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The monastery's full formal name is Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargyeling, but it's called "Namdrolling or Namdroling" for short. Its initial structure was a temple constructed from bamboo , covering an area of approximately 80 square feet (7.4 m 2 ) and its founder Penor Rinpoche lived in a tent.
Bylakuppe consists of a number of agricultural settlements, colonies are close to each other, and has number of monasteries and temples in all the major Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Most notable among them are the large educational monastic institution Sera Monastery , the smaller Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (both in the Gelug tradition) and ...
The monastery is the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lamas, the second highest ranking tulku lineage in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The "Tashi" or Panchen Lama had temporal power over three small districts, though not over the town of Shigatse itself, which was administered by a dzongpön (prefect) appointed from Lhasa.
In 1776, the first Tibetan Buddhist Temple in the plains of India, Bhot Bagan Moth was founded in Ghusuri by Puran Giri by the help of the third Panchen Lama. [19] [20] The main organisation of the Tibetan diaspora is the Central Tibetan Administration of the 14th Dalai Lama based in the McLeod Ganj suburb of the city of Dharamsala in India.
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Ayang Rinpoche was considered a foremost authority on Buddhist afterlife rituals and Tibetan Pure Land Buddhism; he gave teachings and initiations to the practice of phowa in Tibetan and English annually in Bodh Gaya, India and across the world in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. He established a school, medical clinic and education ...
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