ZEN AND THE BAN -SHIGATSE LAMA.

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

N hin map, we see the intersection Gyantse is indeed the route of many travelers. The Gyantse is about 300km south of Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From Gyantse we only go about 100 km further west is to Shigatse, the second largest city of Tibet. From Shigatse that goes on about 500km south-west is added to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. A few years ago I was watching in Kathmandu Tibet road, no doubt today I stood looking on in Tibet Nepal.

But the direction of Western Tibet, not because my heart boisterous else that just because Bank paints [21], it was way to Gyantse where I was standing over 850km, that place is the dream of my years. I dream of standing on the bank in the plateaus paint Simla in India ten years ago. Bank Laden to paint Tu-di mountain on Earth. Bank paints a visit to the abode of the gods, is the birthplace of the sacred as the Ganges River in India, as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. If I'm going to be there by about 200 km left until Tsaparang, the capital of the kingdom of Guge decline. One can not be all, is it not also a place but do not reach for our dreams, I told myself.

Gyantse to Shigatse road from a route through a verdant plateau is situated at a height of 4000m, running along the Nyang Chu river. Nyang Chu river is a small, blue water. Tibet is sparsely populated country, driving tens of kilometers just to see villages and fields appear. Sometimes the ruined monastery or some ruins located high on a hilltop in appearance as a voice of quiet echo from the past. This is so only Guge kingdom, all of Tibet trieudai are all waning.

About 20km before reaching Shigatse we can see Shalu Monastery. This monastery was built initially in 1040, with architectural mixture of Han and Tibetan people. Today she has found the thatched roof of the monastery by a thungoi with glaze Yuan Dynasty blue, let's see which type of tile in the temples of China. This tile is glazed tiles of the palace xuHue. Under this roof of Shalu monastery of All-sect, Buton has practiced classic and aggregation of the Kanjur and Tanjur. In this monastery Shalu Buton also took the name of the monastery that founded the sect Shalupa.

Time driving to Shigatse was dark. This is the second largest city after Lhasa and bomat of it is gradually transformed into a small city in China with the stall with a metal shutter door. To the state agency with arms all the soldiers at the door. Not far away is the restaurant, before each store also has two of the Han, but the two girls stood in front of our offerings.

Shigatse has been built on an altitude of about 3900m in the 13th century. Shigatse has a famous monastery, which is the Tashilhunpo, it was founded in 1447. This monastery by the disciples of the Tong-guest-third abbot. It is well known in that the first chief of the Achieve-it is the first hybrid and thuhai and the head priest of inheritance is called Ban-lama meditation. When you Dat-Thursday future throne of his then teacher named Choki Gyeltshen (1475-1542) was appointed the fourth Committee-meditation. Since Dat-hybrid embodiment of Avalokitesvara should Ban-meditation teacher Dat-hybrid is considered the embodiment of the A-di-momentum. The Board and the Reach-lai-meditation is seen as eternal as the other teachers, the evidence for this publication vikia was discovered when a new rebirth. Potala palace is dongDat-lai and the Tashilhunpo monastery of the Ban-meditation. These two lines are responsible for teaching their own but the only work by holding the Dat-hybrid giu.The but in the twentieth century, in the presence of China, the problem is not just like that Condon.

I went to the Tashilhunpo Monastery, remote power saw gilt roof shining. Electricity has many works, is surrounded by a wall layer that Tibetan worshipers also take in a round before entering. The entire electrical work occupies an area of ​​150,000 square meters. Electric built to thoDi-Donate, the future Buddha in the main hall and so we immediately see his great statue with a height of 27m, with the entire cast. Di-I love the touch of Tibet than his presentation of China. Each time to pay homage to the Tibetan Donate Di-I looked up to see blue eyes full of wisdom. I remember Ung Hoa supply in Beijing with Di-Donate statue carved from a 18m high tree incense. He reminded me that where "nothing accomplished at all." It's his way of saying that today we would say a modern way is "nothing exists on the basis of self" [22]. The statue at the Tashilhunpo higher in Ung Hoa palace, he has blue eyes, as if to look at what's happening in Shigatse is a historical mystery and humor. So that what happened in Shigatse which is not calculated and rely on each other all that into.

What happened in Shigatse and Tashilhungpo? China has long sought to separate the two lines and the Achieve-The-meditation hybrid. About five 1924Dat-hybrid 13 and No. 9 Board-meditation in conflict with one another, since about the time we can say giando Ban-meditation pro-Chinese policy, and point-hybrid cuaDat is to maintain and restore the political independence of Tibet. When China's march into Tibet and the 14th-lai Dat exile to India in 1959, then the Board of the 10th-meditation is also under detention in Beijing. 1978 Beijing suddenly religious meditation on the board as vice-president of the National Assembly. That tactic is not new to do, nothing less than a political measure to keep the "front of national unity". In January 1989, Ban-meditation on the Shigatse, Tashilhunpo Monastery to sacrifice themselves for the new tower building of the Ban-5den meditation from Monday the 9th. During that ceremony, suddenly died Committee 10th-meditation, which he was only 51. He rarely returned to Tashilhunpo, now back to his monastery after being imprisoned and died at the time of liquid from its own precursor. The mystery of his death instead. Officially, he died of heart disease, but who knows what happened.

Today at Tashilhunpo guests can visit church tower remains two-hybrid Achieve first and second tower of the Ban-meditation 5th to 9th. And since about 10 years with the tower of the Board theGm 10th-meditation which he showed photographs of a wise and healthy. Di-Donate feet how many things had happened, only he knows quite well. For Di-Lac, death is obviously not the end. As for me, the mysterious death of Ban-meditation just repeat again, Buddhism take away from the court and the power, let's leave behind the "eight worldly concerns" [23] .END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY GESHE TASHI TSERING.( MHDT ).26/4/2012.OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).