གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་། | Glossary of Terms
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གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
- Term
- monastery
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
- monastery
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
Originally a place where the wandering “viharin” monks would stay during the monsoon only, they later developed into permanent domiciles for monks.
- monastery
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
A dwelling place of monks.
- monastery
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
In the ancient Indian context, a vihāra was originally a place where the wandering vihārin monks would stay during the monsoon only; these later developed into permanent domiciles for monks. The Tibetan term gtsug lag khang refers to the house or temple where the sacred texts are kept and studied (see “treatise”).
- monastery
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
A term denoting a permanent structure built to house members of the monastic saṅgha
- temple
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
An acceptable form of shelter for a monk, as identified in the Four Supports section of the ordination ritual.
- temple
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
- vihāra
- གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།
- gtsug lag khang
- vihāra
Either a temple or monastery. In Buddhism it was originally a residence used during the monsoon for the otherwise wandering bhikṣus.