Ratö Dewachen

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : ར་ སྟོད་ བདེ་ བ་ ཅན
Wylie transliteration : ra stod bde ba can
THDL transcription : Ratö Dewachen
Chinese name
Simplified : 惹 堆 极乐寺
Pinyin : Redui Jile si

Ratö Dewachen ( T. ra stod bde ba can ) or Ratö Monastery ( T. ra stod dgon pa ) is an ancient monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in the Nyetang area of Lhasa in central Tibet. Gya Chingruwa started its construction in 1205. Ngog Loden Sherab ( T. rngog lo blo ldan shes rab ) had worked at this place. It was later referred to as one of the Six Great Buddhist Monasteries of Ü Tsang . It was one of the famous places of study for Buddhist logic and metaphysics.

The monastery is situated in the area of the village Rato the community Nyethang the circle Qüxü County (Chushul) of the prefecture-level city Lhasa of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .

Sherab Rinchen is the author of a work about the monastery, the (Chinese) Redui Nieleixue《惹 對 攝 類 學 / 惹 对 摄 类 学》.

See also

• Nyethang Drölma Lhakhang

literature

reference books

• Zang-Han da cidian . Beijing 1985
• Gyurme Dorje: Tibet handbook: with Bhutan (Rato Monastery)

Web links

• Redui si jingqu (Chinese)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Dewachen (Tib. Bde ba can ) is the Tibetan name for Sukhavati , the Pure Land of Buddha Amitabha .
2. ↑ rgya 'ching ru ba / rGya' Phying-ru-ba (?); Chinese Jia Qinruwa 嘉钦 如 瓦
3. ^ Zang-Han da cidian , p. 2636a. - According to Gurmye Dorje (p. 154), it was founded by Tagtshangpa (Tib. Stag tshang pa ) in the 11th century .
4. ↑ Chinese Xierao Renqin 協 若 仁欽
5. ↑ http://www.huayencollege.org/thesis/PDF_format/2011_017.pdf

Ratö Dewachen (alternative names of the lemma)
惹 堆 极乐寺; 热 堆 极乐寺; 若 堆 极乐寺; ra stod dgon pa; Ratö Gompa; Ratö Gönpa; ra stod dgon; Ratö Gön; Rato Monastery; 聂 塘 极乐寺; 惹 堆 寺; 惹 對 寺; Ratö Gompa

Coordinates: 29 ° 31 ′ 58.2 ″  N , 90 ° 54 ′ 59.3 ″  E