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Chupzang Nunnery (Chu bzang dgon) is a historical nunnery, belonging to Sera Monastery.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, China, Cultural Revolution, Je Tsongkhapa, Lhasa, Lhasa (city), Lhasa Tibetan, Mahakala, Pabonka Hermitage, Regent, Sera Monastery, The Buddha, Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibetan Buddhism, Trashi Chöling Hermitage, Vajrayogini, Yamantaka, 14th Dalai Lama, 5th Dalai Lama.

  2. Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa
  3. Buddhist nunneries in Tibet
  4. Buildings and structures in Lhasa
  5. Religion in Lhasa
  6. Sera Monastery

Amitābha

Amitābha (अमिताभ; 'Infinite Light') is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Avalokiteśvara

In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (meaning "God looking down (upon the world)", IPA), also known as Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion (mahakaruṇā).

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Je Tsongkhapa

Tsongkhapa (Tibetan: ཙོང་ཁ་པ་, meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Lhasa

Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China.

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Lhasa (city)

Lhasa is a prefecture-level city, one of the main administrative divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Lhasa Tibetan

Lhasa Tibetan, or Standard Tibetan, is the Tibetan dialect spoken by educated people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

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Mahakala

Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Pabonka Hermitage

Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in Tibet. Chupzang Nunnery and Pabonka Hermitage are Sera Monastery.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Sera Monastery

Sera Monastery ("Wild Roses Monastery") is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa and about north of the Jokhang. Chupzang Nunnery and Sera Monastery are Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa and Gelug monasteries.

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The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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Tibet

Tibet (Böd), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about.

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Tibet Autonomous Region

The Tibet Autonomous Region, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is an autonomous region of China and is part of Southwestern China.

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Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is a form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia.

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Trashi Chöling Hermitage

Trashi Chöling Hermitage is a historical hermitage, belonging to Sera Monastery. Chupzang Nunnery and Trashi Chöling Hermitage are Sera Monastery.

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Vajrayogini

Vajrayoginī (Vajrayoginī वज्रयोगिनी;, Dorjé Naljorma) is an important figure in Buddhism, especially revered in Tibetan Buddhism.

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Yamantaka

Yamāntaka (यमान्तक Yamāntaka) or Vajrabhairava (대위덕명왕 Daewideok-myeongwang; 大威徳明王 Daiitoku-myōō; Эрлэгийн Жаргагчи Erlig-jin Jargagchi) is the "destroyer of death" deity of Vajrayana Buddhism.

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14th Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name: Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, also known as Tenzin Gyatso;; born 6 July 1935) is, as the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.

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5th Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–1682) was the 5th Dalai Lama and the first Dalai Lama to wield effective temporal and spiritual power over all Tibet.

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See also

Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa

Buddhist nunneries in Tibet

Buildings and structures in Lhasa

Religion in Lhasa

Sera Monastery

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupzang_Nunnery

Also known as Chupsang Nunnery.