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Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet , located on Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 47 kilometers from Lhasa . ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 167 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Ganden Monastery ...
ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 167 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Ganden Monastery ...
The Geluk (dge lugs) School was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibets best known religious reformer and arguably its greatest philosopher. ...
A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ...
Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西è—, pinyin: XÄ«zà ng or è—区 Zà ngqÅ« [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...
Lhasa prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region Lhasa (Tibetan: ལྷ་ས་; Wylie: lha-sa; Simplified Chinese: 拉è¨; Traditional Chinese: 拉薩; pinyin: LÄsà ), sometimes called Llasa, is the traditional capital of Tibet and the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery . Sera Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ...
Drepung monastery Drepung Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ...
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Ganden (242 words)
Destroyed by bombing and artilery fire in 1966, Ganden is slowly being rebuilt by the courage and devotion of monks with private funds. When Tsongkhapa died at Ganden in 1419, it is reported that his body assumed the form of a 16 year old youth. Ganden is slowly being rebuilt with the courage and devotion of monks using private funds.
Ganden Monastery - The First Gelug Monastery (450 words)
Ganden Monastery was founded near Lhasa in Tibet by Tsongkhapa in 1409 as the first and main Gelug monastery . Tsongkhapa, as the first abbot of Ganden Monastery , was the appointed head of the Gelug sect. As a result, the Ganden Tripa has traditionally been a strong candidate for the position of Regent within the Tibetan government at such times when the Dalai Lama was in his minority, absent or, as on occasion, deceased.
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