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Upon arrival, the saint requested a Tantric consort (Zungma), and in reply the king offered his daughter Lhachig Bumden Tshomo (Menmo Tashi Kyeden), who possessed twenty-one marks of a dakini. [6] After capturing the demon and converting it to Buddhism, Guru Rinpoche cured the Bumthang king. The king himself also converted to Buddhism.
He visited Bhutan three times. Guru Rimpoche first came to Bhutan in 810 A.D. from Nepal via Nabji Korphu in the Trongsa District. The second and third visits were from Tibet. [43] The most famous site of Guru Rinpoche is Paro Taktsang or "Tiger's Nest" monastery which is built on a sheer cliff wall about 900m above the floor of Paro valley.
It is one of the three unique holy places founded by Guru Rinpoche, the other being Aja and Hungrel, where the letters AH and HUM can be seen in different dzongkhags. It is believed that a short crawl through a narrow cave passage on the cliff above the Lhakhang will rid one of impurities, while one can scramble even higher up the cliff through ...
5 July – Sun Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche; 28 July – First Sermon of Lord Buddha; 23 September – Sun Blessed Rainy Day; 2 October – Sat Dashain Festival; 1 November – Coronation of His Majesty the King; 11 November – Birth Anniversary of Fourth Druk Gyalpo; 11 November – Descending Day of Lord Buddha; 17 December ...
Guru Rimpoche plays a great historical and religious role as the national patron saint who revealed the tantras—manuals describing forms of devotion to natural energy—to Bhutan. Following the guru's sojourn, Indian influence played a temporary role until increasing Tibetan migrations brought new cultural and religious contributions.
Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, [1] [3] it is the second oldest and second-largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The dzong houses the sacred relics of the southern Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism , including the Rangjung Kharsapani and the sacred ...
The town is the site of Chakhar Lhakhang, a small and unassuming temple which marks the site of the "Iron Palace" of Sindhu Raja, the Indian monarch who is believed to have first invited Guru Rinpoche to Bhutan in 746. [4] [5] [6]: 34–5 The current building is said to have been constructed by Tertön Dorje Lingpa in the 14th century.
Membartsho (Dzongkha མེ་འབར་མཚོ།), also known as Mebar Tsho, is a holy site, revered as the place where Pema Lingpa, Bhutan's greatest tertön (treasure revealer), discovered several of Guru Rinpoche's terma in the 15th century. [1]