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[[Image:Nechen Tang la.jpg|frame|'''Nyenchen Tanglha towers over a frozen Lake Namtso in Central Tibet''' photo courtesy of Matthew Pistono]] | [[Image:Nechen Tang la.jpg|frame|'''Nyenchen Tanglha towers over a frozen Lake Namtso in Central Tibet''' photo courtesy of Matthew Pistono]] | ||
'''Nyenchen Tanglha''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gnyan chen thang lha'') is the name given both to a 700-mile-long mountain range of Northern Tibet, and to the protector deity associated with it, who was bound under oath by Guru Padmasambhava when Buddhism was first established in Tibet. | '''Nyenchen Tanglha''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gnyan chen thang lha'') is the name given both to a 700-mile-long mountain range of Northern Tibet, and to the [[Dharma Protectors|protector deity]] associated with it, who was bound under oath by Guru [[Padmasambhava]] when Buddhism was first established in Tibet. | ||
==further Reading== | ==further Reading== | ||
*Richard J. Kohn, 'A Prayer to the God of the Plain' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) ''Religions of Tibet in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1997 | *Richard J. Kohn, 'A Prayer to the God of the Plain' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) ''Religions of Tibet in Practice'', Princeton University Press, 1997 | ||
[[Category:Dharma Protectors]] | |||
[[Category:Gods and demons]] | [[Category:Gods and demons]] | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
[[Category:Tibet]] | [[Category:Tibet]] | ||
Revision as of 02:05, 18 February 2009
Nyenchen Tanglha (Wyl. gnyan chen thang lha) is the name given both to a 700-mile-long mountain range of Northern Tibet, and to the protector deity associated with it, who was bound under oath by Guru Padmasambhava when Buddhism was first established in Tibet.
further Reading
- Richard J. Kohn, 'A Prayer to the God of the Plain' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1997