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Labrang Monastery (Tibetan: བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་, Wylie: bla-brang bkra-shis-'khyil) is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its formal name is Genden Shédrup Dargyé Trashi Gyésu khyilwé Ling (Tibetan: དགེ་ལྡན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་བཀྲ་ཤིས་གྱས་སུ་འཁྱིལ་བའི་གླིང༌།, Wylie: dge ldan bshad sgrub dar rgyas bkra shis gyas su 'khyil ba'i gling).
Labrang is located in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo. Labrang Monastery is home to the largest number of monks outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. Xiahe is about four hours by car from the provincial capital Lanzhou.
In the early part of the 20th century, Labrang was by far the largest and most influential monastery in Amdo. It is located on the Daxia River, a tributary of the Yellow River.
The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhépa, Ngawang Tsöndrü.It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Labrang Monastery is situated at the strategic intersection of two major Asian cultures—Tibetan and Mongolian — and was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities. In the early 20th century, it housed several thousand monks. Labrang was also a gathering point for numerous annual religious festivals and was the seat of a Tibetan power base that strove to maintain regional autonomy through the shifting alliances and bloody conflicts that took place between 1700 and 1950.[5]
In April 1985 the Assembly Hall burned down. It was replaced and the new building was consecrated in 1990
The monastery complex dominates the western part of the village. The white walls and gilded roofs feature a blend of Tibetan and Indian Vihara architectural styles. The monastery contains 18 halls, six institutes of learning, a gilded stupa, a sutra debate area, and houses nearly 60,000 sutras.
At its height the monastery housed 4,000 monks. Like so many religious institutions, it suffered during the Cultural Revolution; and the monks were sent to their villages to work. After it was reopened in 1980, many of the monks returned; but the government restricted enrolment to around 1,500.[7]
It has a Buddhist museum with a large collection of Buddha statues, sutras and murals. In addition, a large amount of Tibetan language books, including books on history is available for purchase, together with medicines, calendars, music and art objects.
There used to be a great gold-painted statue of the Buddha, more than 50 feet high, which was surrounded by rows of surrounding Buddhas in niches.[8]
The monastery today is an important place for Buddhist ceremonies and activities. From January 4 to 17 and June 26, to July 15, (these dates may change according to the lunar calendar), the great Buddhist ceremony will be held with Buddha-unfolding, sutra enchanting, praying, sutra debates, etc.
REPKONG - Qinghai Province - Gomari Monastery - China
The Shwenandaw Monastery is a marvel of traditional Burmese art and one of the sights of Mandalay. Teak monasteries can be found at many locations in Myanmar, but few as beautifully adorned as this one.
The present building was originally part of the former royal palace at Amarapura but was moved to it's present location in Mandalay in the 1870s to form a prayer hall for the adjoining monastery.
Today it is a popular visitor attraction for the wealth of beautiful wood carvings adorning it's exterior.
The monastery of Ridzong is the only nun monastery and one of the most beautiful monasteries of Ladakh. It is pictorial highly above a mountain-slope.
Das Kloster Ridzong ist das einzige Nonnenkloster Ladakhs und eines der schönsten Klöster Ladakhs. Es liegt malerisch hoch oben an einem Berghang.
Kumbum Monastery, also known as Ta'er Temple, is a historic site of great significance located in Qinghai, China. Founded in 1583, this Tibetan Buddhist monastery is renowned for its intricate architecture and religious importance.
It is the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, and houses the famous "Tree of Great Merit," which is associated with his birth. The monastery is a spiritual hub that attracts pilgrims and tourists alike, offering a unique glimpse into the rich cultural and religious tapestry of the region.
Bagaya Kyaung : Bagaya est un mot Mon. Il signifie Khayebin Kyaung. Ce monastère a été construit au sud-ouest du Palais d'Inwa en 1593 à Inwa (အင္းဝမ္ရုိ့ aussi connu Innwa Ava ဗ-တေ Ratanapura ရတနာပူရ) au Myanmar ( ြမန်မာ). Pendant le règne de Hsin Phyu Shin (1763-1776), Atwinwun Mahathirijeyathankhya, officier civil de la ville de Magwe a construit ce monastère et l'a dédié à Shin Dhammabhinnanda.
Le site du monastère est situé à environ 16km de Mandalay. Ce monastère a un trois en trois paliers et la salle de lecture, du coté est, a sept paliers. Le monastère a 267 piliers de teak. Le plus gros a 3 mètres de circonférence. Le monastère a quatre escaliers de brique.
Le monastère entier est décoré de sculptures, d'arabesques florales, d'ornements avec figurines sculptées et des reliefs d'oiseaux et d'animaux, oeuvres de la période Inwa.
Bagaya Kyaung : The name Bagaya is a Mon word. It literally means Khayebin Kyaung. The Bagaya monastery was built on the southwest of Inwa palace on 1593 in Inwa (အင္းဝမ္ရုိ့ also known as Innwa Ava ဗ-တေ Ratanapura ရတနာပူရ) in Myanmar ( ြမန်မာ). During Hsin Phyu Shin's reign (1763-1776, Atwinwun Mahathirijeyathankhya, town officer of Magwe built the monastery in the Bagaya monastic establishment and dedicated to Shin Dhammabhinanda.
The site of the monastery is about 16 kilometers from the Mandalay City. The grand Bagaya Monastery has a three-tiered roof and its adjacent religious lecture hall, in the eastern side of the monastery, has a seven-tiered roof. The monastery has (267) teak posts. The largest teak post is 3 meters in circumference. The monastery has four brick stairs.
The entire building of the monastery is decorated with carvings, floral arabesques, the ornamentation with curved figurines and the reliefs of birds and animals, the artistic works of Inwa Era.
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Myanmar ြမန်မာ Inwa အင္းဝမ္ရုိ့ Innwa Ava ဗ-တေ Ratanapura ရတနာပူရ
A favorite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon was to walk up the hill through the park to Strahov Monastery. It’s a real working monestary. It overlooks Prague Castle, Mala-Strana, the Charles Bridge and the Vlatava River. The Library and Museum should not be missed
I loved the pattern of the waves on the sand ridges created by the treacherous currents at this harmless seeming beach....
The monastery at Shey is noted for its giant copper – gilded – gold statue of a seated Shakyamuni Buddha.
Sept 2012
Thegtse Khinmey monastery is belongs to Nyingma lineage of Mindrolling in Mon region Tawang, Arunachal.
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Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Labrang is located in Xiahe County in Gansu province, in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo. Labrang Monastery is home to the largest number of monks outside of Tibet Autonomous Region. Xiahe is located about 4 hours from the city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu.
In the early part of the 20th century, Labrang was by far the largest and most influential monastery in Amdo. It is located on the Sangchu or Xiahe River a tributary of the Huang He or Yellow River.[2]
Labrang Monastery is located in the town of Xiahe, which belongs to the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
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This monastery was built in the 1850's and is still in excellent condition. The last Sisters left the monastery during the 1990's and it has been left abandoned since.
Currently plans are being signed off to renovate the monastery into rooms for students.
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Capriana Monastery - Moldova
Wall paintings in the Orthodox church
Căpriana monastery is a monastery in Căpriana, Moldova, located 40 km north-west of Chişinău.
One of the oldest monasteries of Moldova, Căpriana is located 40 km (25 mi) to the north-west of the country's capital Chișinău in a picturesque forested area once called Codrii Lăpușnei.
The first significant reference dates from a document issued in 1429 that gave Căpriana the status of royal monastery on behalf of Alexander the Good. In this deed the holy abode was referred to as "mănăstirea de la Vâșnovăț unde este egumen Chiprian" (the monastery of Vâșnovăț where the hegumen is Chiprian) and was given in the possession of Alexander's wife - princess Marena.
Ettal Monastery.
In 1328, the Holy Roman Emperor was returning from Rome with what was considered a miraculous statue of Mary and Jesus. He was in political and financial trouble, so to please God, he founded a monastery with this statue as its centerpiece. The monastery became important as a place of pilgrimage.