Dongga Temple

Dongga Temple

Dongga temple was built at the beginning of the 16th century and has a history of more than 500 years. It is a branch of zhashlunbu Temple of yellow religion. It is located on the Western hillside of shangyadong Township, 13 kilometers away from the county seat. Named after Dongga mountain, it is a Gelug temple with the largest scale and influence in Yadong, and also a temple of great significance in modern Tibetan history. In the temple, there are Tangka relics of the late Qing Dynasty. The mural carving art in the temple has a unique ornamental value. On July 16, 1951, after arriving in Yadong via India, Zhang Jingwu, a representative of the Central People's government, met with the 14th Dalai Lama. He handed in Chairman Mao Zedong's personal letter to the Dalai Lama and 17 copies of the agreement. At the same time, he publicized the party's wise policies. Up to now, there is still a "monument for talks" in front of the temple. It has profound historical significance.

Building facilities

Dongga temple sits in the form of quadrangle with east facing west. It is composed of two sutras halls, a retreat, three lamas and hundreds of monasteries. There are four steps in front of the gate, and the courtyard is when you enter the temple through the gate tower. In the center of the rear part of the courtyard is the main building of the temple, the tsoqin hall, with two floors: the lower Sutra hall and the upper Buddha Hall. The main hall covers an area of 400 square meters (20 meters in length and 20 meters in width). There are three stone steps in front of the hall, the gate tower is very high, and there are two big columns in the porch. The hall is 4 wide, 5 deep, 4 long columns and 8 short columns with skylights. In the original Sutra hall, there are gold-plated bronze statues of Maitreya Buddha and lion roaring Buddha king with a height of 3 meters. There are also more than 40 clay statues of zongkaba and his two disciples and other bronze or clay statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva and Dharma protector. The gatehouse of tsoqin hall and the wing rooms on both sides of the courtyard are three floors. On the other side of the gate tower, it was Zeng she. From south to north, the first floor of the hatchback room is the Dharma temple, the kitchen and the storeroom; the second and third floors are the Sutra room and the Tiaoshen room respectively. The East chamber is divided into two parts: the south is the monk's house; the north is the living Buddha's bedroom and guest room.

Buddhist activities

Over the past three hundred years, the temple has systematically taught the big and small Wuming and Xianmi teachings, and has cultivated many Kanbu who are proficient in Xianmi scriptures and outstanding achievers who are full of enlightenment. Every year, all kinds of Dharma meetings are held in the temple, especially during the lotus praying Dharma meeting held from the first to the tenth day of March. Monks chant sutras to pray for world peace and the well-being of all living beings, and perform Tibetan opera, Vajra dance and other Buddhist activities. Thousands of people come to worship and visit with admiration, which is unprecedented.

Temple contribution

In 1936, when the third Dongga living Buddha lived, the troops of commander-in-chief Zhu De took a rest in the temple for more than half a month during the long march. The temple provided a lot of food, clothing and horses for the troops. The officers and soldiers of the Red Army were very moved and presented a banner to the temple. In 1954, the central government office in seta sent 5000 yuan to the temple.

Temple Cultural Relics

Magic weapon: 1 gold butter lamp, dozens of silver water purification bowls, several pairs of silver cuckoos, gold plated copper vase, jade building, etc.

Buddhist scriptures: there are three ganzhur, two danzhur and one shiwansong, as well as the complete works of adixia, zhongdunba, olbe Bodhisattva and zongkaba, and the great and small Wuming of Sakya, Gelu, Gaju and Ningma.

The bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is 60cm in height, including 47cm in height and 13cm in height. Sakyamuni Buddha has a bun with plump cheeks, white hair in the forehead, slender eyebrows, drooping eyes, slightly open eyes, straight nose, deep nasal groove, slightly closed lips, long ears and heavy shoulders, three silkworms under the neck, a right-sided overcoat, thin and transparent, with the style of Indian statue, with the palm of the left hand lying flat on the knee, the right hand hanging down to touch the knee, and sitting on the inverted lotus seat.

Tongling: 15 cm in height and 8 cm in diameter. It's from the pagoda of living Buddha awangasan baisanbu. The head of the bronze bell is made of four Silver Carved taps, each of which spits a long tongue in the mouth of the dragon to form petals, and the body is surrounded by the statues of the crowned Bodhisattva with his hands together. The bell body has 3-week patterns, with lotus petals on the top, a lion head Yingluo in the middle and a diamond pestle on the bottom.

Ming Dynasty cymbals: common style, slightly like a hat, with a small hole in the middle of the top for wearing. The outer diameter of the cymbals is 50cm and the inner diameter is 25cm. On one side of the dome, there are two dragons playing with pearls, and on the other side, there are six characters in regular script "made in Xuande year of Ming Dynasty".

Sun Buddha Thangka: 10 meters long and 8 meters wide. The Chinese painting of the sitting statue of Sakyamuni Buddha is a fine work of the late Qing Dynasty.

Living Buddhas of all ages

The first Supreme Rinpoche sangwujin

The first Supreme Rinpoche sangsangwujin was born in 1628. When he was young, he had great wisdom, and he was able to learn Sanskrit and Tibetan characters, which made people admire him. After that, with the help of the good knowledge of Minggen sangxirao and bamar lunzhujiacuo, he studied the Xianmi Mingchu, especially in front of xigangbati Rinpoche's seat. He listened to the common scriptures of Ningma school, especially the guanding, inheritance, resuscitation and preparation methods of the winner Baiyu school.

The second sanchiledon choguinima

The second Sangzhi liedun choguinima, or banma Caiwang Danzeng, was born in Sangsang Agong's family in 1733. At the age of six, he was identified as the incarnation of sangsangwujin, named ledun choguinima. More than 80 people, including Duozhu, Jinmei, chengliere Rinpoche, Xigang, Sakyamuni, learned Xianmi Jinglun and all of them were well-informed. At that time, recalling the secret instructions of master lianhuaren, all appearances turned into pictorial characters and scriptures, and eight books were selected for deep collection, including yizang · Zhiming collection, Dajixiang Matou Jingang, jinganghaimu, praise of all Dharma protectors, shenduanmo Dharma, Prajna interpretation · bubaizun's teachings, autobiographical Jinzhu I and autobiographical Jinzhu Xia In addition, many material treasures such as yellow paper with pictorial characters and one cubit high statue of matsumzan dry cloth were invited. At that time, Nepal, Bhutan and many other countries also heard his good name, so they sent special people to welcome him. There, the mellow rain of maturity and liberation became the supreme support place of the whole country. It presents the incomparable Buddha Nengren holy statue with great blessing, as well as the eight incarnations of lotus master made of snake heart sandalwood, the sixteen venerable masters, the eleven side Avalokitesvara, the eight Bodhisattvas, the Thousand Buddhas of red sandalwood, the Dragon King manibao, the auspicious right-handed conch and many other rare treasures as Manza's offerings. The most successful disciples of his professor are all over the snow area, Bhutan and Nepal. There are the abbot of Dharma, the preacher of Sanzang, the monk who lives in the rocks, the yogis who give up everything in this life, and the countless disciples who have the merits of erudition, prudence and benefiting others. All of these make the holy religion change constantly.

The third Sangzhi ledunjiacuo

Sangzhi ledunjiacuo was born in 1899. His father's name was Jiazhe garmawangxiu and his mother's name was Rosa ritzo. In his childhood, Ren xiaoboche followed his father to learn writing, and learned a little. When he was eight years old, he was identified as the reincarnation of ledun choguinima by vassunan luowu Rinpoche, and was invited to sit in bed at Dongga temple, the Oriental winner. After stopping many good knowledge such as kejidawa, the king of Dharma, he gradually reached the top of the great wisdom achievement and untied the pulse knot of the receiving wheel between the larynx. He was able to teach the Tibetan Sutra in eight days with the most powerful six tone sandhi. When Wu Jin's Second Buddha lotus peanut master's Secret advice was awakened, he chose five volumes of hidden Dharma, including the master's Dharma practice - silent lotus master, the master's Dharma practice - great compassion Avalokitesvara, the master's mahagala Dharma, and all kinds of deep guidance texts. On the Bank of Zengfu lake, an auspicious Holy Land in serezareza, accompanied by hundreds of predestined disciples such as Yaxi kanbuluozhu, the living Buddha walked from the surface of the lake to the center of the lake with an oil lamp and descended to the bottom of the lake to welcome a rare Green Tara statue. The oil lamp was still bright and there was no trace of water around him, which surprised all the disciples.

Sangzhi ledunjiacuo and bamadqen Rinpoche built a sutra hall composed of 80 columns of different lengths, in which there are 42 statues and various offerings, such as the forty-two Silent Buddha, the fifty angry Buddha, and so on. From Lhasa in Weizang to Jiarong in the East (today's malkang area), he taught 25 times the inheritance of the Tibetan Sutra, and many mature and liberated manna teachings, such as void Dharma collection, treasure Dharma collection, rainbow Dharma collection, and Jiedao blissful Dharma cultivation. He also placed sangwenbo godenjiacuo, Qiuzhuo incarnation bamadoji, and DUOXI living Buddha jinmeiwangbo In Dharma seat. He regarded the cause of the holy religion and all living beings as void, and in 1959, he merged the body into the Dharma.

The fourth ledun chajijiacuo

The fourth, ledun chajigatso, was born in 1965. At the time of birth, there were many auspicious faces, such as the secret mantra protector fayang jijim, turning into a divine bird, right around the tent, as a guardian and so on. At the age of seven, gendeng Gyatso Rinpoche confirmed that he was reincarnated as the third Dongga living Buddha ledun Gyatso. Because the circumstances at that time were not disclosed, Rinpoche gradually identified them as Dunzhu jizayihidoje, Xigang Mazhu, fazungongquluozhu, etc. With the reappearance of Xueyu Ford and the rebirth of the holy religion, the good roots of Zhu Xi's past cultivation are mature. He observed that in reincarnation, no matter where he was born, it is the root of endless pain. He made a firm vow in his heart. At the Lama Rong Wuming Buddhist College in seta, he was a monk of chadu, a kenbu zongzun, who was proficient in Dharma and Dharma Sutra In addition, he successively relied on many great good knowledge, such as ruyibao jinmeipengcuo, Mazhu choguinima, Kanbu qiuqia, Kanbu jinmeiwangbo and so on

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