Lamaling Monastery

Lamaling Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in the village of Burqug, Tibet. (Buchu, Nyingtri County), about 26km (19 miles) southeast from Bayi Town [Tibet by Bradley Mayhew & Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet Publications, 2005, p.226, pp.230-1] . Lamaling Monastery belongs to the Nyingmapa ,the Ancient Ones, meaning that their lineages go back to the the first transmission of Buddhism from India to Tibet circe 750 CE. The Nyingma Sect incorporated many of the traditions of the native TibetanBon religion which respects Nature and local nature spirits.

The architectural design of the monastery is ingenious, magnificent and solemn for its unique mould and exceptional style [Footprint Tibet Handbook : The Travel Guide by Gyurme Dorje, Footprint Handbooks (1999) p.234 ] . The chapel, in a square courtyard, lies in a green enclosure. The whole monastery looks like a Mandala. It is topped with a golden roof, a pagoda and its walls are painted with white, blue, red and green color belts.

There are two Buddhist Halls, three stories high in the monastery, where bronze and golden figures of Master Padmasambhava are displayed. Lamaling Monastery is located halfway up a mountain slope and in a dense sequestered forest beside a road in Mailing County.

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See also

* List of Tibetan monasteries