a vatican of tibetan buddhism - welcom to pnc
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Min Bahadur Shakya
BOUDHANATH STUPAA Vatican of Tibetan Buddhism
BOUDHANATH STUPAA Vatican of Tibetan Buddhism
Min Bahadur ShakyaPresented by:
Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Methods
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CONTENTS
• Introduction• Its Structure• Entrance• Angular Walls• Azima Shrine• Three Plinths• Dome• Harmika and Buddha’s Eyes• Spire
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Contd.• Legends• History of Boudhanath Stupa• Power places for Pilgrimage and Prayer• Boudhanath: A Vatican of Tibetan Buddhism
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The Main Entrance Gate of Boudhanath Stupa
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View of the Stupa as seen from outside the entrance gate
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A typical Tibetan shop on the side of the entranceway.
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A Caitya on the circumambulatory path of the Stupa
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Entrance Gate (Seen from Inside the Stupa Area)
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The Dome
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Circumambulatory Path and the shops alongside
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Tibetan Nuns circumabulating the stupa
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Base or Vedika of the stupa
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Entrance to the stupa
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Entrance to the stupa
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Shop dealing in ritual instruments alongside the circumambulatory path
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The joined buildings surrounding the circumambulatory path of the Stupa
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Palden Lhamo (Azima) Shrine
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A Large Prayer wheel inscribed with the mantra of Avalokitesvara
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Sakyamuni/Aksobhya Buddha in the niche of the dome
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Vajravarahi.
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A Varuna Nagaraja
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Angular Wall containing the fresco paintings of Enlightened Ones.
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An old monk lost in his prayers
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A Mongolian Lady on Elephant
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General View of Boudhanath Stupa with its three plinths
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The view of the Stupa from the topmost plinth
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General View of Boudhanath Stupa
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The Harmika and Eyes
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Double Thunderbolt (Visvavajra) on the lotus pedestal
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LEGEND OF THE STUPA
• Nepalese Legend• Tibetan Legends
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MONASTERIES SURROUNDING THE STUPA
• Maitreya Vihara• Kanying Shedrupling Monastery• Sechen Monastery• Kopan Monastery• Samtenling Monastery
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Map of Monasteries around Bodhnath
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MAITREYA VIHARA:Jyam Chen Lhakhang
• Main shrine from outside• View from interior courtyard
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A General View of Maitreya Vihara
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Maitreya Vihara: Main Shrine viewed from the Stupa platform
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Maitreya Vihara: View from the interior courtyard
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KANYING SHEDRUPLING MONASTERY
• Main Pathways• Entrance Gate• Main Monastery Building• Wall paintings• Dharma Teaching
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A Passageway leading to the monastery
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Main Entrance gate of White monastery flanked by slant staircases
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One of the Lions guarding the gate of the monastery
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Kanying Shedrupling Monastery
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Main Shrine hall of the Kanying Shedrupling Monastery
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Torma on the altar
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A typical Tibetan shop on the side of the entranceway.
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Mayadevi giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama
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Devotees listening to the Dharma Discourse in White Monastery
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SECHEN MONASTERY
• Main Entrance• Main Shrine Building• Monks Quarter
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Outside garden of the monastery complex
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Main Entrance to Sechen Monastery
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Sechen Monastery
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Building serving as an annexe to Sechen Monastery or Monks Quarter
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KOPAN MONASTERY
• Main shrine• Fresco Paintings in the main shrine• Kalacakra Mandala-3D• Maitreya Buddha Statue• Eleven faced Avalokitesvara• Great Stupa• Bodhisattva sacrificing his flesh and blood• Ksantivadin giving teachings to ladies• Clay images depicting the scenes from Buddha’s Life
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A typical Tibetan shop on the side of the entranceway.
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Kopan Monastery Main shrine hall
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Main Shrine hall of the Kopan Monastery
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The main shrine all of the Kopan Monastery
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Manjusri
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Six Syllable Avalokitesvara, flanked by Manjusri and Vajrapani
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The Wheel of Life
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Fresco of Sakyamuni Buddha on the wall.
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Three Dimensional Kalacakra Mandala
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Maitreya Bodhisattva at the Kopan Monastery Garden
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Eleven faced Avalokiteshvara at the Kopan Monastery Garden
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Bird Eye View of the Beautiful Kopan Monastery Garden with Stupa in background
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Clay images displayed in the park depicting the Mahasattva’s offering of his own flesh to the hungry tigress.
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Clay images depicting the story of Ksantivadin, one of previous life of the Sakyamuni Buddha
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Prince Siddhartha taking ordination
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Clay images depicting the scene from the Buddha’s Life
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Buddha’s Parinirvana
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IMPORTANT LAMAS
• Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche• Ven. Choekyi Nyima Rinpoche• Ven. Chobgay Trichen Rinpoche• Ven. Sakya Trizin• Ven. Lama Thubtan Zopa Rinpoche
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CONCLUSION
• This presentation has been possible under the auspices of sponsorship of Publication Board of the International Journal called “The Great Compassion”, a quarterly Journal.
• We have included this article on this journal with profuse illustrations and audio-visual materials in a CD together with hard copy journal
• Today Boudha has become a remarkable center for Dharma Practice. After 1959, with the influx of high Lamas from Tibet all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions have built substantial monasteries around the stupa. Everyday the Stupa is visited by hundred of pilgrims, and the Tibetan community in exile in the Kathmandu valley has made Boudha the Vatican of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal.
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