You may have
seen Tashi Lhunpo being written as Tashilhunpo, Trashilhunpo, Trashilhünpo, བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལྷུན་པོ་or扎什伦布寺. If you
write it in one word, Western people might get the idea it is Tashil-hunpo,
which simply is wrong. Trashi is correct (even bkra shis is correct), but it
looks too trashy for such a wonderful temple. The Ü is also correct, but
anglophone people don’t use this umlaut.
The Tashi
Lhunpo Monastery is in Shigatse (Xigaze) and has been founded in 1447 by the 1st
Dalai Lama; actually he wasn’t the Dalai Lama back then as the title has been
accorded to him 104 years after he had died (one should have waited four more
years). The monastery is the traditional seat of Panchen Lama. Panchen means great scholar. The Panchen Lama has high
spiritual authority, only second to the Dalai Lama. The future will show, if
this sequence won’t be reversed.
About
two-thirds of the buildings were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, but
these were mainly the residences for the monks; the monastery however suffered
less damages. One reason might also have been that the Panchen Lama remained in
China and hadn’t fled to Nepal. The Red Guards burnt scriptures and desecrated
the relics of at least two Panchen Lamas. A lot of the stupas canstill be
seen.
The
lingkhor outside the walls climbs up high and has good vistas of Xigaze and the
dzong; remember always walking clockwise.
The middle part is only for
the Panchen Lama or the Dalai Lama
Another great wall to exhibit a thangka
Walking, praying, and resting on the lingkhor
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