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	Labrang - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The Labrang Monastery is a large, sprawling Buddhist complex of significant importance.
		Labrang is ringed with a 3 kilometer (2 mile) long covered pathway outfitted with prayer wheels (which pilgrims spin as they walk the circuit).
		Labrang Monastery is on the north eastern edge of the vast Tibetan Plateau.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /china/labrang.htm (300 words)

	Labrang Monastery, Xiahe Attractions, Gansu Travel
		The Labrang Monastery is located at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain northwest of Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.
		The Labrang Monastery was built on the Zhaxiqi (means auspiciousness) shoal which is in the north of the basin.
		The Labrang Monastery holds seven large-scale summon ceremonies a year, among which the Summons Ceremony in the first lunar month and the Buddhist Doctrine Explaining Ritual in the seventh lunar month are the grandest ones.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/gansu/xiahe/labrang.htm (633 words)

	Labrang Monastery Pictures and travel information - China Travel Attraction
		The Labrang Monastery consists of 18 resplendent halls, six prestigious Buddhist institutes (the Institute of Esoteric Buddhism, the Higher and Lower Institute of Theology, the Institute of Medicine, the Institute of Astrology and the Institute of Law), and about 500 bedrooms for both the living Buddhas and ordinary monks.
		Of the six prayer halls in the Labrang, the Shouxi Prayer Hall is the largest in size, with a total of six storeys rising to 20 meters.
		The best time to see the Labrang Monastery is during the Tibetan festivals, that are held at various times throughout the year, according to the traditional lunar calendar.
	www.muztagh.com /china-attraction/xiahe/labrang-monastery.htm (789 words)

	Issue 25– Book Review – LONELY IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
		Founded in the early 18th century, by the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, Labrang’s survival throughout almost 300 hundred years of ethnic wars, rebellion, political change and social upheaval is testament both to the religious faith of those it serves and the wisdom and political acumen of its religious leaders.
		The nature of Labrang’s influence may have changed but today it is, once again, a thriving religious centre whose authority extends not only to the immediate vicinity of Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan, but to Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and even beyond, to Beijing and the provinces of China’s interior.
		Thus, from the beginning, Labrang was a response to the complex social and political demands of the time and intimately bound to the community it served.
	www.gbcc.org.uk /iss27religion.htm (1560 words)

	My trip to Labrang (Xiahe) in 1990
		Labrang is located on the north-western edge of the great plateau that lies north of the Himalaya.
		Since Labrang is a very remote place the people on the bus were pretty amazed to see a couple of white bignoses climb aboard, but that wasn't the first time.
		Labrang is the largest Tibetan monastery outside of what we currently know a Tibet.
	www.zaph.nl /labrang.htm (1289 words)

	Labrang Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Labrang Lamasary was founded in 1709 in Amdo - todays Gansu Provence.
		Labrang is nestled in an auspicious and holy valley beneath the towering snow capped peaks that lead up to the Tibetan plateau.
		Labrang attracts an endless flow of monks from neighboring monasteries and various parts of China and Mongolia to study at its famous colleges.
	www.labrang.com (139 words)

	Labrang Nyingba House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Labrang Nyingba is the name of a three-storey building located on the southern part of Lhasa's Barkor Street.
		Labrang Nyingba is built with excellent craftsmanship, and houses some very important architectural details, dating to various periods between the 17th and the 19th centuries.
		In particular, finely-carved wooden screens on the third floor and very fine decorative paintings on the walls and on some of the pillars and beams are some of the best examples of their kind in Lhasa.
	www.tibetheritagefund.org /3_works/3_01_03/3_01_03_02labrangnyingba/3_01_03_02_01_en.html (488 words)

	Viator Photography - Labrang Monastery, China
		Labrang was built in 1709 by E'angzongzhe, the first generation Jiamuyang (living Buddha) who was born in nearby Ganjia.
		Labrang is a major institution for learning housing the Institution of Esoteric Buddhism, Higher and Lower Institutes of Theology, Institute of Medicine, Institute of Astrology and the Institute of Law.
		Labrang and the surrounding town of Xiàhé are both intriguing to get lost in whilst strolling the narrow lanes with the numerous pilgrims with the feeling of being in another age.
	www.viatorphoto.com /travel_galleries/china/labrang.htm (179 words)

	PROFILES OF TIBETAN EXILES
		Labrang monastery, where Badzra Trinley was enrolled, is one of the great Tibetan religious institutions.
		For Chinese and foreigners alike it is one of the two most popular Tibetan tourist attractions outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and the Chinese government takes pains to maintain the site both for the revenue it produces and as a symbol of the government's alleged policy of religious freedom.
		Founded in 1709, Labrang grew to have a population of over 3,000 resident monks before the Chinese invasion in the 1950s and its eventual destruction during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76).
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/tibet/Tibetweb-04.htm (3539 words)

	Interregnum: Transition From the 16th to the 17th Gyalwang Karmapas - Biographical Background Information - the Karmapa ...
		The labrang functions as an administrative body with responsibility for supporting the Karmapa in worldly and spiritual affairs, and continues from generation to generation, as would a corporate institution in Western cultures.
		In addition to the labrang, the duties of passing on the spiritual lineage of the Karmapas from one tulku to the next is accomplished by one of the Karmapa's key disciples.
		Though the labrang and administration of each seat-holder is traditionally separate from the labrang of His Holiness, the labrang of the Karmapa also supported the seat-holder in their roles of searching for His Holiness and carrying out the Karmapa's spiritual duties during the transitional period.
	www.kagyuoffice.org /karmapa.background.interregnum.html (1464 words)

	1996 AAS Abstracts: China Session 184 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Labrang Monastery is located on the historically varying border of the former Tibetan, Chinese, Muslim, and Mongolian empires.
		Labrang itself, though often threatened, managed to avoid destruction by using an interesting collection of strategies.
		The results of this work will be a description of early twentieth-century ethnic identity and political authority at Labrang, and some insights into the interfacing of cultures at borderlands in general.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1996abst/china/c184.htm (959 words)

	Dharma Jewel: Monlam Chenmo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Established almost 300 years ago, the Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Tibetan Yellow Hat, or Gelukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
		Labrang was also a key centre for religious learning and education, including astronomy and Tibetan medicine.
		Labrang itself was devastated and the population of monks decimated.
	www.thab.us /_jewel/_arc/monlamchenmo.htm (2160 words)

	China Tibet Information Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		First built about 300 years ago, Labrang stands as both a holy pilgrimage site for Buddhists and a prominent education centre for passing on Tibetan culture.
		The fame of Labrang draws pious pilgrims from far and near.
		To get to Labrang, you can first fly to the Gansu provincial capital of Lanzhou and then head south by bus.
	zt.tibet.cn /english/zt/religion/20040200492390756.htm (649 words)

	Alfredo Bini Photografer, Photoreportage, Images Bank
		Labrang stands near Xiahe, small town placed in a valley surrounded by endless grasslands, at 2920 m height, near the border with Qinghai.
		Moreover Labrang is the biggest Buddhist monastery out of Tibet border, and, in order of importance, it is second only to Lhasa.
		Labrang did not come out of cultural Chinese Revolution unharmed, many monks were decimated, schools were closed and numerous monasteries destroyed.
	www.alfredobini.com /monlan_eng.html (1550 words)

	SF-Fandom - Labrang monastery
		The Tibetan pilgrims walking the loop, many of them decked in splendid woolens, coral and silver, seemed to have perfected economical techniques for nudging every wheel as they made their rounds, a prelude to more circuits and chants inside the monastery temples.
		Xiahe (pronounced shyah-huh) and Labrang Monastery are 9,500 feet high in a pleasant, if rather barren, mountain valley of Gansu Province.
		The monastery is a major center of esoteric scholarship and now houses more than 1,000 saffron-robed monks of all ages - down from nearly 4,000 a century ago, but well recovered from Chinese Communist persecution of the late 1960's when many temples were destroyed and the monks sent to work on farms.
	www.sf-fandom.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1866&goto=nextnewest (441 words)

	KTD--Statement of the Tsurphu Labrang-- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The SLP was filed by the Tshurphu Labrang to challenge an order dated 26th August 2003 (impugned order) passed by the High Court of Sikkim (High Court) in Writ Petition (C) No. 5 of 2003 (writ petition).
		The writ petition was filed by the Tshurphu Labrang against an order dated 16th November 2002 passed by the District Judge, East & North Sikkim at Gangtok (District Judge) in an application filed by Tshurphu Labrang to be impleaded as a party-defendant in a suit pending before it.
		Although the identity and recognition of the 17th Karmapa is not an issue in the Suit, it is obvious that in publishing all the propaganda referred to in paragraph 3 above, Shamar Rinpoche is motivated by the intention to somehow legitimize his proposition that Thaye Dorje is the 17th Karmapa.
	www.kagyu.org /tsurphustatement.html (884 words)

	A Brief History of Labrang Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Genden shaydrub-dargyey Tashi-kunnay kyilway-ling (dGe-ldan bshad-grub dar-rgyas bkra-shis kun-nas‘khyil-ba’i gling), also known as Labrang Tashikyil Monastery (Bla-brang bKra-shis ‘khyil), or simply Labrang, was founded in 1710 by the First Jamyang-zhaypa, Ngawang-tsondru (Kun-mkhyen ‘Jam-dbyangs bzhad-pa Ngag-dbang brtson-‘grus) (1648-1722), in the Amdo province (A-mdo) of northeastern Tibet.
		The monastery in general became known as Labrang, or Labrang Tashikyil, after the residence of Jamyang-zhaypa.
		The Dukor Datsang at Labrang was the first of its kind in Amdo.
	www.berzinarchives.com /web/en/archives/study/history_buddhism/gelug/brief_history_labrang_monastery.html (1073 words)

	Crackdown in Gan-lho: Monk "Paralysed" After Labrang Posters (TIN) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Labrang monastery in Xiahe, called Sangchu in Tibetan.
		Labrang is one of the most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism,
		Labrang monks were jailed for giving out pro-independence leaflets in March
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1995/9/19_2.html (1363 words)

	Don Croner's World Wide Wanders: China \| Gansu \| Labrang
		View of Labrang Monastery from the hillside across the Daxia River
		Another view of Labrang Monastery from the hillside across the Daxia River, with the Gongdang Stupa in the foreground
		The original version of this stupa was built in 1805 by the third Gongtangcang, a famous reincarnation and scholar who lived at Labrang at this time.
	www.doncroner.com /China/Labrang/labrang.html (231 words)

	The Case of Tsurphu Labrang
		On November 17, 2002, the District Court of Gangtok dismissed the case of Tsurphu Labrang.
		One of the arguments he used is that as head of Gyaltsab Labrang he was not connected with Karmapa's Labrang, the Tsurphu Labrang.
		This Labrang was to replace defendant Gyaltsab Rinpoche, and thereby relieve him of any responsibility or wrong doing in the case.
	www.karmapa-issue.org /politics/gangtok_court.htm (302 words)

	Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The highlight of the town is the Labrang Monastery.
		Circled by a 3-km long pilgrim path with prayer wheels, stupas, Tibetan stone carvings, and miniature temples, Labrang Monastery houses numerous schools of Buddhism, monk residences, prayer halls, museums, and temples.
		Trails ascending the surrounding hills arrive at green animal feeding pastures, a stupa, or a Tibetan tent settlement.
	www.atwtravel.net /doc/english/journal/china/xiahe.htm (1479 words)

	Karmapa News 9/25-12/16
		All the past property of that line of incarnations was the property of the labrang, and all new property and wealth acquired by the current incumbent likewise became part of this labrang.
		The labrang is the "worldly wealth" of an incarnate lama, the management charged with administering that wealth, and the caretaker of the material entitlements of the reembodiments of the incarnate lama.
		He nevertheless describes all actions by Situ Rinpoche with regard to the Karmapa as attacks on the Shamar Rinpoche "regency." This purported naive motivational analysis is wildly unbalanced, for "regency" in Tibet does not mean that the regent is heir to the wealth of the Karmapa.
	www.nalandabodhi.org /karmapanews9-26-12-16.html (5356 words)

	K a r m a . K a g y u . T r a d i t i o n
		In the decision, the court rejected a petition by the Tsurphu Labrang seeking legal sanction of its control over the disputed Tibetan monastery in India 's northeastern Sikkim state.
		The Tsurphu Labrang is the group set up by supporters of Karmapa contender Orgyen Trinley to promote his candidacy for the title of 17 th Karmapa, including his claim for jurisdiction over Rumtek.
		The court's disqualification of the Tsurphu Labrang is tantamount to validation of the legal claim to Rumtek of the Karmapa Charitable Trust.
	www.karma-kagyu.org /17-gk/press-rel/rumtek04 (1154 words)

	The Road to Xinjiang: Tongren (Rebkong) & Labrang Map
		The plan is now much as before get to Kashgar, perhaps go to the Karkal lake area and then back on myself to Labrang & Tongren on the Gansu and Qinghai border area as soon as possible.
		I may have to skip Dunhuang due to time and head straight for Lanzhou to access the Tibetan area's as it is a priority of my trip to check out some Tibetan as well as Uyighur culture.
		Above is a map of the area around Tongren (Rebkong) and Labrang (taken from an out of print trekking book.
	xinjiangjim.blogspot.com /2005/04/tongren-rebkong-labrang-map.html (171 words)

	Response to the book "Karmapa: The Politics of Reincarnation" Nr.2
		Traditionally, each high lama has his or her own labrang, or administration, to govern the monasteries and other properties under his control.
		The Karmapas have had their own labrang which has always been separate from the labrangs of other high lamas.
		Thus, the two rinpoches, Situ and Gyaltsab, would never have been able to legally gain control of Rumtek Mona stery, which was part of the Karmapa Labrang rather than part of either of their own administrations.
	www.karmapa-issue.org /politics/response_2.htm (3044 words)

	76Houses:27.Labrang Nyingba
		A spectacular building that served as home to Tsongkapa and to the Fifth Dalai Lama at different periods, Labrang Nyingba was restored by Lhasa City with funding from Beijing.
		THF was invited as consultant and to provide the necessary installations for the toilet system in the eastern wing (the western wing having been done by THF in 1998).
		One million Renminbi were provided by the National Cultural Relics Ministry Beijing, and apart from the restoration of Samdup Podrang on the southern part of the Barkor, the houses Labrang Nyingba, Mindrochang and Rizur West were rehabilitated by government companies.
	www.asianart.com /lhasa_restoration/76houses/labrangnyingba (178 words)

	Labrang
		A fully illustrated book on Labrang monastery, one of the largest in the Amdo region of Tibet, including photographs taken over a 25 year period prior to the Chinese invasion, that capture and preserve life at this revered Tibetan monastery at its developmental peak.
		Labrang is located in the northeast corner of the Tibetan plateau at the strategic intersection of four major Asian civilizations - Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, and Muslim.
		The author draws on the photographs and memories of two Christian missionaries resident in the area for nearly 27 years, as well as the memoirs of Apa Alo, a local dignitary, to detail Labrang`s unique and clourful Tibetan border culture.
	www.wisdom-books.com /ProductDetail.asp?CatNumber=7298 (172 words)

	Court Victory for HH Shamar Rinpoche - Kagyu Asia News
		This is evident from an earlier statement, wherein Tshurphu Labrang (the petitioner) said that it is in control and in possession of the suit properties and is holding them for the benefit of Urgyen Trinley Dorje, who is accepted as the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa.
		According to the petitioner ''labrang'' means the residence of a high and eminent spiritual master 'Lama'.
		Amongst some prominent Labrangs, the petitioner is one of them, being Tshurphu monastery of Karmapa.
	www.kagyu-asia.com /n_court_victory.html (1741 words)

	Pabongka Labrang House Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Pabongka Labrang, located in Lhasa's Kirey area, is the former Lhasa residence of the abbot of Pabongka Monastery.
		Pabongka is one of the oldest temples in Tibet, associated with emperor Srongtsan Gampo, located north of Lhasa's inner city, west of Sera Monastery.
		The three-storey Labrang was built in the early 20th century, at a time when the Pabongka Rinpoche was one of the most respected Lamas in Lhasa.
	www.tibetheritagefund.org /3_works/3_01_03/3_01_03_03pabonkalabrang/3_01_03_03_01_en.html (158 words)

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