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Popular Monasteries In Tibet |
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Tibet Popular Monasteries |
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Sakya Monastery |
Lies 143km to the southwest of
Shigatse, Sakya Monastery, the center of the
sakya order of the Tibetan Buddhism, was founded
in 1073 by Knochok Gyalpo. During the rule of
the Skayapas the priest patron relationship
between Tibet and China was established.
Sakyapas rulers reigned over Tibet for nearly a
hundred years from 13th - 14th century. Many of
its priceless images, frescos, statues holy
scriptures remaining today date back to the time
of its founding.
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Tashilunpo Monastery |
Founded in 1447 by Dendun Drup,
the first Dalai Lama. It is the seat of the
Panchen Lama who is second to the Dalai Lama in
Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy. The 05 the Dalai
Lama declared that his teacher, then the Abbot
of Tashiliunpo, was a manifestation of the
Buddha Amitabha and the fourth in line of
incarnate lamas who would hence forth be
referred to by the title of Panchen Rinpoche,
Tashilhunpo has one of the world's largest
statues-a 09 storied gilded bronze statue of
Maitriya, of the future Buddha
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Sera Monastery |
Once it was the second largest
of all monasteries in Tibet. Sera "Enclosure of
Wild Rose ", it was founded in 1419 by a
disciple of Tsong Khapa. At its peak, it housed
over 7000 monks and was famous for its warrior
monks, the "Dob-Doa " ' We will visit Ngawa
chanting ball and see the remarkable murals in
the Drezme college's chanting Hall.
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Jolkhang Temple |
Situated in the heart of old
Lhasa, houses which was brought as a gift by the
Chinese princes Wen Cheng on the occasion of her
wedding the Tibetan king, Songtsen Gompo.
Surrounding the Jolkhang Temple is the bustling
Bharkhor market place which is the religious and
social focus of Lhasa
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Drepung Monastery |
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Drepung lies 8km west of Lhasa
on the main road, then 3km north a steep
unpaired road. Its name Drepung Means "Rice Heap
", was the biggest and the richest of all
monasteries in Tibet. This monastery is said to
be the largest monastery in the world, housing
over 10000 monks and governed 7700 subsidiary
monasteries and was divided into four colleges,
each with its chanting ball, dormitories,
kitchens and offices. It was founded in 1416 by
the disciple of Je Tsonkhapa, founder of the
Yellow Hat Gelukpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The
second, third and fourth Dalai Lamas lived and
were entombed here. The entire monastic
communities assemble only for special ceremonies
and festivals. Today, about 400 monks lived
there. Approaching Drepung, you will see the
Nechung Temple, the home of the State Oracle the
present oracle lives in India. |
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