Yerpa
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===Early years=== |
===Early years=== |
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[[File:Young monk in meditation cell, Yerpa, Tibet. 1993.jpg|thumb|Young monk in meditation cell, Yerpa]] |
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There are a number of small temples shrines and hermitages and the cliffs contain some of the earliest known meditation sites in Tibet, some dating back to pre-Buddhist times. Among the more famous are those traditionally connected with [[Songtsen Gampo]] (604–650 CE), (traditionally the [[List of emperors of Tibet|33rd king of the Yarlung dynasty]] and first emperor of a united Tibet). His Tibetan queen, Monza Triucham, founded the Dra Yerpa temple here.{{sfn|Dorje|1999|pp=68–69}} |
There are a number of small temples shrines and [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitages]] and the cliffs contain some of the earliest known meditation sites in Tibet, some dating back to pre-Buddhist times. Among the more famous are those traditionally connected with [[Songtsen Gampo]] (604–650 CE), (traditionally the [[List of emperors of Tibet|33rd king of the Yarlung dynasty]] and first emperor of a united Tibet). His Tibetan queen, Monza Triucham, founded the Dra Yerpa temple here.{{sfn|Dorje|1999|pp=68–69}} |
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He and his two foreign-born queens are said to have meditated in the 'Peu Marsergyi Temple' and in the 'Chogyel Puk', and to have discovered 'self-originated' symbols of the Buddha-body, speech and mind. [[Padmasambhava]], or Guru Rinpoche (late 8th to early 9th century), meditated and practiced [[tantric yoga]] with his [[yogini]] [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] here, and to have spent 7 months in meditation in the 'Dawa Puk', which is considered to be one of his three most important places of attainment.{{sfn|Dorje|1999|p=141}} |
He and his two foreign-born queens are said to have meditated in the 'Peu Marsergyi Temple' and in the 'Chogyel Puk', and to have discovered 'self-originated' symbols of the Buddha-body, speech and mind. [[Padmasambhava]], or Guru Rinpoche (late 8th to early 9th century), meditated and practiced [[tantric yoga]] with his [[yogini]] [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] here, and to have spent 7 months in meditation in the 'Dawa Puk', which is considered to be one of his three most important places of attainment.{{sfn|Dorje|1999|p=141}} |
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