Trode Khangsar
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Trode Khangsar (spro bde khang gsar) is a temple (btsan khang) in Lhasa over 300 years old [1] and is dedicated to Dorje Shugden. The temple has been traditionally managed by the Gelug monastery Riwo Choling, located in the Yarlung valley. [2]
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[edit] Origin
Dorje Shugden is regarded as a protector deity that was reincarnated from the lama Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsen (1619-1656)[3] , a contemporary of the Fifth Dalai Lama. After Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsen was killed by the Fifth Dalai Lama's administration[4] the Fifth Dalai Lama tried to subjugate him as a spirit through various rituals, which were not successful. [5]
Finally the Fifth Dalai Lama relented. "The Fifth Dalai Lama of that time (seventeenth century) invited the still-wandering spirit to become a Srungma of the Gelugpa order, with the result that Shugs-ldan became one of the most popular Srungmas in Tibet. With the encouragement of local lamas, kin groups all over Tibet took on Shugs-ldan as their lineage guardian, many substituting him for the pre-Buddhist one they had before. ."[6]
Regarding the establishment of Trode Khangsar, the only work describing the origin is a travel guide written by a native Tibetan. In here it is stated the Fifth Dalai Lama offered it as a holy abode (gnas) to Dorje Shugden. [7]
The Fifth Dalai Lama's regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, expanded the role of this temple by entrusting it to the Gelug monastery Riwo Choling. [8]
[edit] Function
In addition to being a shrine, Trode Khangsar housed monks from Riwo Choling and an oracle for invoking Dorje Shugden. It has been restored and reclaimed by Riwo Choling since the Cultural Revolution.[9]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tibetan Heritage Fund database item #CA90, http://www.tibetheritagefund.org/old_web/
- ^ Alexander, Andre: "The Temples of Lhasa: Tibetan Architecture from the 7th to the 21st Centuries.", pages 195. Serindia Publications, Inc., 2005
- ^ TBRC P1729
- ^ TBRC P1729
- ^ Mumford, Stan. "Himalayan dialogue : Tibetan lamas and Gurung shamans in Nepal", page 126. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
- ^ Mumford, Stan. "Himalayan dialogue : Tibetan lamas and Gurung shamans in Nepal", page 126. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989.
- ^ rgyal dbang lnga pas rgyal chen shugs ldan gyi bzhugs ngas su phul gnang mdzad pa yin, http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail-outline.xq;jsessionid=50FF486E86D4FCB14AFF129344550C14?address=2.2.15&wylie=n&RID=O1GS48192
- ^ sde srid sangs rgya rgya mtsho thog mar ri bo chos bling du chos bzhugs gnang stabs sde srid kyis btsan khang de'i bdag thob ri bo chos gling la gnang bas ri bo chos gling nas grwa pa bcu gcig dang sku rten bcas gtong ba gnang te btsan khang der brtan bzhugs gnang dgos, http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail-outline.xq;jsessionid=50FF486E86D4FCB14AFF129344550C14?address=2.2.15&wylie=n&RID=O1GS48192
- ^ Alexander, Andre: "The Temples of Lhasa: Tibetan Architecture from the 7th to the 21st Centuries.", pages 195. Serindia Publications, Inc., 2005
[edit] External links
- Trode Khangsar: Dorje Shugden's Jewel in Lhasa Mandala by Trinley Kalsang