Gyaca County ( Tibetan : རྒྱ་ཚ་རྫོང་། ; Chinese : 加查县 ) is a county of Shannan located in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region , China.
5-665: Gyatsa County is in the south of Tibet, stretching from the Podrang La pass along the southern side of the Brahmaputra River downstream to Pamda which is just to the southwest of Daklha Gampo , across the Brahmaputra . The county capital is in the town of Gyaca or Drumpa (46 km or 29 mi west of Pamda) which is alongside the Drakpo Dratsang Monastery . It is renowned for its walnuts and apricots. Lhamo La-tso
10-635: A repository of terma by Padmasambhava . The monastery is located on a ridge to the northeast of the eight-peaked Dalka Gampo mountain range (after which it was named), on the right bank of the Gyabpurong River just north of its junction with the Yarlung Tsangpo . After Gampopa received the Kargyu teachings and transmissions from Milarepa. He established himself at Daklha Gampo after Milarepa had died. He taught several students who became instrumental in
15-470: Is a Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1121 CE by Je Gampopa (1079-1153), the disciple of the famous and much-loved bodhisattva , Jetsun Milarepa (c. 1052—c. 1135) It is located in Gyatsa County in the old district of Dakpo in southern Tibet on land sanctified as a geomantic power-place ('head of the ogress') by the first Tibetan emperor, Songtsen Gampo (605 or 617? - 649), and made
20-615: Is the name of a small oval lake in the area. It is also called "Oracle Lake", as it is where senior Tibetan monks go for visions to assist in the discovery of reincarnations of the Dalai Lamas is located in Gyaca County. Gyaca County contains 2 towns and 5 townships . This Shannan, Tibet location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daklha Gampo Samding Dorje Phagmo Daklha Gampo Monastery ( Dwags lha sgam po ), also romanized as Daglha Gampo ,
25-558: The flourishing of the Kagyu lineage. Daklha Gampo became the main Kagyu centre for Mahamudra studies and practice in Tibet. During the 14th century, the great terton , Karma Lingpa , unearthed the famous Tibetan Book of the Dead ( Bardo Thodol Chenmo ) by Padmasambhava at Mount Gampodar which is within the territory of the monastery. The Dzungar Mongols destroyed the monastery in 1718, but it
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