Difference between revisions of "Odantapuri"

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Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche (rtsi ke mchog gling).

Tsikey Chokling; the incarnations of Chokgyur Lingpa residing at Tsikey monastery. Presently there are two, one in Boudhanath, Nepal and one in Tsikey monastery, Kham. [RY]

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-'''Odantapuri'''
+Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche ([[rtsi ke mchog gling]]).
-*University founded in [[Magadha]] in the eighth Century by [[Dharmapala]]; regarded as the model for [[bsam yas]]. [Tarthang]
+Tsikey Chokling; the incarnations of [[Chokgyur Lingpa]] residing at [[Tsikey monastery]]. Presently there are two, one in [[Boudhanath]], Nepal and one in Tsikey monastery, Kham. [RY]
-*one of the [[six Buddhist universities of ancient India]]
-*also called [[Uddandapura]], was a Buddhist vihara in what is now Bihar, India.
+===Internal links===
+*Tsikey Chokling
+*Chokling of Tsikey
+*Tsikey monastery
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+[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
-Odantapuri was considered the second oldest of India's universities. This was situated in Maghada, about 6 miles away from [[Nalanda]]. [[Acharya Sri Ganga]] of Vickramasila had been a student here. Later he joined Odantapuri. [[King Gopala]] (660-705) was the patron who helped to found this university. According to the Tibetan records there were about 12,000 students at Odantapuri. Our knowledge of this seat of learning is obscure, and we are not in a position to give more details. This too perished at the hands of the Muslim invaders. It is said they mistook the universities with their high walls for fortresses. They thought the Buddhist monks were "Shaven headed Brahmins" who were idolaters. [D. Amarasiri Weeraratne, Shri Lanka]
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-[[Category:Sacred Sites]]
-[[Category:Early India]]

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