Truly appreciate for these Photos. Thank you Mana. If the photos have some descriptions , it will be wonderful. I noticed that Vajrayogini statue is a bit of "masculine" , if i am not mistaken by the photo angle, Vajrayogini seem to have some "mustache".
Am curious about any story regarding the "big Head" which show from the lake too.
I wonder it is The Trode Khansar / tsen khang.?
For such a big temple and big Dorje Shugden statue to exist needed a lot of funding, manpower and most important the faith in believing in Dorje Shugden. Even though there is a banned, yet, people have faith in Dorje shugden as a protector.
Thank you, these photos are just beautiful!
I'm fascinated by the fact that some of the largest, most intricately built statues and temples are in some of the poorest, most remote places of Tibet (or also in other countries like Thailand, Burma etc). I find, as a practitioner in the west, how much harder it is to raise funds for anything spiritual - I think people just don't want to put money into something that they don't get something material back for. And it is sad that it has come to that.
People of the west are more materialistic and they believe more in their personal gains, even when it comes to spirituality, many do it with the intention to gain peace and happiness, or for their problems to resolve automatically and not really for spiritual advancement. It is like that in my country too. This is why people refuse to donate as they prefer to donate to themselves, a lot more than donating to the temple.
When you think about how little, materially, the Tibetans have (especially as so much of the country is still nomadic), it's really quite amazing how much can be built, just out of sheer faith, devotion and the wish to do it.
Thats because Buddhism has been ingrained in them for thousands of years and it is in their culture, their fiber. from young, they are taught about reincarnation and that respecting monks and doing Dharma will get them into a better place. This is why it is 'easier' for them as they do not have to learn something new. It is already in their own culture. That is also why there are more successful Tibetan practitioners as to western ones. The people in Tibet already understand the concept of karma and that if they give, they will receive back what they have given.
I saw this recently too, about a huge temple in the Chatreng region of Tibet (where Trijang Rinpoche comes from): [url]http://www.dorjeshugden.com/videos/monasteries-locations/chatring-samphel-ling-monastery-kham-tibet/[/url] ([url]http://www.dorjeshugden.com/videos/monasteries-locations/chatring-samphel-ling-monastery-kham-tibet/[/url]) It's incredible how extensive the building works are there and how beautiful the monasteries are. This is considering the fact that the region's Lama, Trijang Rinpoche, isn't even there. The devotion across generations is really something to be admired. Something for many of us to think of - how much are we able to accomplish even when our Lamas are right here with us?
Not just admired...but the blessings from that image must be massive and the amount of beings that can benefit must be incredible too. For every being that is blessed by the image, the merits of that come back to the people who built it, so the benefit is actually many fold.