Wara Monastery, one of the main monasteries of the Sakya lineage, is located in Jomda County of Chamdo Prefecture, easternmost of Tibet. It is famous for the place where of peacock (auspicious bird in Tibetan Tantra) spreads its tail and the Wara River goes around here as twins golden fish.

Wara Monastery boasts a long history, which is a giant landmark as the first big Tibetan Buddhist temple when tourists or traders enter Tibet through its neighbor Sichuan Province via the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. There are over 200 monks presently.

Wara Monastery belonged to the White Bon Religion and was transformed into the Sakya Tradition by Chogyal Phagpa, who bestowed several supreme Buddha status and guardian statues here. It had been the ancestral monastery of Dege Jarbo.

The great Founder Guru Chogyal Phagpa had turned wheel of Dharma here and left the statue of Protector Gampo with a knife and other precious gems. H.E. Dangqu Denpa became a monk here in his childhood. Several generations of Sakya Trizin and Sakya Khenpos used to spread Dharma and benefit beings here.

The Dharma teachings in Wara monastery are Sakya Lamdre chiefly, and the Non-sectarian teachings of Dzogchen, Mahamudra. Sakya Wara Buddhism College just situates on the side of the Wara Monastery. The college was established by Genzon Chenlin Trokyi Gyaltsen Rinpoche, which is a large non-sectarian Buddhist college, It is also the largest Buddhist College of Sakya in Tibet at present.

The College has 300 dormitories and over 15 thousand square meters. The hall can hold more than a thousand people to recite Sutras and practice.

Tips of Wara Monastery

There are many meditation rooms for monks living there. It's not advised to interrupt them while they are practicing Buddhism.