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Amchi Namgyal
Rinpochee
Ribo Bumpa Monasteryy
Dho-Tarap
Dolpo, Karnali Zone, Nepall
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A bumpa is a vase, one of the eight sacred
symbols of Buddhism. Some chortens are built in
the shape of a vase, and thus may also be known
as bumpas. The design of Ribo Bumpa Gonpa is
based on an important chorten of this type in
Samye, Tibet. It was founded as a Nyingma
monastery more than thousand years ago by Jigdre
Nyima Gyalthsen and Lama Tenzin Targye, and
sponsored by the head of village at time.
Located in Dho Tarap, it was built around the
lead of a series of three bumpa-shortens (the
other two being minor constructions in Lawang
and Takshi villages). It is linked to the legend
of Guru Rinpoche, who after ridding the region
of three troublesome demonesses, established the
three-chortens as a protection system. He is
said to have left a warning that if anu of the
bumpa-chortens is destroyed, the Lake Phoksumdo
will burst and flood the region. It is believed
that they have protected the Tarap valley from
some of the damaging hailstorms and landslides
which have beset many parts of Dolpo, and they
have also special powers to determine whether
the harvest will be good.
Three large pottery bumpas, symbolising the
original bumpa-chortens, form the central focus
of the complex, and the "Blessing of the Three
Vases" is an important ritual. The main Buddha
images are housed in the gonpa are The Great
Teacher's Manifesto, The Eight Manifestations of
Guru Rinpoche, and the Assemply of the Three
Principal Ones. The major texts stored are
The Translated Buddha Word and The
Translated Treatises. Official documents
with the royal seal, from the time when the King
of Mustang presided over Dolpo, are preserved
there.
In 1994, Amchi Namgyal Rinpoche was formally
declared as seat holder of Robom Gonpa in large
religous gathering of Mendum Ritual which was
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