Kirti Monastery

Kirti Monastery

Gelden temple, located in the northwest corner of ABA County, Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, has a history of more than 120 years. It is the largest Gelug Temple of Tibetan Buddhism in Aba county. Now it covers an area of 18000 square meters, with more than 1000 monks and 14 Living Buddhas.

Gelden temple, built in 1870, formerly known as Donggou temple, was the site of the Red Army's leading organs during the long march of the workers' and peasants' Red Army.

The origin of history

There are 120 pillars in the great Sutra Hall of gelden temple, which can hold thousands of monks chanting and praying. It is one of the few large Sutra halls in Tibet.

The forehead in the front hall of the Sutra hall is decorated with exquisite and luxurious Tibetan carvings, including Jia (Hercules), xuexiangxiang (the bird with human body and bird feet), sanggeigangji (the Eight Legged lion, which is the descendant of the lion and bird who first hated and then friends, is a symbol of peace), and Qiong (a bird in the disappearing sea).

The murals of the four heavenly kings: the heavenly king of protecting the country, the heavenly king of increasing growth, the heavenly king of Guangmu, and the heavenly king of Duowen. This is the supreme heavenly king who guards the Holy Land in all directions. Six paths of reincarnation: the innermost layer is a pig, a pigeon and a snake, representing the three poisons of "ignorance, greed and anger". Right above the second layer is the "way of heaven", which is ranked clockwise as "humanity", "hungry ghost", "hell", "livestock" and "Asura". Hell is at the bottom. If people do not accumulate good deeds, they will suffer all kinds of torture.

Buddhist statues in the temple

The largest Buddha statue in the Sutra hall is the statue of Qiangba Buddha (Maitreya Buddha), which is carved from medicinal clay. It has four floors and is about 20 meters high. There are more than 1000 Sutras in the Buddha's body. There are more than ten thousand famous Tibetan classics such as ganzhuduo and danzhuduo, and dozens of religious pagodas and pagodas. The walls of the Sutra hall are covered with many precious thangkas, which are embroidered, painted and painted with mineral pigments. The first to sixth murals on the left side of the main entrance of the Sutra hall are Thangka, which represents 1000 Buddha statues, and the Tibetan language is "Dongba". The seventh one is Sakyamuni in the middle, surrounded by zongeba, Guanyin, Tara and other Buddha statues. On the right wall of the main entrance of the Sutra hall, the first thangka is Sakyamuni Buddha, surrounded by 18 Arhats, the second is Sakyamuni Buddha, the third and fourth are boundless longevity Buddha, the fifth is King Kong warrior, the sixth is medicine King Bodhisattva, and the seventh is immovable Buddha.

On the left side of the temple, there are (from left to right) Wuliang longevity Buddha, Green Tara, sutra debating master (sonanzaba), White Tara, 10th gelden living Buddha, Sakyamuni (one of India's two wins of Yan), shivara (one of six wins of Yan), zongeba Lingta, gongdeguang (one of six wins of Yan), Shengtian (one of six wins of Yan), 8th gelden living Buddha Lingta and Longshu (one of six wins of Yan) One of the two wins).

In the outer layer of the central main Buddha Hall, there are Nakang living Buddha pagoda, Sakyamuni Buddha statue, the eighth gelden living Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva, thousand hands and thousand eyes Guanyin, zongeba master, the Eleventh gelden living Buddha Dharma seat, the eighth gelden living Buddha, shizihou Buddha, Kanbu Dharma seat (front), Sakyamuni, sutra debating master (sonanzaba), Sangdu (dense Buddha), yunba jiamucuo living Buddha Pagoda. Inner layer: from left to right are Sakyamuni, the eighth gelden Lama, adixia, Maitreya Buddha (the Great Buddha of the future), zongkaba heavenly statue, the 35th Cambrian pagoda, zongkaba inter human statue, and great Vajra.

On the right side of the vestibule, there are Buddha statues of Sakyamuni, jiamuang qujie, wuzhu (one of the two victories of Liuyan), chenna (one of the two victories of Liuyan), sutra debater (sonan Zaba), FA Cheng (one of the two victories of Liuyan), Shiqin (one of the two victories of Liuyan), dabaisan to Buddha Tara (one of the two victories of Liuyan), Zunsheng Buddha mother (longevity Buddha), and eleven sided Guanyin.

Opening to the outside world

The Great Buddha pagoda of gelden temple, standing in the southwest of gelden temple, is one of the few large Buddha pagodas on the snow plateau. In October 1987, the great pagoda of gelden temple, which was built with government funds and self raised funds, was completed and opened to the religious people.

The great pagoda of gelden temple is 49 meters high and has a square base with a side length of 25 meters. There are hundreds of small and more than ten large Sutra turning wheels around the pagoda. There are thousands of large and small Sutra turning tubes around the temple. The turning cylinder is filled with scriptures and holy things that have been ordered by the living Buddha. On the turning wheel is printed the six character scripture "humming Mani, BAM, moo", which means the blessing of the Almighty Avalokitesvara.

Layout structure

Four steel ropes full of colorful Longda are pulled from the top of Jinbi tower, and colorful flags are flying in the wind. Two giant Sutra turning cylinders are in the big Sutra turning room on both sides. Pushed by the Sutra turning people, they keep turning and creaking, spreading the believers' wishes to the sky. The cone-shaped stone pile in front of the pagoda is called mani pile. Every stone on the pile is picked up from afar by believers reciting Sutra and placed on it. In this way, every Mani stone sings and prays for believers in the wind, and is also a tribute to God. On the lower left side of the pagoda are stone tablets engraved with various scriptures and Buddha statues. They are Tibetan classics and Buddha statues carved by believers on stones, marbles and jade. They are also believers' prayers for Buddha.

Looking up, there are 24 small pagodas surrounding the big pagoda, forming a situation of stars crowding the moon. There are always many tourists here to take photos with the big pagoda, the creaking wheel, the mani pile in front of the pagoda and the colorful mysterious stone Sutra plate.

Buddhist significance

The first floor of the Pagoda: go to the evil pure heart mercy Hall: walking into the gate of the pagoda, there is a wooden statue of Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes on the front. You can see that there are countless palms around her, and each palm is inlaid with a bright eye, and this statue has many heads.

These heads indicate that they are bodhisattvas with omnipotent wisdom to save the world from suffering. These thousand hands can help us to save all suffering in the world, and the thousand eyes in their hands are wise and intelligent Dharma eyes, which can help us to have insight into all things. In front of the statue are Songzanganbu, the king of Tibet in the Tang Dynasty, Princess Wencheng and Nepalese, who were married by the Tang Dynasty. This is a historical witness of the friendship between the Tibetan and Han people from generation to generation.

The "Manza" in front of it is conical. It represents infinite meaning, including square, plane, wood carving and sand table. This is the concentrated embodiment of Tibetan people's cosmology and social outlook. We can see that there are 100 million lotus Buddha statues, 1000 small pagodas and 1000 Buddha statues of Sakyamuni on the wall around the large Buddha statue. On the right side, there is namuzasi, the God of wealth. Visitors can simmer mulberry platform in front of the pagoda to offer mulberry smoke to Guanyin and the God of wealth.

The second floor of the pagoda is longevity hall. The main Buddha worshipped is wuliangshou Buddha. Bless you a long and safe life. There are 1000 small Buddha statues and 18 long-lived arhat Buddha statues around.

The third floor is the zongkaba Buddha Hall. The main Buddha is the zongeba master. There are 1000 statues of zongkaba Buddha and his 1000 works around.

The fourth floor is lianhuasheng temple, the main Buddha is master lianhuasheng, surrounded by the 1st-11th gelden Lama and the great white umbrella Tara Buddha.

The fifth layer is the four handed white umbrella Tara Buddha, which is a pure and compassionate Buddha. Next to it are statues of zongkaba and his two virtuous disciples. People who have made mistakes can repent of the past and be a new man.

religious activities

The Dharma protection temple, the Tibetan language "jiaerkang", is an important part of Tibetan Buddhist temples. It is the temple where each temple worships the Dharma protection god of the temple. It is one of the places where Tibetans pray for production, life, life and death, and also the place where tourists come to worship and pray most.

The Dharma protection Temple of gelden temple is composed of Dharma protection temple, Shenjian forest, sangyantai and Shenlin forest. The temple of Dharma protection is a mysterious and sacred place that ordinary people can't enter. Women can't enter the temple of Dharma protection. Only on major religious festivals, important guests who go to worship the Dharma protection can get close with the consent of the management personnel. In the center of the Dharma protection temple, the statue of sangjiyixi, the Dharma protection god of gelden temple, is worshipped, surrounded by twelve zodiac images; on the doorposts of the Dharma protection temple, the most exquisite Dharma protection tools offered by believers to the Dharma protection god, such as Tibetan knives, swords, arrows, and even guns, are often tied and offered; on the eaves of the temple, there are terrible eaves composed of terrible skeletons and heads, which show the solemn power of the temple. On the left and right sides of the front of the Dharma protection temple are two large-scale Shenjian forests and mani banners, which are elaborately made, chanted and worshipped for the Dharma protection god during the religious people's prayer every year. They are exquisite weapons to protect the family's well-being, the prosperity of people and animals, and to drive away ghosts and gods. Generally, each family presents a Shenjian every year during the morang Festival.

In front of the Dharma temple is sangyantai. This is the place where Tibetans worship and offer sacrifices to the Dharma God of the temple during their long journey and large-scale folk religious festivals. When people are on large-scale folk religious festivals, or when they are going to travel far away, and their families, crops and livestock are in trouble, they bring offerings composed of Zanba, Baixiang branches, highland barley, butter and milk dregs to the front of the Dharma protection Temple of the temple to "simmer mulberry". The Chinese meaning of "simmer mulberry" is "smoke", which means to put these offerings into the "simmer mulberry" platform, light them with fire, smoke up the thick smoke, and let these offerings float to the sky with the wind and thick cigarettes, and offer them to the God of Dharma protector in the sky.

Then he recites the six character mantra and throws the colorful Longda, a sacred offering with god horse, eagle, tiger and eight treasures, to the sky. Let the wind send the colorful Longda to the Dharma protector in the sky. Whenever the pious

Chinese PinYin : Ge Er Deng Si