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'''Drakkar Tashiding''' (''brag dkar bkra shis sdings'') - the most sacred place in Sikkim, visited by [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the 8th century, and in the 14th century by the [[tertön]] [[Rigdzin Gödem]] (1337-1408), who established a monastery there. [[Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé]] (1597-1650) revealed the ''Rigdzin Sokdrup'' cycle in one of the four sacred caves that surround Tashiding in the 1640s. | '''Drakkar Tashiding''' (''brag dkar bkra shis sdings'') - the most sacred place in Sikkim, visited by [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the 8th century, and in the 14th century by the [[tertön]] [[Rigdzin Gödem]] (1337-1408), who established a monastery there. [[Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé]] (1597-1650) revealed the ''Rigdzin Sokdrup'' cycle in one of the four sacred caves that surround Tashiding in the 1640s. It was in [[Tashiding]] that the cremation of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] was performed and that a [[stupa]] was built by his own disciples, including [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], to house his relics. | ||
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Revision as of 12:24, 27 February 2007
Drakkar Tashiding (brag dkar bkra shis sdings) - the most sacred place in Sikkim, visited by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century, and in the 14th century by the tertön Rigdzin Gödem (1337-1408), who established a monastery there. Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé (1597-1650) revealed the Rigdzin Sokdrup cycle in one of the four sacred caves that surround Tashiding in the 1640s. It was in Tashiding that the cremation of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was performed and that a stupa was built by his own disciples, including Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, to house his relics.