Wara monastery

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Tibetan name
Wylie transliteration :
va rva dgon
Other spellings:
Wara Gön; Wara gonpa; Wara Gompa
Chinese name
Simplified :
瓦拉 寺
Pinyin :
Wǎlā sì

The Wara Monastery ( Tib . Va rva dgon ) is located in the Jomda district of the city of Qamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China at an altitude of over 3,400 m.

The monastery, founded in 1243, according to other information in 1253, is a center of the Sakya school in the old Derge kingdom in Kham .

The temple complex has undergone considerable structural changes in recent times.

According to Gyurme Dorje, the main hall contains images of Padmasambhava , Hevajra , Jowo Shakyamuni , Vajrabhairava and Vajrapani , on the sides there are deities of the Sakayapa school; the covered side corridor in the courtyard is decorated with historical figures of the monastic series and King Tenpa Tsering von Derge, together with the well-known motifs of the four harmonious brothers (Thunpa Punzhi), the Indian sadhu leading an elephant (Atsara Langtri) and the Mongol, who leads a tiger (Sokpo Taktri).

Wara-Kanjur

The monastery is famous for its Kanjur edition of the Tibetan Buddhist canon , the so-called Wara-Kanjur , an edition that was created in the 20th century by the Sakya master Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959) from the Kathog monastery .

iconography

Depicted in the convent are characters from the Gesar -Epos, Mountain gods Nyainqentanglha , making Pomra and Trashi Tsheringma , four Lokapalas and a Bhavacakra , Vajrapani , Amitabha , Green Tara , Kubera and two protective gods Shakyamuni , Marpa , Trisong Detsen , Atisha , Padmasambhava , a Dakini , Sakya Pandita , Vajradhara , Milarepa , various Sakya lamas, Künga Legpa and Tsongkhapa .

Rime movement

The mixture of lamas and gurus from different Tibetan Buddhist orders testifies to the influence of the Rime movement ( ris med ) in the 19th century, which originated in this area. According to Geoffrey Samuel, Civilized Shamans , it was an attempt at creating one

"Synthesis of academic and shamanic aspects of Tibetan religion that maintained the academic tradition but retained a much more central place for the shamanic vision than the Gelugpa synthesis allowed. '"

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tibetviaggi.com: Wara Goen in Jomda  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tibetviaggi.com  
  2. ↑ Chinese Wala si 瓦拉 寺
  3. ↑ King Tenpa Tsering (1678–1738) lived in the time of the 8th Tai Situ , Chökyi Chungne (chos kyi 'byung gnas; 1700–1774); see. khyentsefoundation.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / khyentsefoundation.com  
  4. ↑ cf. z. B. Peace: Four Harmonious Brothers ( Memento of May 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Tib. Mthun pa spun bzhi ; see. Four harmonious animals (English)
  6. ↑ Tib. A tsa ra glang khrid
  7. ↑ Tib. Sog po stag khrid
  8. ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Footprint Tibet , p. 491. - See section: Iconography.
  9. ↑ Chinese Wala ban 瓦拉 版; also Wara Kangyur etc. - Cf. David Paul Jackson: A saint in Seattle: the life of the Tibetan mystic Dezhung Rinpoche , p. 599, notes 255 and 256
  10. ↑ See video Wala si: Jingmei de Gesar bihua - youku.com (accessed November 29, 2011)
  11. ↑ Tib. Rma chen SPOM ra
  12. ↑ Tib. Bkra shis tshe ring ma
  13. ↑ tibetviaggi.com: Wara Goen in Jomda  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - accessed on November 29, 2011 (see also Wala si )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tibetviaggi.com  
  14. ↑ G. Samuel, according to tibetviaggi.com: Wara Goen in Jomda  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved November 29, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tibetviaggi.com  
Wara monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Wara gonpa; Wara Gompa; Wara Gön; 瓦拉 寺; Wala si; Wara Monastery; va rva dgon; Wara Goen

Coordinates: 31 ° 39 '13.2 "  N , 98 ° 22' 17.4"  E