Drag Yerpa

Plastic by Songtsen Gampo in his meditation cave in Yerpa

Drag Yerpa ( Tib . : brag yer pa ; Chinese  叶 巴 寺 , Pinyin Yeba si or 耶巴 寺 ) is a rock monastery of Tibetan Buddhism dating back to the 7th century .

The caves of the monastery are located near the village of Yerpa at the foot of the mountain Yerpa Lhari (Tib .: yer pa lha ri ; Chinese 叶 巴山Yeba Shan ), about 30 km northeast of Lhasa in the Tagtse Dzong district . It is considered to be one of the most sacred caves in this region. Many famous personalities have stayed here - including Songtsen Gampo from the Yarlung dynasty , Padmasambhava , Atisha , Vairocana and Gendün Gyatsho  - and contributed to the great sanctity of the place.

The monastery is on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region .

See also

• Sinmo

literature

• Elena De Rossi Filibeck: Names of known and less known places in Yer pa . In: Louis Ligeti (Ed.): Tibetan and Buddhist Studies Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Alexander Csoma de Körös . Volume 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1984, ISBN 963-05-3903-9 , pp. 237-247.

Web links

• Drak Yerpa
• view
• Yeba si
• Hermitages, shrines and temples of Dra Yerpa
• The Bell at Yer-pa

Coordinates: 29 ° 44 ′ 47 "  N , 91 ° 16 ′ 51"  E