Kandze Monastery

The Garzê Monastery (also: Kandze or Ganzi Monastery or Gönpa ) is located two kilometers north of the greater community Garzê on a hilltop in Tibet, can be overlooked from which Garzê.

History

The monastery was built about 1642 AD by the Khoshuud or Qosot Mongols. It surveyed their castles Mazur and Khangsar. Were once housed here 1,500 monks. So it was with the Qamdo the largest monastery in Kham. The pilgrim path around the monastery at that time was almost eight kilometers long. From 1909 to 1918, the castles were occupied by Chinese troops and are now ruins.

The monastery was extensively renovated in 1981 and now houses about 700 monks - including three Trülku, one of whom returned from Switzerland and founded a girls' school.

Description

The main meeting room is an eye-catching building with a golden roof, from which one has an excellent view over the valley and the nearby town. To him, a long staircase. Inside lead long corridors, which are taken by red, wooden columns, the holy of holies. There are three rows of pictures that are exhibited increases in glass cases and represent the founder of the Nyingmapa, Kadampa and Gelugpa tradition. Also, there are a number of exquisite tankas representing the meditating deities Guhyasamaja, Cakrasamvara and Yamantaka.

Upstairs is a library in the Kangyur and old pictures of the eleven -faced form of Avalokiteśvara and the large Gelupa Teacher Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) are located. There is also a Gonkhang room, dedicated to the aforementioned protective deities and is shot by a spectacular black and gold finish door - with recently painted images of guardian deities.

The Maitreya Hall has a huge picture of Jampa ( Maitreya ), the Buddha of the future, flanked by images of Shakyamuni, Tsongkhapa, Dipamkara and Sitatapatra. In the northeast of the monastery is located on a hill a refurbished white chorten.