Chos ʼkhor dpal gyi bsam yas mchod rten rnams kyi dkar chag kun gsal me long zhes bya ba bzhugs so

History and catalog of religious objects of Samye Monastery. Samye (bsam-yas) is the site of an important Buddhist monastery in Central Tibet. It is located in the Mchims-phu valley, south of Lhasa, next the Hapori mountain, in the Yarlung Valley. The full name is Bsam-yas-mi-'gyur-lhun-gyi- grub-pa'i-gtsug-lag-khang, (Temple of Unchanging Spontaneous Presence). Samye has a continuous history from eighth century to the present and has played an important part in the history of Tibet and China.