Qualla: Lamaling Monastery https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/5/p/lamaling-monastery-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Lamaling Monastery https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery Lamaling Monastery: Introduction https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery/ Photo credit en:User:Kosigrim, Public domain. At the entrance gate of Lamaling Monastery, flanking the stone lions, stand two large wooden carvings of male and female genitalia. The sight startles visitors expecting conventional Buddhist iconography, but it announces something essential about this place: Lamaling belongs to the Nyingma, the "Ancient Ones" of Tibetan Buddhism, whose lineages reach back to the 7th-century arrival of Buddhism in Tibet and who absorbed traditions from the native Bon religion, including the veneration of nature and fertility as forces that ward off evil. This blending of the sacred and the primal, the Buddhist and the pre-Buddhist, defines a monastery that is unlike any other in the Nyingchi River valley.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/5/p/lamaling-monastery-wp/wj5p-lamaling-monastery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Lamaling Monastery: The Daughter Who Rebuilt https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery/ Photo credit 岭南浪人:怀古, CC BY 3.0. The original Lamaling was destroyed. During the 1960s, the small replacement temple that had been built on flat land below the original hilltop site was also destroyed, and Dudjom Rinpoche's son, Dorje Pasang, was killed. The ruins of the old monastery are still visible on the hi...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/5/p/lamaling-monastery-wp/wj5p-lamaling-monastery-the-daughter-who-rebuilt.mp3 0:06 2 full Lamaling Monastery: Eight Walls, Four Colors https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery/ Photo credit 岭南浪人:怀古, CC BY 3.0. The new monastery announces its distinctiveness through its architecture. It is octagonal, rising four stories to a height of about twenty meters, crowned by a prominent gilded pagoda. The construction is primarily wood, with curved eaves that shift from twenty-angled at the lowe...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/5/p/lamaling-monastery-wp/wj5p-lamaling-monastery-eight-walls-four-colors.mp3 0:06 3 full Lamaling Monastery: Where Monks and Nuns Chant Together https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery/ Photo credit 岭南浪人:怀古, CC BY 3.0. Lamaling holds another distinction rare in Tibetan monasteries: monks and nuns recite the scriptures together in the main prayer hall. Religious services are held on the 10th, 15th, and 25th day of each lunar month in an adjoining building that houses a large statue of Sakyamuni....

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/j/5/p/lamaling-monastery-wp/wj5p-lamaling-monastery-where-monks-and-nuns-chant-together.mp3 0:06 4 full Lamaling Monastery: The Valley of the Ancient Ones https://qualla.com/lamaling-monastery/ Photo credit 岭南浪人:怀古, CC BY-SA 3.0. Lamaling sits in the Nyingchi River valley, about thirty kilometers west of Bayi town, surrounded by the landscapes that define southeastern Tibet: snow-covered mountains, alpine lakes, and forests that give way to cultivated village land. Two routes connect the monastery to Lhas...

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