The Segyu lineage of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism represents an unbroken line of Tantric teachings (Vajrayana) descending directly from Lama Je Tsongkhapa. The lineage takes its name from Sed-Gyued Gaden Phodrang, the first Gelug Tantric monastery, founded in 1432 by Jetsun Sherab Sengye, one of the eight principal and direct disciples of Lama Je Tsongkhapa.

Sed-Gyued Datsang Tantric College, Kalimpong, India. November 1999

Jetsun Sherab Sengye founded the monastery in the Sed District of the Tsang region of Tibet according to specific instructions from Lama Je Tsongkhapa and with the help of his own disciple Dulnagpa Palden Zangpo. Known as Sed-Gyued Datsang, the monastery served as the fountainhead of the Gelugpas’ Great Secret Tantric monasteries, popularly called Gyumey and Gyuto Tantric Colleges of Central Tibet.

Sed-Gyued Datsang Tantric College, Kathmandu, Nepal. November 1999

Sed-Gyued Datsang Tantric College
Ponda Godown, 10 1/2 Mile
P.O. Kalimpong 734301
Dist. Darjeeling
West Bengal, India
Telephone: 011-91-3552-55175

Sed-Gyued Datsang Tantric College
Boudha, Tinchuli
G.P.O. Box 1944
Kathmandu, Nepal
Telephone: 011-977-1-478-136

Sed-Gyued Datsang was a remarkable center of Tantric learning, which produced many great masters over the centuries, including the abbot Gyudchen Dorje Zangpo, a previous incarnation of Venerable Segyu Choepel Rinpoche.

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