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Lhasa, [a] officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, [b] is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. [ 4 ] Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of 3,656 metres (11,990 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world .
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain [citation needed]) or Ganden Namgyeling or Monastery of Gahlden [1] is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries located in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet.
Before the PRC takeover the city of Lhasa had a population of 25,000–30,000, or 45,000–50,000 if the large monasteries around the city are included. [57] The old city formed a quadrangle about 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) around the Jokhang temple, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east of the Potala Palace. [58]
Songtsen Gampo and Bhrikuti built a great temple, the Tsulag Khang (or 'House of Wisdom') to house the images, which is now known as the Jokhang ('House of the Lord') in the heart of Lhasa, and is considered to be the most sacred temple in Tibet. [citation needed] Bhrikuti is usually represented as Green Tara in Tibetan iconography. Bhrikuti ...
Away Holidays spotlighted New York City as a top wellness destination. Paris, France, followed as it boasts 1,098 spiritual attractions, most notably the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Westerners unfamiliar with Tibetan Buddhism initially turned to China for understanding. In Chinese, the term used is Lamaism (literally, "doctrine of the lamas": 喇嘛教 lama jiao) to distinguish it from a then-traditional Chinese Buddhism (佛教 fo jiao). The term was taken up by western scholars, including Hegel, as early as 1822.
The temple, considered the "spiritual heart of the city" and the most sacred in Tibet, [7] [8] [9] is at the center of an ancient network of Buddhist temples in Lhasa. It is the focal point of commercial activity in the city, with a maze of streets radiating from it. [8] The Jokhang is 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) east of the Potala Palace. [10]
Similarly, Tibetan Buddhism was referred to as "Lamaism" [1] by early western scholars and travelers who perhaps did not understand that what they were witnessing was a form of Buddhism; [1] they may also have been unaware of the distinction between Tibetan Buddhism and Bön. The term Lamaism is now considered by some to be derogatory. [5]