According
to the lunar calendar the 25th of the first winter month, which is the 15th of
this month, is celebrated as the day of "Bogd Zonhova" or Je
Tsongkhapa, as he's known in Tibet, often refered to by members of the Gelupa (Yellow) tradition as the, "second Buddha." According to the representatives from the Center of Buddhist Religion, the Buddhists should
keep their hearts and acts pure on this day.
The
mystical land of Shambhala
has risen again in the eastern Gobi
Desert. On Sunday,
September 10, thousands of Mongolians and foreign visitors gathered near
Khamariin Khiid in Dornogov Aimag for a dawn-to-dark celebration. The focus of
their joy and devotion was the completed reconstruction of a site sacred to Shambhala,
the enlightened kingdom described in the Kalachakra
Tantra. The symbolic complex features 108 stupas and three massive entry
portals, all rendered according to the original vision of Mongolia’s
renowned 19th c. Buddhist master, Danzan Ravjaa.
The Dalai
Lama left Mongolia Monday
morning after spending eight days in Ulaanbaatar
on his seventh trip to Mongolia.
A private meeting was held this morning at Gandantegchenlin monastery before
the Dalai Lama's departure at 11:30am.
The
mystical land of Shambhala
has risen again in the eastern Gobi
Desert. On Sunday,
September 10, thousands of Mongolians and foreign visitors gathered near
Khamariin Khiid in Dornogov Aimag for a dawn-to-dark celebration. The focus of
their joy and devotion was the completed reconstruction of a site sacred to Shambhala,
the enlightened kingdom described in the Kalachakra
Tantra. The symbolic complex features 108 stupas and three massive entry
portals, all rendered according to the original vision of Mongolia’s
renowned 19th c. Buddhist master, Danzan Ravjaa.
