Votlinska gompa

Dzongkhul




Type of object

Votlinska gompa

Name

Dzongkhul

Other names

Area

Zangskar

Region

Zahodno od Paduma

First yogis who meditated there

Ngawang Tsering

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who meditated there

Siddhiji: Dubchen Kunga Gyatso, Dubchen Nawang Tsering, Dzadpa Dorje, Kunga Chosleg, Lama Norbu

School

Drugpa

Surroundings

Nad gompo votlina, kjer naj bi meditiral Naropa. Okoli votline je zgrajena eremitaža.

Interior

Eremitaža nad gompo, kjer je meditiral Naropa: levo spodaj je zazidana meditacijska votlina z zelo temnimi poslikavami, ki se močno svetlikajo zaradi novega premaza. Na desni steni so naslikani številni jogiji v belih oblačilih, en leteči jogi in veliko jogijev v votlinah. Osrednja stena je polna srditih in blagih božanstev. Na levi steni je velika podoba Milarepe.

Date of creation/first use

1657

End date

1734

Role or primary purpose

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 2: Zangskar and the cave temples of Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1980, str. 55, 57. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 200. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 41. Crook, John, in James Low. The Yogins of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2007, str. 180. Petek, Nina and Jan Ciglenečki. “Buddhism in the Himalayan Deserts: The Tradition of Yogis and Yoginis in Zangskar.” Ars & Humanitas 16 (2), 2022, str. 192. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Zanskar. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, str. 80. Terensko delo.