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Nenang Monastery, the Glossary

Nénang Monastery is a historical gompa for Buddhist monks and nuns belonging to Sera Monastery.^[1]

Arhat

In Buddhism, an Arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or Arhant (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved Nirvana and liberated from the endless cycle of rebirth.

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Bhikkhu

A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.

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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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Dakini

A ḍākinī (डाकिनी;; хандарма;; alternatively 荼枳尼,; 荼吉尼,; or 吒枳尼,; Japanese: 荼枳尼 / 吒枳尼 / 荼吉尼, dakini) is a type of female spirit, goddess, or demon in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Doilungdêqên, Lhasa

Doilungdêqên District is a district in Lhasa, north-west of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region. Nenang Monastery and Doilungdêqên, Lhasa are Doilungdêqên District.

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Gompa

A Gompa or Gönpa or Gumba ("remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling ("island"), is a sacred Buddhist spiritual compound where teachings may be given and lineage sādhanās may be stored.

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Karma Kagyu

Karma Kagyu, or Kamtsang Kagyu, is a widely practiced and probably the second-largest lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Karmapa

The Gyalwa Karmapa (honorific title: His Holiness the Gyalwa (label) Karmapa, more formally as Gyalwang (label) Karmapa, and informally as the Karmapa Lama) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyu school, itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Khardo Hermitage

Khardo Hermitage is a historical hermitage in Tibet, belonging to Sera Monastery. Nenang Monastery and Khardo Hermitage are sera Monastery.

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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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Nenang Pawo

Nenang Pawo is one of the highest lamas of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Padmasambhava

Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries)... According to some early Tibetan sources like the Testament of Ba, he came to Tibet in the 8th century and helped construct Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet.

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Samanera

A sāmaṇera (Pali), श्रामणेर, is a novice male monk in a Buddhist context.

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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.

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Shamarpa

The Shamarpa (literally, "Person (i.e. Holder) of the Red Crown"), also known as Shamar Rinpoche, or more formally Künzig Shamar Rinpoche, is the second oldest lineage of tulkus (reincarnated lamas).

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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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Tsurphu Monastery

Tsurphu Monastery (or Tölung Tsurphu ("Tsurphu of Tölong") is a gompa which serves as the traditional seat of the Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Gurum in Doilungdêqên District, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, from Lhasa. Nenang Monastery and Tsurphu Monastery are Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Doilungdêqên District and Karma Kagyu monasteries and temples.

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Tulku

A tulku (also tülku, trulku) is a distinctive and significant aspect of Tibetan Buddhism, embodying the concept of enlightened beings taking corporeal forms to continue the lineage of specific teachings.

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13th Dalai Lama

Ngawang Lobsang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal, abbreviated to Thubten Gyatso (12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned during a turbulent era and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.

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References

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

Also known as Nenang Nunnery.

Nenang Monastery, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Arhat

Bhikkhu

China

Cultural Revolution

Dakini

Doilungdêqên, Lhasa

Gompa

Karma Kagyu

Karmapa

Khardo Hermitage

Lhasa

Lhasa (city)

Nenang Pawo

Padmasambhava

Samanera

Sera Monastery

Shamarpa

Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibetan Buddhism

Tsurphu Monastery

Tulku

13th Dalai Lama

See also

1333 establishments in Asia

Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa (prefecture-level city)

Doilungdêqên District

Karma Kagyu monasteries and temples

Sera Monastery

References