yangpachen, Wylie: thub bstan yangs pa can, ZYPY: ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཡངས་པ་ཅན) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yangpachen (Tibetan: yangs pa can; Thub btsan yangs pa can), in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet. It is historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü. It is about 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lhasa "on the northern side of the Lhorong Chu valley above the Lhasa-Shigatse highway."[1]
- ^ The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide (1988), pp. 129-130. Keith Dowman. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0.