Rebuilding Tsurphu (1992 to 1999), the 17th Karmapa's own official website account of the physical rebuilding of Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet following its destruction during the Cultural Revolution, carries direct authority for the reconstruction project it describes as the institution's own primary account. Its strength is that direct institutional authority. Its limit is that it is a self-account of the Karmapa's own lineage's history, not independent scholarly history of the monastery or the broader Tibetan Buddhist institutional recovery of that period.
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Reliability Tier2
Organization-primary-source shape (a religious or civic body's own official website about itself). This is an institutional self-account and sits at tier 2; tier 3 is reserved narrowly for a tradition's own account of its own teachings and practice, not for an organization's own website about itself. NotesThe 17th Karmapa's own official website account of the rebuilding of Tsurphu Monastery, 1992 to 1999; an institutional self-account, not independent scholarly history.
Citation
PublisherKarmapa, the Official Website of the 17th Karmapa
URLhttps://kagyuoffice.org/in-tibet/rebuilding-tsurphu-1992-1999/
Source Typeorganization primary source
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- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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