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[[la phyi]], [[la phyi gangs ra]], [['brog la phyi gangs kyi ra ba]]
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[[Image:La-Phyi.jpg|frame|Lapchi, as seen from the "Crest-Cave", Nov. 2004]]
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. He mastered the practice of Tummo ([[gtum mo]]) there and displayed various miracles like transforming his body into fire and water etc. 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).
 
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