Erdene Zuu Monastery

Coordinates: 47°12′06″N 102°50′36″E / 47.20167°N 102.84333°E / 47.20167; 102.84333
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Erdene Zuu Monastery
Эрдэнэ Зуу хийд
ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectGelug
Location
LocationNear Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia
CountryMongolia
Erdene Zuu Monastery is located in Mongolia
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Location within Mongolia
Geographic coordinates47°12′06″N 102°50′36″E / 47.20167°N 102.84333°E / 47.20167; 102.84333
Architecture
FounderAbtai Sain Khan
Date established1585

The Erdene Zuu Monastery (

Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site.[1] The monastery is affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism.[2]

History

Tibetan Buddhist rosary featuring 108 stupas (108 being a sacred number in Buddhism),[5] but this objective was probably never achieved.[6]
The monastery's temple walls were painted, and the Chinese-style roof covered with green tiles.

The monastery was damaged in 1688 during one of the many wars between

Dzungars and Khalkha Mongols. Locals dismantled the wooden fortifications of the abandoned monastery.[7]
It w According to tradition, in 1745, a local Buddhist disciple named Bunia made several unsuccessful attempts to fly with a device he invented which was similar to a parachute.[7]

Erdene Zuu Monastery

In 1939, the communist leader

Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery
became Mongolia's only functioning monastery.

After the fall of communism in Mongolia in 1990, the monastery was turned over to the lamas and Erdene Zuu again became a place of worship. Today, Erdene Zuu remains an active Buddhist monastery as well as a museum that is open to tourists.

On a hill outside the monastery sits a stone phallus called Kharkhorin Rock. The phallus is said to restrain the sexual impulses of the monks and ensure their good behavior.[12]

Gallery

  • Main gate
    Main gate
  • Lavrin Temple
    Lavrin Temple
  • The "Golden Stupa" at Erdene Zuu
    The "Golden Stupa" at Erdene Zuu
  • The Temple of Dalai Lama
    The Temple of Dalai Lama
  • Gol Zuu Temple
    Gol Zuu Temple
  • Eastern Zuu Temple
    Eastern Zuu Temple
  • Stupas
    Stupas
  • Sanjaa (Buddha Dīpankara) inside Western Temple
    Sanjaa (Buddha Dīpankara) inside Western Temple
  • Buddha Sakyamuni inside Western Temple
    Buddha Sakyamuni inside Western Temple
  • Sita Mahakala (Gonggor) inside Main Temple
    Sita Mahakala (Gonggor) inside Main Temple
  • Buddha Amitābha (The Buddha of Immeasurable Life and Light) inside Main Temple
    Buddha Amitābha (The Buddha of Immeasurable Life and Light) inside Main Temple
  • Buddha in his teenage years inside Eastern Temple
    Buddha in his teenage years inside Eastern Temple
  • Stone Turtle near to the Monastery Erdene Zuu
    Stone Turtle near to the Monastery Erdene Zuu
  • Phallic Rock
    Phallic Rock
  • Gift shop and museum
    Gift shop and museum

Notes

  1. ^ Tibetan: ལྷུན་གྲུབ་བདེ་ཆེན་གླིང་, lhun grub bde chen gling; Chinese: 光顯寺; pinyin: Guāngxiǎn sì

References

  1. ^ "Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape". Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  2. ISBN 9787214041364.[permanent dead link
    ]
  3. ^ "Erdene Zuu Monastery". Culture Mongolia. Archived from the original on 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  4. ^ "Karakorum". Culture Mongolia. Archived from the original on 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  5. ^ Snipe, Lynn "Jnana". "Buddhism in the Numbers". Urban Dharma. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  6. ^ Niels Gutschow, Andreas Brandt, Die Baugeschichte der Klosteranlage von Erdeni Joo (Erdenezuu), in Claudius Müller (ed.), Dschingis Khan und seine Erben, Bonn 2005, p.353
  7. ^ a b "Erdene Zuu monastery". Wondermondo.
  8. ^ http://www.ciaonet.org/atlas/countries/mn_data_loc.html#a6
  9. ^ "Dalai Lama's visit shines spotlight on Mongolia's explosion of faiths". USA Todays.com. 2006-08-24. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  10. ^ "Terror Years". Issue 6. Mongolia Today. Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  11. ISSN 1527-6457. Archived from the original
    on 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  12. ^ "Kharakhorum (Karakorum)". Sights of Interest in Mongolia. Legend Tour. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved 2007-03-12.

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