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[[la phyi]], [[la phyi gangs ra]], [['brog la phyi gangs kyi ra ba]]
Shechen Monastery in Tibet was renown for the many great scholars that lived and taught there. In 1989, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche established The Shechen Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies (a Shedra or philosophical college) at Shechen Monastery, Nepal. There are now over 100 students from across the Himalayas enrolled in its nine-year curriculum. Under the supervision of Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, two Khenpos are in charge of the college. The students study sacred texts on philosophy, astrology, and history as well as engage in debates.  
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[[Image:La-Phyi.jpg|frame|Lapchi]]
After nine-years, the graduates receive a Lopon degree. In order to become a Khenpo or doctor in Buddhist philosophy, students are required to do an additional three years of research or contemplative retreat. Graduates of the Shedra are presently teaching at centers in Asia and the West and at the Monastery itself.
An area mostly situated in Nepal, just at the border of Tibet and Nepal, north of Kathmandu. East of Nyanang ([[gnya' nang]]) and west of Drin Chubar ([[brin chu dbar]]). One of the most important places which where frequented by [[Milarepa]], ([[rje btsun mi la ras pa]]) for a long time. Other great masters who stayed there, most of them of one or the other [[Kagyu]] school, include [[Rechungpa]] ([[ras chung pa]], [[ras chung rdo rje grags pa]]), [[Nyö Lhanangpa]] ([[gnyos lha nang pa]]), [[Tsang Nyon Heruka]] ([[gtsang smyon he ru ka]]), the "Victorious Hermit of Lapchi" [[Namkha Gyaltsen]] ([[rgyal la phyi pa nam mkha' rgyal mtshan]]) who was said to be an incarnation of Milarepa's mind aspect and who spent 31 years there before he passed away, and [[Shabkar Tshokdrug Rangdrol]] ([[zhabs dkar tshogs drug rang grol]]). Together with [[Tise]] (or Kailash) and [[Tsari]], Lapchi is one of the three holy mountain ranges that are believed to be the abode of [[Chakrasamvara]]. Together with the other two, Lapchi is listed among the "24 sacred places of the world" where it is identified as [[Godavari]]. There are eleven caves in Lapchi in eight of which Milarepa has meditated for considerable lengths of time: [[ze phug]], [[g.yu thog phug]], [[dbas pa gong]], [[sbas pa 'og]], [[ras chen phug]], [[ras chung phug]], [[stag tshang phug]], [[seng khyams phug]], [[bdud 'dul phug mo che]], [[lung stan phug]] and [[gnam phug ma]], the most famous one being [[bdud 'dul phug mo che]]. It is there where Milarepa survived for six month on only one measure of tsampa, after it had snowed continuously for 18 days and nights. A small monastery, [[chos ra dge 'phel gling]], founded in the 1830s by Shabkar Tshokdrug Rangdrol, is situated just below this cave, on a small level plain called the [[chos 'byung ma thang]]. The actual mountain range of la phyi itself is considered to be the mandala of Chakrasamvara with a retinue of 62 deities. It is surrounded by three prominent mountains, the [[dkar po 'bum ye]], [[nag po 'bum ye]] and [[gser po 'bum ye]]. These mountains are considered to be the palaces of [[Avalokiteshvara]], [[Vajrapani]] and [[Manjushri]] respectively. The entire place is considered to be the essential mandala of [[Vajrayogini]]. Viewed from the highest cave, the ze phug, one can easily see the triangular shape of the area, with a triangle of sky above, a triangle of earth below and a triangle of water in between (see picture).

Revision as of 21:49, 19 December 2005

Shechen Monastery in Tibet was renown for the many great scholars that lived and taught there. In 1989, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche established The Shechen Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies (a Shedra or philosophical college) at Shechen Monastery, Nepal. There are now over 100 students from across the Himalayas enrolled in its nine-year curriculum. Under the supervision of Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, two Khenpos are in charge of the college. The students study sacred texts on philosophy, astrology, and history as well as engage in debates.

After nine-years, the graduates receive a Lopon degree. In order to become a Khenpo or doctor in Buddhist philosophy, students are required to do an additional three years of research or contemplative retreat. Graduates of the Shedra are presently teaching at centers in Asia and the West and at the Monastery itself.

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