Taklung Monastery, a Kagyu Buddhist monastery about 120 km north of Lhasa, is affiliated with Tibetan Buddhism and was founded by Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal on 1190.
The monastery was founded in 1180 (or 1178) CE by Taklung Thangpa Tashi Pal (11421210), on a site previously inhabited by a famous Kadampa lama, Potawa, who was a disciple of Dromton (10051064), Atisha's chief disciple. 
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