The Sera Monastery is the representative of the Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism Gelug. It lies on the southern slope of Mount Serawoze in the northern suburb of Lhasa. The monastery was SagyaYexei, a disciple of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Gélug of Tibetan Buddhism in the year 1419th He is one of the six major monasteries of the Gélug of Tibetan Buddhism. As one of the three major monasteries in Lhasa, where the monks’ daily celebrates debates.
Location: On the southern slope of Mount Serawoze northern outskirts of Lhasa. Some people believe that this means “hail”, while others think it means “raspberry”, the name of the monastery is “Sera Monastery Thekchen languages.
Transport: By minibus in the center. It is desirable that a taxi.
Opening times: 9:00-16:00
Admission: Free
History
The full name of the monastery is Sera “Sera Monastery Thekchen languages. There are two legends about the origin of this name. The first is that if he found the monastery built a basement, the small bowel pronounced “whey” in the Tibetan language, so that when the monastery was built, was “Sera Monastery, a legend is that the monastery was by a forest surrounded by roses and rose also pronounced “whey” in the Tibetan language, the Sera Monastery meaning “Rose of the monastery in the Tibetan language.
The Sera monastery was SagyaYexei was a disciple of Tsongkhapa past year 1419th In the name of his Lord, was in Nanjing SagyaYexei honor of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty Yongle, which it has the honorary title of “Grand Paradise Buddha tutor Western state” and a large number of sutras, statues of Buddhist monks dress, silk, gold and silver, the were used to set the Sera Monastery.
Legend
The Sera Monastery, the religious holiday, called the “Blessing of the Cross of exorcism.” Became a legend at the end of the 15th Century, the dagger of exorcism was from India, Tibet, “The Exorcism of Flying Dagger”, the space in the Buddhist monastery of Drepung Guardian is abbot of Zhacang gyi 27 in the twelfth month of Tibetan calendar. In the past, on the morning of the 27th December, the staff of the clothing gyi Zhacang Dagger first exorcism of the Potala Palace of the Dalai Lama. After the Dalai Lama has the blessing for him, the dagger of exorcism was back in the Sera Monastery. On his return in the Sera Monastery, a boon for general dagger exorcism was the community of monks and laymen. Every year on this day by thousands of pilgrims at the festival.
The Sera Monastery is massive, with an area of 114,964 square meters. His complex of buildings is the Buddha of rooms, conference rooms sutras, Zhacang (Buddhist school), the apartments for the monks, Kamcuns and Lhadrang palace, residences for adults and Cermoiling living Buddhas Razheng. Are the main hall of the Coqen the MEBA Zhacang which DENTITY Zhacang gyi Zhachang.Early and buildings were to the MEBA Zhachang and Zhachang Ngabo.
The MEBA Zhacang in the southwestern part of the monastery was destroyed by lightning and was rebuilt in 1761. With the construction of 1600 square meters, the building with four floors, consists of the Sutra Hall, Buddhist Guardian Hall, Arhat Hall, Room Sakyamuni, Tsongkhapa Hall, Hall Gangyur and the residence of the Dalai Lama. The Sutra Hall is with bronze figures of Sakyamuni, Maitreya, the Buddha of Longevity, Medicine King, the goddess of music, two Tsongkhapa and his disciples, 7 Dalai Lama and 3 Cermoiling living Buddha.
The monastery is a rich collection of valuable historical and crafts, such as sutras, Buddhist statues, the monks’ robes, silk, gold and silver, that the Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty SagyaYexei where a return to Tibet from Beijing. Among them is a painting of silk thangka SagyaYexei with 109cm long, 64cm wide, with a history of 500 years is still alive in the hall colors.The Coqen is 200 volumes Dangyur and written Gangyur powder gold ink are relics. According to statistics from the Sera monastery, which thousands of Buddha statues made of gold and copper, from the Tibetan Buddhist statues and brass in India.
