Dzogchen Monastery, one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, located in Kham within modern day Dêgê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, will become especially renowned for its Sri Singha Shedra, which established by Gyelsé Zhenpen Tayé during the time of Mingyur Namkhé Dorje, 4th Dzogchen Rinpoche shortly after the monasteryis almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1842.


Shedra meaning "place of teaching" but specifically refers to the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries.