Ganden Monastery; 甘丹寺; Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན (ganden); Wylie: dga’ ldan;
Ganden is one of the three great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ganden was founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409. It is located approximately 50 kilometers east of Lhasa. Ganden has been the seat of the Ganden Tripa, the Holder of the Golden Throne of Ganden and head of the Gelug Tradition.
Ganden Monastery has two colleges, Jangtse and Shartse, meaning North Peak and East Peak respectively.
In India, Ganden Monastery was established in Mundgod in 1966.
甘丹寺是格魯教派的祖寺,宗喀巴大師於1409年籌建,意為“兜率天”,是未來佛彌勒所教化的世界,與哲蚌寺、色拉寺合稱拉薩格鲁派“三大寺”。
Synonyms/Additional Terms 同義詞:
Ganden
甘丹
噶丹
Alternative Meanings:
- དགའ་ལྡནTushita Heaven; 兜率天; Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན (ganden); Wylie: dga' ldan; Sanskrit: Tusita; Tushita Heaven, Joyous Realm is one of the celestial heavens of the Six Heavens or pure lands of the Desire Realm where gods and bodhisattvas reside and presided over by Maitreya. Nirmanakaya buddhas descend to take birth in the world from Tushita. Buddha Shakyamuni resided here as bodhisattva Shvetaketu. Before he leave for earth, Shakyamuni placed his crown on bodhisattva Maitreya's head. Maitreya will in turn takes birth as the future buddha. The beings of this world are 3,000 feet (910 m) tall and live for 4000 years or 576,000,000 human years (according to Sarvastivada tradition). The height of this world is 320 yojanas above the Earth. 兜率天、喜樂天,是欲界六欲天之第四天,320 由旬高,有內外兩院,外院是凡夫果報天宮,內院是淨土,菩薩修功圓滿,便下生人間成佛。釋迦牟尼佛未成佛前居住在內院,彌勒菩薩現居內院說法,故稱之為彌勒淨土。 兜率天人身量為1俱盧舍,以人間 400歲為一晝夜,定壽 4000歲,是人間 576,000,000年。男女執手為慾;彼此憶念成淫。意嬉笑語,即為完全,不待相抱。