The Med college

This college was founded by Jamgchub Woser, a monks originally from the Gungru House, a disciple of Tsongkhapa's spiritual son, Gyaltsan Sangpo form the Gungru House. After achieving a deep knowledge of both mantric and tantric Buddhism from Choje Dhargye Sangpo and Tsungme Gyaltsen Sangpo, he then meticulously taught what he had learned to his fortunate disciples. Among his disciples, was a monks named Jangsem Sherab Sangpo who held the desire of returning to his home town and found the Gelupa Sect there. His teacher, Jangchub Worser, had sensed of his plan, thus a cordial reception by his teacher followed requesting him to return to the eastern part of Tibet to preach Buddhism there. When his teacher had offered request, he began to question himself whether there was! Any wrongness of his staying in the Sera Monastery. He there for went to the Ganden Monastery to ask for the advice of Gyatsab Rinpoche, who gave the answer as follows: "It is very beneficial for you to go to the eastern part of Tibet, and there you will gather a large number of followers at the nearby mountains of the Kham region. As a consequence the Chamdo monastery took shape and a lot of beneficial things achieved for the peaple of Kham. The idea of Jangchub Woser proved of success.

The Med college includes houses as follow: Shungpa, Bopor, Gyalrong, Metsa, Kongpo, Yerpa, Metsang, Tsador, Taven, Rongpo, Gungru, Minyag, Thepo, Ara, marnyung and Powo. The five hermitages blong to this college follows: Chubzang, Phabongka, Jogbo, Tashi Choiling and Pinglung.

The twenty-three sub-monasteries to which the Abbots were sent by this college follows: Yanteng Jadul in Ngari, Shelkar Chode in Shelkar, Kyunglong-gon in Ngari, Chamdo-gon in Kham, Samling-gon in Kham, Gyalton Deten-gon in Lhodag, Tashi Choling-gon in Lhodag, Bhamrim Chode in Dhapo, Bug La-gon in Kongpo, Gaden Phelgye Ling in Sog, Chungpo Chokor-gon in Sog, Tawon-gon, Rongpo-gon, Segon, Phorog-gon, Chozong taktsi Ritro-gon, Jangchub Ling, Tardro-gon, Zibug in Maldro Gonkar, Kama Gonsar in Lhasa, Nomdrol-ling in Dhapo.

The monk population of the college: there were 2659, among whom 38 were incarnated Lamas. The Med college we see today was founded in 1761 by Demo Sikyong Delek Gyatso. The assembly hall, 80 columns in all, covers a floor space of 1620 square meters, measuring from the other line of the wall.