Buchu Monastery
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Deity | Guru Rinpoche / Padmasambhava |
| Location | |
| Location | China |
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| Architecture | |
| Founder | King Songtsen Gampo. |
| Established | 7th century CE |
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Buchu Monastery, Buchu Sergyi Lhakhang, or Buchasergyi Lakang Monastery (Tibetan: བུ་ཆུ་གཟི་བྱིན་ལྷ་ཁང, Wylie: bu-chu gzi-byin lha-khang) is a temple in an ancient monastery about 28 km south of the modern town of Bayi, which replaces the old village of Drakchi, in Nyingchi County of eastern Tibet, China.
Description
[edit | edit source]The two-storied monastery has a striking golden roof which can be seen from afar. There have been only eight monks living here recently.[1][2]
Previously the temple contained images of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava, and the upper floor had eight images of Amitayus which have not yet been restored. The lower part of the large Padmasambhava downstairs survived, and still contains the zungjuk or mantra-core.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]The original buildings here were built during the 7th century reign of King Songtsen Gampo. It was created as one of the eight "demoness-subduing" temples, and was constructed according to geomantic theory on the right elbow of the ogress who represented Tibet. It is the oldest Buddhist structure in the eastern Tibetan region of Kongpo. It originally belonged to the Nyingmapa, but by the 17th century there were Gelugpa present here, and it formally adopted by them during the time of the Regent, Demo Rinpoche (r.1886-1895).[4]
Geomancy
[edit | edit source]The temple is part of a network of 12 temples arranged around Jo-khang temple at Lhasa.[5] All of them were built in the time of King Songtsen Gampo.[6]
Footnotes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Dorje (1999), p. 233.
- ^ Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn (2005), p. 234
- ^ Dorje (1999), p. 233.
- ^ Dorje (1999), p. 233.
- ^ Schwartzberg, J.E. (1994): "Maps of Greater Tibet", chapter 15 in Harley, J.B. and Woodward, D. (1994): "Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies", in Series "History of Cartography", Vol.2, Book 2
- ^ RigpaWiki: Thirteen geomantic temples
References
[edit | edit source]- Dorje, Gyurme. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. (2nd Ed.) Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael Tibet. (2005). 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
