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  2. Padmasambhava - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Paro Taktsang - Wikipedia

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    Guru Padmasambhava, founder of the meditations cave. Wall painting on Paro Bridge. An alternative legend holds that a former wife of an emperor willingly became a disciple of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambahva) in Tibet. She transformed herself into a tigress and carried the Guru on her back from Tibet to the present location of the Taktsang in Bhutan.

  4. Singye Dzong - Wikipedia

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    Singye Dzong is a sacred site of Guru Rinpoche’s enlightened activity located in Khoma Gewog under Lhuentse Dzongkhag at an altitude of more than 4482 meters above sea level. The Dzong is called Singye Dzong since the Dzong (rock) resembles a lion.

  5. Serlung Monastery - Wikipedia

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    Guru Rinpochey. Padmasambhava Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyal ཞབས ... also known as Silung Goenpa, is a 600-year-old monastery in Dawakha, Paro, Bhutan, ...

  6. Thimphu District - Wikipedia

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    Thuji Dra is one of the four cliffs of Guru Rinpoche prophesied to Phajo Drugom Zhigpo by Guru Rinpoche. [5] Buddha Dordenma Statue at Buddha Point is one of the world’s largest and tallest Sitting Buddha statues. It is 169 feet (52 m) and sits upon a large meditation hall. [6] Domtsang Ney is a meditative cave of Guru Rinpoche. [7]

  7. Thongdrel - Wikipedia

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    Thongdrels typically depict a seated Guru Rinpoche surrounded by holy beings in a composition that, unlike most smaller thangkas, is in a "landscape" format, somewhat wider than it is tall. Thongdrels are composed of several layers, mostly of silk. These begin with a backing, then the image itself, made up of appliqué pieces sewn to a background.

  8. Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje - Wikipedia

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    The Bhutanese Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche, Dudjom Tenzin Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche, was born in 1990 in Bhutan, and recognized by Dudjom Sangyum Rigdzin Wangmo, by the 14th Dalai Lama and by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. [26] Yangsi (Wylie: yang srid) is the honorific title given a young child whom is a recognized reincarnation of a high lama, a Tulku.

  9. Yonphula Lhakhang - Wikipedia

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    Yonphula Lhakhang is a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan. It is situated in the Eastern District of Bhutan. The Lhakhang or monastery in Yonphula was founded by Tantric Master Lama Karpo Rinpoche alias Lama Tshewang Penjor. He was the disciple of Tertoen Dudjom Lingpa Jigdrel Yeshi Dorji, who named him as Lama Karpo.