Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka,
is a historical hermitage, today belonging to
Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of
Lhasa in the
Nyang bran
Nyang bran (Tibetan ཉང་བྲན།) is a suburb district and valley located several kilometres north of the city of Lhasa, Tibet.http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa500d_0x0017948e.pdf The valley is noted for its hermitages, belonging to the Sera Mo ...
Valley on the slopes of
Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in
Tibet.
Founded by
Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage.
File:Pabonka Monastery (23676936891).jpg, Pabonka Hermitage
File:Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG, Looking towards Lhasa from Pabonka Hermitage
File:Pabonka Monastery (23131148924).jpg, prayer flags
File:Pabonka Monastery (23132913783).jpg
File:Pabonka Gonpa - 2062466863.jpg, Ruins
File:Pabonka Monastery (23391791409).jpg
File:Pabonka Monastery (23759312595).jpg
Footnotes
References
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Gyurme Dorje
Gyurme Dorje (1950 – 5 February 2020) was a Scottish Tibetologist and writer.
Early life
In Edinburgh he studied classics at George Watson's College and developed an early interest in Buddhist philosophy. He held a PhD in Tibetan Literatur ...
. (1999). ''Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan''. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks Ltd., Bristol, England. . In USA published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing. Chicago. .
* Dowman, Keith. (1998). ''The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide''. Routledge & kegan Paul, London.
External links
YouTube footage of Pabonka
{{Buddhist monasteries in Tibet
Buddhist hermitages in Lhasa
Sera Monastery
7th-century establishments in Tibet
Chengguan District, Lhasa