“One of the temples built at that time was the chapel at the rooftop of the Great Assembly Hall [in Drepung monastery] called the Temple of the Sixteen Arhats (Gnas bcu lha khang). It was named after the sandalwood statues of the 16 disciples of Buddha Śākyamuni that were initially housed in the Karma Kagyu… Continue reading THE “STOLEN STASH” OF MASSES OF TEXTS HIDDEN AT DREPUNG MONASTERY FOR CENTURIES”:Remembering Je Tāranātha’s legacy and life on his parinirvana, and uncovering the Gelugpa “hiding” and suppression of hundreds of Je Tāranātha’s (and thousands of other lineage texts) in the Sixteen Arhats Temple (Drepung Monastery, Tibet) during Gelugpa dictatorial rule of Tibet
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THE STRUGGLE FOR A MODERN TIBET: Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day (Mangtso Duchen) and the ideals of a liberal, ‘free speech’, secular democracy
Today, the 2nd September is the 63rd anniversary of the officially declared day, widely known within the Tibetan exile community as Tibetan Democracy Day, Mangsto Duchen (‘Mangsto’: democracy; ‘Duchen’: occasion). It marks the founding of Tibetan democracy by the Central Tibetan government in exile (CTA), based in Dharamsala, India, which governs over 1 million Tibetan… Continue reading THE STRUGGLE FOR A MODERN TIBET: Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day (Mangtso Duchen) and the ideals of a liberal, ‘free speech’, secular democracy