Yerpa

Yerpa
Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: གཡེར་པ Wylie transliteration: g•yer pa Pronunciation in IPA: [[jeːpa]] Official transcription (China): Yêrba Chinese transcription(s) Traditional: 葉巴 Simplified: 叶巴 Pinyin: Yèbā
Monastery ruins, 1993
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Gelug
Location
Location	Yerpa Valley, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Geographic coordinates	29°44.87′N 91°16.83′E / 29.74783°N 91.28050°E / 29.74783; 91.28050
Architecture
Founder	Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Detsen

Yerpa (also known as Brag Yer-pa, Drak Yerpa, Druk Yerpa, Dagyeba, Dayerpa and Trayerpa) is a monastery and a number of ancient meditation caves that used to house about 300 monks, located a short drive to the east of Lhasa, Tibet.^[1]