Muru Nyingba Monastery
| Muru Nyingba Monastery | |
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Nearby Barkhor street scene, 1993
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| Wylie transliteration | rMe ru snying pa |
| Coordinates | 29°39′10″N 91°7′58″E / 29.65278°N 91.13278°ECoordinates: 29°39′10″N 91°7′58″E / 29.65278°N 91.13278°E |
| Monastery information | |
| Location | Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, China |
| Founded by | Songtsän Gampo |
| Date renovated | Rebuilt by Atisha (980-1054 CE) |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Muru Ningba or Meru Nyingba (rMe ru snying pa) (Tibetan: རྨེ་རུ་སྙིང་པ་) is a small Buddhist monastery located between the larger monasteries of Jokhang and Barkhor in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China. It was the Lhasa seat of the former State Oracle who had his main residence at Nechung Monastery.
It is located immediately behind and east of the Jokhang and may be accessed from the north side of the Barkhor.
It is said that Emperor Songtsän Gampo built the first building here and it is where the great Tibetan scholar, Thonmi Sambhota, completed his work developing the Tibetan alphabet in the first half of the 7th century.
The present building, first constructed during the reign of King Ralpacan (c. 806-838 CE), is built like an Indian vihara around a courtyard, with the lhakang ('temple', literally 'residence of the deity') to the north and monks quarters on the three other sides.
It was destroyed during the persecution of Buddhism under Langdarma (c. 838 to 841 CE), but rebuilt by Atisha (980-1054 CE) and became Gelugpa under Sonam Gyatso, the 3rd Dalai Lama (1543–1589).
It became the Lhasa residence of the Nechung Oracle in the 17th century, who was possessed by Pehar in his trances.
The lhakang contains a number of fine murals — the central image being that of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), with images of the five Nyingma Yidam-Protectors and Tseumar and Tamdrin in glass cases around the walls.
On the western side of the gallery upstairs is the Gongkar Chode Branch Temple, a Sakya shrine dedicated to an image of Gonpo Pelgon Dramtso or Bramze, the Sadhu-Protector of the monastery. His image is to the right of the door and used to be flanked by images of the six-armed Mahakala, Panjara and Shridevi.
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