檢視 Samyé 的原始碼

[[Image:Samye Monastery cropped.JPG|frame|Samye Monastery as it is today]]
'''Samyé''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bsam yas'') — the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, built during the time of [[King Trisong Detsen]]. The name means ‘inconceivable’. 

==History==
The great abbot [[Shantarakshita]] made the first attempt to construct the monastery but the building would always collapse after reaching a certain stage. Terrified, the construction workers believed that there was a demon in a nearby river making trouble. However, when the great Guru [[Padmasambhava]] arrived from northern India, he was able to subdue the demons obstructing the building of Samye. 

[[Image:Guru ngadrama.JPG|thumb|The famous '[[Looks Like Me]]' statue of [[Guru Padmasambhava]] at Samye]]
Samye Monastery was badly damaged during the Cultural Revolution and renovated beginning in the 1980s. Today it is still an active monastery and important pilgrimage destination.

==The Monastery==
Samye Monastery is laid out on the shape of a giant [[mandala]], with the main temple representing the legendary [[Mount Meru]] in the centre. Other buildings stand at the corners and cardinal points of the main temple, representing continents and other features of the Buddhist [[world|universe]].

==Further Reading==
*''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]'', pages 32-33.
*Victor Chan, ''Tibet Handbook—A Pilgrimage Guide'' (Chico: Moon Publications, 1994), 'The Samye Mandala', pages 295-313.

==Internal Links==
*[[Samyé Debate]]


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