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[[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]].
[[Image:Gangri_Thokar.jpg|frame|'''Gangri Thökar''']]
 
'''Gangri Thökar''' (Tib. གངས་རི་ཐོད་དཀར་, [[Wyl.]] ''gangs ri thod dkar''), literally 'The White Skull Snow Mountain', is a famous peak in [[Central Tibet]], approximately 25km S-SW of [[Lhasa]]. It was here, in the hermitage of Orgyen Dzong, that [[Longchenpa]] taught and composed many of his most important writings. Centuries later, [[Lochen Chönyi Zangmo]] founded [[Shuksep Nunnery]] on the mountain's lower slopes.
Gangri Thökar is situated above the Shukseb 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''.


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Latest revision as of 06:14, 13 April 2018

Gangri Thökar

Gangri Thökar (Tib. གངས་རི་ཐོད་དཀར་, Wyl. gangs ri thod dkar), literally 'The White Skull Snow Mountain', is a famous peak in Central Tibet, approximately 25km S-SW of Lhasa. It was here, in the hermitage of Orgyen Dzong, that Longchenpa taught and composed many of his most important writings. Centuries later, Lochen Chönyi Zangmo founded Shuksep Nunnery on the mountain's lower slopes.

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.