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    articles of offerings to the Gönpa. Following this, 35 new and old subsidiary meditation and learning centres of the Gangteng Gönpa have been established in...
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    Gebchak Gonpa - also spelled Gecha Gon, Gechak, Gechag, and Gebchak Gompa - lies in the remote mountains of Nangchen, Eastern Tibet (Nangqian County,...
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    Nangzhik Gompa (redirect from Narshi Gonpa)
    Nangzhik Monastery (Wylie: snang zhig dgon, Chinese: 郎依寺, locally pronounced "Narshi" or "Nogi"), formerly known by several other names (Wylie: snang zhig...
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    Gompa (redirect from Gonpa)
    A Gompa or Gönpa or Gumba (Tibetan: དགོན་པ།, Wylie: dgon pa "remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling (Wylie: gling, "island"), is a sacred...
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    000 persons arrive at the airport each year. Kila Gonpa, also known as Kila Dechen Yangtse, the gonpa was founded by Chogyal Norbu, the seventy-generation...
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  • All Ladakh Gonpa Association (ALGA) is the central organisation of the Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh, India. It aims to preserve and strengthen the monastic...
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    deeply religious in nature, from the exquisitely detailed statues found in Gonpas to wooden carvings and the intricate designs of the Thangka paintings. Tibetan...
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    mandala, 19th century, Seula Gonpa, Punakha, Bhutan Bhutanese painted thangka of Guru Nyima Ozer, late 19th century, Do Khachu Gonpa, Chukha, Bhutan Bhutanese...
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    early 17th century efforts were made to restore the destroyed artefacts and gonpas by Sengge Namgyal, the son of Jamyang and Gyal. He expanded the kingdom...
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  • "genderless" or "without genitals". The 13th-century Tibetan monk Gyalwa Yang Gönpa, who was one of the significant figures in the early Drukpa Kagyu sect,...
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    students worldwide. He was the sixteenth tülku of the Chagdud line. Chagdud Gonpa centers practice Tibetan Buddhism, primarily in the Nyingma tradition of...
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    Athang Gewog and contains the Gangteng Monastery, also known as Gangtey Gonpa, on a spur surrounded by the village Gangtey. The valley also hosts one...
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    Monastery (Tibetan: འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན་པ, Wylie: bras spungs dgon pa, THL: drépung gönpa, "Rice Heap Monastery"), located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of...
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    thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan Milarepa, Tempera on cotton, 21x30 cm, 2008 Otgonbayar...
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    introduced to the monastic life in Samstanling Gonpa before enthroned on 12 August 2010 in Pethup Gonpa in Spituk. He is believed to be the 20th incarnation...
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  • Thumbnail for Khadro Ling Buddhist Temple
    The Buddhist Temple of Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling, also known as: Khadro Ling Buddhist Temple or simply Buddhist Temple of Três Coroas is a Buddhist temple...
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    Jungshina to the north and Sangyegang to the south. It contains the Drubthob Gonpa/Zilukha Nunnery once belonged to the Drubthob (Realized one) Thang Thong...
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    sons of Tibetan "respectable families" – W. N. Kyipup, K. K. Möndö, Sonam Gonpa Gongkar and R. D. Ringang – to England, in 1913, so they could be educated...
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    the British replaced them. The monastery is also referred to as Lhaöpé Gönpa (Wylie: lha 'od pa'i dgon pa): Lha-'od seems to be the local pronunciation...
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  • view over the central part of Nubra. Samstanling Gonpa is located to the North, overlooking Diskit Gonpa. This monastery holds equal significance and is...
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    Namgola, the sacred cliff of Chagri Tsen, Draknang Gonpa, Lomochi Gonpa, Gorinang, Tenchen Gonpa, Kichu Lakhang and Santsam Chorten. Bstan-vdzin-rnam-rgyal...
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    Ramoche Gonpa, Wencheng's legacy, built originally to house the statue Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche...
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    Karma Gon Monastery, (Tibetan: ཀརྨ་དགོན་པ, Wylie: karma dgon pa, THL: karma gönpa ; Chinese: 噶玛寺; pinyin: gámǎ sì) the original monastery of the Karma Kagyu...
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  • Thumbnail for Tenchen Choeling nunnery
    Tenchen Choeling Nunnery (also known as Tencha Goempa, Tengchenkha Gonpa and Tengchen Goemba) is a Buddhist College (shedra) for nuns, situated above...
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    Painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th Century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan...
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  • Transcriptions Wylie zur mang dgon pa THL Zurmang Gönpa Tibetan Pinyin Surmang Goinba Lhasa IPA [suːmaŋ kø̃pa]...
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  • Lodi Buddhist Church of Sacramento Buddhist Church of Stockton Chagdud Gonpa: Center and Practice Group Directory Davis Shambhala Center Fresno Buddhist...
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    of over US$134,500 to the Wangdue Phodrang Reconstruction Fund. Dolung Gonpa is located at the Wangdue. Based on the oral tradition, this monastery is...
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  • ISBN 978-87-7288-791-3: "They founded the renowned Hemis Gonpa, Chemre Gonpa and Wanla Gonpa [Hanle]. Sengge Namgyal also had a monastery built at Tashigang...
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