Garzê monastery

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Garzê monastery
A monk in Garzê

The Garzê monastery (also: Kandze - or Ganzi - monastery or Gönpa ) is located two kilometers north of the large community of Garzê on a hilltop in Tibet , from which Garzê can be overlooked.

history

The monastery was built by the Khoshuud or Qosot Mongols around 1642 AD . It overlooked their Mazur and Khangsar castles . 1,500 monks were once housed here. This made it the largest in Kham with the Qamdo Monastery . The pilgrimage route around the monastery was almost eight kilometers long. From 1909 to 1918 the castles were occupied by Chinese troops and are now ruins.

The monastery has been extensively renovated since 1981 and now houses around 700 monks - including three Trülku , one of whom returned from Switzerland and founded a girls' school.

description

The main meeting room is an eye-catching building with a golden roof that offers excellent views over the valley and the nearby town. Long stairs lead to him. Inside, long corridors lined with red wooden columns lead to the sanctuary. There are three rows of pictures that are raised in glass showcases and depict the founders of the Nyingmapa , Kadampa and Gelugpa traditions. There are also a number of exquisite tankas representing the meditating deities Guhyasamaja , Chakrasamvara and Yamantaka .

On the upper floor there is a library with the kangyur and old pictures of the eleven-faced form of Avalokiteśvara and the great Gelupa teacher Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). There is also a Gonkhang room, which is dedicated to the aforementioned protective deities and which is shot through a spectacular black and gold door - with recently painted pictures of the protective deities.

The Maitreya Hall has a huge image of Jampa ( Maitreya ), the Buddha of the future, flanked by images of Shakyamuni , Tsongkhapa , Dipamkara and Sitatapatra . In the northeast of the monastery there is a renovated white chörten on a hill .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd edition, Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England 1999, ISBN 0-8442-2190-2 , p. 496.
  2. ^ David Leffman, Simon Lewis, Jeremy Atiyah and others: The Rough Guide to China. 4th edition, Rough Guides, New York / London / Delhi 2005, ISBN 1-84353-479-7 , p. 949.
  3. ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd edition, Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England 1999, ISBN 0-8442-2190-2 , p. 496.
  4. ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd edition, Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England 1999, ISBN 0-8442-2190-2 , pp. 496-497.
  5. ↑ Gyurme Dorje (1999): Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd edition, Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England, ISBN 0-8442-2190-2 , p. 497.

literature

  • Gyurme Dorje: Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. 2nd edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England 1999, ISBN 0-8442-2190-2 .
  • Bradley Mayhew, Michael Kohn: Tibet. 6th edition, Lonely Planet, 2005, ISBN 1-74059-523-8 .
  • David Leffman, Simon Lewis, Jeremy Atiyah and others: The Rough Guide to China. 4th edition, Rough Guides, New York / London / Delhi 2005, ISBN 1-84353-479-7 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 31 ° 38 ′ 4 ″  N , 99 ° 59 ′ 7 ″  E