- Yumbulagang
Yumbulagang or Yumbu Lhakhang is an ancient fort in the district of Nêdong in the vicinity of
Zêtang in the countyShannan , in theTibet Autonomous Region of thePeople's Republic of China . Alegend counts Yumbulagang as the first building in Tibet.According to a legend of followers of the
Bön religion, Yumbulagang was erected in the second century B.C. for the first Tibetan kingNyatri Tsenpo , descended from the sky. During the reign of the 28th king LhaThothori Nyantsen in the fifth century a goldenStupa , a jewel (and/or a form to the manufacture of dough-Stupas) [Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche: [http://www.ratna.info/ny/ny_8emanationes.html The Eight Manifestations of Guru Padmasambhva] "(ratna.info)"] and aSutra that no one could read fell from the sky on the roof of Yumbulagang; a voice from the sky announced: "in five generations one shall come, that understands its meaning!" [Eva M. Dargyay: The Rise of Esoteric Buddhism in Tibet (Delhi, Motinal Banarsidass 1979), ISBN 81-208-1577-7, S. 4.] Later, Yumbulagang became the summer palace of the 33rd kingSongtsen Gampo and princess Wencheng. After Songtsen Gampo had transferred his seat toLhasa , Yumbulagang became ashrine and under the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama,Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso , a monastery of theGelugpa school.The Yumbulagang was heavily damaged during the
Cultural revolution and was reconstructed in the 1980's .Books
* ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho: bod kyi deb ther dpyid kyi rgyal mo’i glu dbyangs. Kapitel 2 und 3. Übersetzung von Zahiruddin Ahmad ins Englische: A History of Tibet by the Fifth Dalai Lama of Tibet (Bloomington, Indiana University 1995), ISBN 0-933070-32-2.
* nor brang o rgyan: gangs can yul gyi sa la spyod pa’i mtho ris kyi rgyal byon gtso bor brjod pa’i deb ther rdzogs ldan gzhon nu’i dga' ston dpyid kyi rgyal mo’i glu dyangs-kyi ’grel pa yid kyi dga’ ston (Beijing, mi rigs dpe skrun khang / Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社 1993), ISBN 0-933070-32-2.External links
* [http://www.thdl.org/xml/show.php?xml=collections/history/hsct/sites/hsctregions.xml&div=hsct5734&m=hp Yum bu bla sgang] "(Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library)"
Reference
* [http://www.rinpoche.com/stories/tibet1.htm History of Tibet – A Few Chapters (Part 1)]
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