Lhalung Monastery
The Lhalung Monastery ( Tib . : lha lung dgon pa ) was originally a monastery of the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism . It was founded in 1155. It is located in Lhozhag (Lhodrag) County of Shannan Governorate in Tibet , China .
Under the 5th Dalai Lama , the monastery became a Gelugpa monastery. Thanks to the special favor of the 5th Dalai Lama and the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty , the monastery enjoyed great prestige that extended beyond Tibet to Bhutan . The place of the monastery was well known in Tibet because the monk Pelgyi Dorje von Lhalung ( lha lung dpal gyi rdo rje ) killed the last Tibetan king Lang Darma and thus ended the Tubo dynasty .
It was the seat of the early Pawo incarnations of the Karma Kagyu tradition (see main article Pawo Rinpoche and Nenang Monastery ). After being taken over by the Gelugpa in the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, it was given to the Peling ( Pema Lingpa ) incarnations.
The famous Tibetan work A Festival for the Elders by Pawo Tsuglag Trengwa was written here.
It has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2013 .
literature
- Bryan J. Cuevas: The hidden history of the Tibetan book of the dead (with a photo of the monastery by Andrew Quintman)
References and footnotes
- ↑ Lalong Baiji Duoji 拉隆 • 白 吉多吉
- ↑ Chinese Bawo huofo 拔 卧 活佛 (also 巴 俄 活佛 and 巴 吾 活佛)
- ↑ ywiki.tsadra.org: Lhalung Monastery - found June 4, 2010.
- ↑ cf. Wang Yao, Wang Qilong & Deng Xiaoyong: Zhongguo Zangxue shi: 1949 nian qian (Beijing: Minzu chubanshe; Qinghua daxue chubanshe, 2003) and Dan Martin, Yael Bentor: Tibetan histories: a bibliography of Tibetan-language historical works
| Lhalung Monastery (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Lalong si; 拉隆 寺; 洛扎拉隆 寺, Lho-brag lha-lung, Lhalong Monastery, Lhalung Gompa, lho brag lha lung dgon pa |