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Worship three “firsts” in Lhoka Prefecture (2)

China Tibet Online)  10:21, February 16, 2013  

Samye Monstaery, the first temple built in Tibet with Buddhas, religious writings and monks in Tibetan history. [Photo/China Tibet Online]

The Samye Monastery is the first temple built in Tibet with Buddhas, religious writings, and monks in history. Even today, Tibetan Buddhism has many different sects with different annotation of practising religious cultivation, the Buddhas revered from different sects are all worshiped in harmony, which is the most representative trait of the temple.

The Samye Monastery is the first palace built in Tibet. The Tubo kiings are now esteemed devine. People would add butter to the butter lamps and hang up sutra flags with their names writen on the highest point of the mountain.

Changzhub Monastery is the first monratery of Buddha built in Tibet. The most attractive part of the monastery are the counless Buddha statues and a Thangka of Arya Avalokiteshvara made of over 20,000 pearls.

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(Editor:LiQian、Yao Chun)

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