Boudhanath
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Boudhanath (aka Boudhanath Stupa or Boudha Stupa) is the largest stupa in Nepal and one of the largest stupas in the world. Boudhanath is one of the three great stupas of Nepal, the other two being Swayambhunath and Namo Buddha. It is called Khasti, by Newars, Baudha or Boudhanath by Nepalis[1] and Jarung Khashor (Tib. བྱ་རུང་ཁ་ཤོར་, Wyl. bya rung kha shor),[2] or Lhundrup Tsek, the “All-Encompassing Stupa,”[3] by Tibetans.[4]
It is an important pilgrimage site for Buddhists. It is particulary revered in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Further reading
- Boudha: The Great Jarung Kashor Stupa, Nekhor
Boudhanath, Rigpa Shedra Wiki- Boudhanath (Wikipedia)
Liberation Upon Hearing: The History of the Great Jarung Kashor Stūpa by Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo, Lotsawa House- Prayer to the Svayambhunath Stupa by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Lotsawa House
- Prayer to the Three Stūpas of Nepal by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Lotsawa House
Notes
- ↑ Snellgrove, David L., Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors, (Boston: Shambhala, 2002): 365.
- ↑ Tib. mchod rten chen po byar rung kha shor.
- ↑ Tib. lhun grub brtsegs pa
- ↑ Boudhanath, Rigpa Shedra Wiki