Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to

Sera Monastery Sera Monastery ( "Wild Roses Monastery"; ) is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa and about north of the Jokhang. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of its ...

, about 8 kilometres northwest of

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhas ...

in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

. Founded by

Songtsen Gampo Songtsen Gampo (; 569–649? 650), also Songzan Ganbu (), was the 33rd Tibetan king and founder of the Tibetan Empire, and is traditionally credited with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, influenced by his Nepali consort Bhrikuti, of Nepa ...

in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage. File:Pabonka Monastery (23676936891).jpg, Pabonka Hermitage File:Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG, Looking towards

from Pabonka Hermitage File:Pabonka Monastery (23131148924).jpg, prayer flags File:Pabonka Monastery (23132913783).jpg File:Pabonka Gonpa - 2062466863.jpg, Ruins File:Pabonka Monastery (23391791409).jpg File:Pabonka Monastery (23759312595).jpg

Footnotes

References

* Gyurme Dorje. (1999). ''Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan''. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks Ltd., Bristol, England. . In USA published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing. Chicago. . * Dowman, Keith. (1998). ''The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide''. Routledge & kegan Paul, London.

External links

YouTube footage of Pabonka
{{Buddhist monasteries in Tibet Buddhist hermitages in Lhasa Sera Monastery 7th-century establishments in Tibet Chengguan District, Lhasa