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Gangri Thökar is situated above the [[Shuksep Monastery]].
Gangri Thökar is situated above the [[Shuksep Monastery]].


===Google Earth===
Use [http://earth.google.com Google Earth] for a view from the Retreat Place: [[media:gangri thokar.kmz|Gangri Thökar]] - as also shown on the cover of [[Tulku Thondup]]'s translation of Longchen Rabjam's ''The Practice of Dzogchen''.
Use [http://earth.google.com Google Earth] for a view from the Retreat Place: [[media:gangri thokar.kmz|Gangri Thökar]] - as also shown on the cover of [[Tulku Thondup]]'s translation of Longchen Rabjam's ''The Practice of Dzogchen''.



Revision as of 14:01, 4 August 2007

Gangri Thökar (Wyl. gangs ri thod dkar) - Longchenpa composed the Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease at this hermitage of Orgyen Dzong at Gangri Thökar (the white skull snow mountain) in central Tibet 25km S-SW of Lhasa, where he taught and composed many of his works such as the Seven Treasuries.

Gangri Thökar is situated above the Shuksep Monastery.

Google Earth

Use Google Earth for a view from the Retreat Place: Gangri Thökar - as also shown on the cover of Tulku Thondup's translation of Longchen Rabjam's The Practice of Dzogchen.