Chumik Monastery
Chumik Monastery[1] (Tibetan: chu mig dgon; Chinese: Qumi si 曲米寺) or Chumik Ringmo (chu mig ring mo; Chinese: Qumi Renmo si 曲弥仁摩寺) was an old Kadam[2] and became later a Sakya monastery in the west of Shigatse in Tsang (gtsang).
History
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The monastery was founded in the eleventh century by students of Loton Dorje Wangchuk (lo ston rdo rje dbang phyug).[3] It was the seat of the translator Jangchub Tsemo (byang chub rtse mo).[4] In 1277 Phagpa held a Buddhist council at the Chumik Monastery, the Great Prayer Meeting (chu mig chos 'khor),[5] "ostensibly for religious discussions, but probably to persuade the various traditions' leaders to accept Mongol-Sakya rule" (Dominique Townsend).[6]
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) says about the monastery:
Near Nartang is Tsang Chumik Ringmo. Formerly one of the great Kadampa monasteries, where Pagpa Rinpoche held a religious council, it is now an ordinary village. One can still visit a temple there with some sacred objects. A half day's walk from Nartang is Ngor Ewam Chöden.[7]
The site is central to the history and practices of the Sakya tradition.
See also
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[edit]- ↑ Or Chumig Monastery, etc.
- ↑ places.kmaps.virginia.ed: Chumik
- ↑ treasuryoflives.org: Chumik
- ↑ treasuryoflives.org: Jangchub Tsemo
- ↑ cf. treasuryoflives.org: Shongton Dorje Gyeltsen
- ↑ treasuryoflives.org: Chogyel Pakpa (Dominique Townsend)
- ↑ As cited on khyentsevision.org: The Seed of Faith: An Abbreviated List of the Sacred Places in Central Tibet, p. 14 (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo).
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