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"Verum est, certum et verissimum, quod est, superius naturam habet inferioram et ascendens naturam descendentis."

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Field Work 2.

LADAKH & ZANSKAR 1998

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New Delhi
- {New Delhi - Capital of India}
· New Delhi » Kulu
- {» Jammu & Kashmir state: Kulu  - small Himalayan town}
· Kulu » Manali
- {Manali : Buddhist-Hindu border - Dhungri temple & Gadhan gompa }
· Vhasist
- {Vashisht Muni temple - sacred baths and sădhu ascetics}

Lahaul & Spiti (Western-Tibet)

· Manali » Keylong
- {Crossing the Himalayas - Keylong: Center of Kingdom}
· Keylong - {Keylong gompa : Drugpa monastery - cham-dance}
· Khardang - {Khardong gompa : Drugpa monastery & wedding in the village}
· Satingri - {Tayul gompa : Drugpa monastery}

 

 

Ladakh (Western-Tibet)

· Keylong » Leh
- {Leh = Capital of Ladakh: Tsemo & Sankar & Jokhang gompa, palace}

· Sankar 

- {Sankar gompa : Gelukpa monastery - making of sand mandala}

· Tikse  

- {Tikse gompa : the biggest monastery in Ladakh+big library}

[· Basgo]

- {Basgo gompa and palace : unique Buddha-statues}

· Spitok

- {Spitok gompa : thousand years old temple (Gonkhang)}

· Rizong

- {Rizong gompa : Gelukpa monastery & Julichen nunnery}

· Shara

- {remote mountain village - first westerners ever for many}

· Phugze

- {remote mountain village - first westerners ever for many}

· Matho

- {Matho gompa : trance-lamas}

[· Stagna]

- {Stagna gompa : Drugpa-Kagyü monastery}

[· Phyang]

- {Phyang gompa  : Kagyüpa monastery}
· Leh » Kargil
- {Crossing the Himalayas - Kargil: Muslim-Buddhist border town}

· Leh » [Lamayuru]

- {Lamayuru gompa : important Kagyüpa monastery}

· [Lamayuru » Mulbekh]

- {Mulbekh (Gandentse) gompa & chamba statue}

· [Mulbekh » Shergol]

- {Shergol (Serdung) gompa : the most western Buddhist monastery}
Zanskar (Western-Tibet)
· Kargil » Padum
- {Crossing the Himalayas - Padum : the capital of Zanskar Buddhist Kingdom}

[· Rangdum]

- {Rangdum gompa : Gelukpa monastery in the middle of nowhere}

· Padum

- {Stagrimo (Tagru) gompa : Drugpa-Kagyü monastery with mummies}

· Sani

- {Sani gompa : Kagyüpa monastery - 'magic heads'}

· Karsha

- {Karsha gompa : most important monastery in Zanskar - Mahakala puja}

· Bardan

- {Bardan gompa : Drugpa monastery at the end of the world}

· Thongde

- {Thonde gompa : Gelukpa monastery}

· Zangla

- {Zangla gompa & Chang-chup Choeling nunnery}

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Buddhist Monasteries

I have visited the following 40 monasteries - if you do you will understand the significance:

Tsuglagkhang - Dharamsala (HP, India)
Sankar - Sankar (Ladakh)
Dip Tse-Chok Ling - Dharamsala (HP, India)
Tikse - Tiksey (Ladakh)
Gadhan Thekchoking - Manali (HP India)
(Basgo) - Basgo (Ladakh)
Khardong - Khardong (Lahaul & Spiti)
Rizong - Rizong (Ladakh)
Tayul - Stingri (Lahaul & Spiti)
Julichen - Rizong (Ladakh)
Shashur - Leh (Ladakh)
Shara - Shara (Ladakh)
Jokhang (Soma) - Leh (Ladakh)
Matho - Matho (Ladakh)
Lehchen Spalkhar - Leh (Ladakh)
(Stagna) - Stagna (Ladakh)
Lakhang - Leh (Ladakh)
Spitok - Spituk (Ladakh)
Namgyal Tsemo - Leh (Ladakh)
Shey - Shey (Ladakh)
   

Hemis - Hemis (Ladakh)
Zangla - Zangla (Zanskar)
(Phyang) - Phyang (Ladakh)
Changchup - Zangla (Zanskar)
(Lamayuru) - Lamayuru (Ladakh)
Swayambhunath - Swayambunath (Nepal)
(Serdung) - Mulbekh (Ladakh)
Rigzing Phadrang - Goraknath (Nepal)
(Rangdum) - Rangdum (Zanskar)
Guru Rinpoche - Goraknath (Nepal)
Stagrimo - Padum (Zanskar)
Dongak Chöling - Goraknath (Nepal)
Sani - Sani (Zanskar)
Kopan - Kopan (Nepal)
Karsha - Karsha (Zanskar)
Sechen Tennyi Dargyeling - Bodnath (Nepal)
Bardan - Bardan (Zanskar)
Chinya-Lama - Bodnath (Nepal)
Thonde - Thonde (Zanskar)
Ka-Nying Sheldrup Ling - Bodnath (Nepal)

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