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    The Jokhang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང།, Chinese: 大昭寺), or the Ra sa 'phrul snang gtsug lag khang, or Qoikang Monastery, or Zuglagkang, (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌།, Wylie:...
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    culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces. Lhasa literally translates to "place of...
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    route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China. The Barkhor is a popular devotional circumambulation around the historic Jokhang for pilgrims and...
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    brought to Tibet c.622 by the Nepali princess Bhrikuti, and placed in the Jokhang c.640, which was purpose built for the statue. The Jowo Shakyamuni was...
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    inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. In 2000 and 2001, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were added to the list as extensions to the sites...
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    city after the Jokhang Temple. Situated in the northwestern part of the Tibetan capital, it is east of the Potala and north of the Jokhang. The site occupies...
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    two countries, is inscribed on a stone pillar which stands outside the Jokhang temple in Lhasa. Tibet continued as a Central Asian empire until the mid-9th...
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    唐蕃會盟碑; pinyin: Táng-Bō Huìméng Bēi) is a stone pillar standing outside the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The inscription is written...
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  • Tibetan Buddhist prostration practice at Jokhang, Tibet...
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    Tibet from the Potala and Norbulingka palaces in Lhasa from the last one. Jokhang, a Tibetan Buddhist temple, is located there. The Lhasa dialect is used...
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  • Two Golden Urns were issued by the Qianlong Emperor: one is enshrined in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa and is to be used for choosing Dalai and Panchen Lama reincarnations;...
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    Ganden) gathered fri chant prayers and perform religious rituals at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. The inaugural celebration attracted many devotees, and...
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    makara heads at the parasol edge, supporting little silver bells (see the Jokhang Dhvaja on the left). A smaller victory banner fashioned on a beaten copper...
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    inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. In 2000 and 2001, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were added to the list as extensions to the sites...
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    claimed reincarnations, however, regents, eminent officials, monks at the Jokhang in Lhasa, and the Minister to Tibet have historically decided on the individual...
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    Kings of Tibet, he formally introduced Buddhism to Tibet, and built the Jokhang with the influence of his Nepali queen Bhrikuti, of Nepal's Licchavi dynasty...
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    man-made, but "rangjung", self arisen or autogenic. For example, in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa is a rangjung goats head in a side chapel protruding out...
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  • University Press, revised December 2008 Alexander, André (2006) "The Lhasa Jokhang – is the world's oldest timber frame building in Tibet?" Web Journal on...
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    Dharmachakra Pravartana at National Museum, New Delhi Shanti Stupa, Leh Jokhang Monastery Wat Phothivihan, Tumpat, Kelantan Entrance to Wat Phra Sing Seal...
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  • Thumbnail for 14th Dalai Lama
    Dalai Lama "I received my ordination from Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché in the Jokhang in Lhasa." There was very limited Chinese involvement at this time. The...
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  • spending millions on renovating the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple, the Old Town surrounding the Jokhang was evidently not considered worthy of protection...
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    Buddhists performing prostrations in front of Jokhang Monastery....
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    Dream yoga Buddhahood Major monasteries Tradruk Drepung Dzogchen Ganden Jokhang Kumbum Labrang Mindrolling Namgyal Narthang Nechung Pabonka Palcho Ralung...
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    and a major tourist destination with sights such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Ramoche Temple.[citation needed] Lhasa prefecture-level city roughly...
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  • and the Retreat & Reflection Garden. Extended in 2000 to include the Jokhang Temple and in 2001 to include the Norbulingka area. Accordingly the name...
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    1913 on the site of the post-revolutionary traditional hospital near the Jokhang. Legislation was introduced to counter corruption among officials, a national...
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    described Aṃshuvarmā as a man of many talents. The original temple of Jokhang in Lhasa was modeled after a Nepali monastery design - a square quadrangle...
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    Dream yoga Buddhahood Major monasteries Tradruk Drepung Dzogchen Ganden Jokhang Kumbum Labrang Mindrolling Namgyal Narthang Nechung Pabonka Palcho Ralung...
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    for the next three days. The last Tibetan resistance was centered on the Jokhang, where Khampa refugees had set up machine guns, while a large number of...
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    Drepung Monastery Drongtse Monastery Dzogchen Monastery Ganden Monastery Jokhang Monastery Kathok Khorzhak Monastery Menri Monastery Mindrolling Monastery...
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