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The monks of the main monasteries of the autonomous region of Tibet (southwest) met in Lhasa, Tibetan capital, to take the yearly exam permitting to get the title of Geshe Lharampa, the most elevated academic diploma of the Tibetan Buddhism.

A total of 331 monks come from the monasteries of will be, of Ganden and Drepung and the temple of Jokhang participated to a session of revision of 14 days in a monastery situated to 30 km of the downtown of Lhasa, during which they debated interpretations of the Buddhist Sutra and proceeded to simulations of oral tests.

The session that began December 30, allows the monks to get ready to permitting the official exam to get the title of Geshe Lharampa (doctorate in philosophy), the most elevated of the academic diploma school of Gelugba, also known as the "Yellow Sect ", of the Tibetan Buddhism, that will take place next spring.

The exact date of the official exam has not yet been decided.

The exam and the session of revision go back up to close to one thousand years. They have been suspended during sixteen years following a riot provoked by separatists in 1988.

22 monks received the title of Geshe Lharampa since the exam took in 2004.