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Likir Monastery
Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa (Klud-kyil) is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, Northern India. It is located at 3700m elevation, approximately in the west of Leh. It is picturesquely situated on a little hill in the valley, in Likir village near the Indus River about north of the Srinigar to Leh highway. It belongs to the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism and was established in 1065 by Lama Duwang Chosje, under the command of the fifth king of Ladakh, Lhachen Gyalpo (Lha-chen-rgyal-po). Although Likir is relatively isolated, it was once on a major trade route which travelled via Tingmosgang, Hemis and Likir to Leh. History Likir is mentioned in the Ladakhi chronicles as having been erected by King Lhachen Gyalpo (Lha-chen-rgyal-po) (c. 1050-1080 CE).Francke (1914), p. 87. It presumably, originally belonged to the early Kadampa order of Tibetan Buddhism. When Francke visited the monastery in 1909 he was shown a long inscription written in black ink on a wall which outli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likir
Likir is a village and headquarter of eponymous Subdivision in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.Leh tehsils It is located in the Likir , in the region. is a nearby trekking place.http://www.pbase.com/robert_michael/20040721 It is famous for the nearby Klu-kkhyil (meaning "water spirits") (Buddhist monastery). The |
Songtsän Gampo
Songtsen Gampo (; 569–649? 650), also Songzan Ganbu (), was the 33rd Tibetan king and founder of the Tibetan Empire, and is traditionally credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, influenced by his Nepali consort Bhrikuti, of Nepal's Licchavi dynasty, as well as with the unification of what had previously been several Tibetan kingdoms. He is also regarded as responsible for the creation of the Tibetan script and therefore the establishment of Classical Tibetan, the language spoken in his region at the time, as the literary language of Tibet. His mother, the queen, is identified as Driza Thökar (). The date of his birth and of when he took the throne are not certain. In Tibetan accounts, it is generally accepted that he was born in an Ox year of the Tibetan calendar, which means one of the following dates: 557, 569, 581, 593, 605 or 617 CE. He is thought to have ascended the throne at age thirteen (twelve by Western reckoning), by this reckoning c. 629. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsong Khapa
Tsongkhapa ('','' meaning: "the man from Haidong, Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan people, Tibetan Buddhist Buddhist monasticism, monk, philosopher and Tantra, tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.Tsong khapa (2006), pp. ix-x. He is also known by his ordained name Losang Drakpa (, Sanskrit, Skt. Sumatikīrti) or simply as "Je Rinpoche" (, "Precious Lord"). He is also known by Chinese as Zongkapa Lobsang Zhaba or just Zōngkàbā (宗喀巴). Tsongkhapa was born in Amdo, the son of a Tibetan Longben Tribal leader who also once served as an official of the Yuan Dynasty. As a monk, he studied under numerous teachers of the various Tibetan Buddhist traditions which flourished in Ü-Tsang, central Tibet, including Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school), Sakya, Jonang, Kagyu and Kadam (Tibetan Buddhism), Kadam. Tsongkhapa was a prolific author with a broad knowledge of Buddhist philosop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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