Drolma Lhakhang

Drolma Lhakhang

Drolma Lhakhang

A Green Tara Temple and former refuge of Atisha, one of Tibet's greatest teachers. Founded in 1055. Sponsored in Second Life by Free Tibet.

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Atisha (982-1054 A.D.) was an Indian master who helped revive Buddhism in Tibet, a period often known as the 11th century renaissance, a time when the great foundations for Tibetan Buddism were laid. Atisha spent the last 12 years of his life in Tibet and much of it at or near Drolma Lhakhang, about 45 minute's drive south-west of Lhasa, where the great teacher died in 1054.

So sacred unique is this temple is that the Indian government managed to persuade China not to destroy or deface the site during the cultural revolution of the 1960s, one of Tibet's few major sacred sites that escaped the epic destruction of Mao Zedong's campaign. Today in real life, it is a modest structure, but imbued with energy and 11th century artwork that pilgrims continue to assemble inside its dingy, dark spaces.

The devotional focus of this temple is Green Tara (Drolma), who has been described as the mother of all buddahs and had a particularly strong connection to Atisha.