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above the distractions of human livelihood, the squat and ramshackle nunnery sits amid the monastic fields and orchards. The nuns’ quarters are bursting with odd heaps of barley, drying apricots, woollen homespun waiting to be dyed, abandoned looms, and plowshares in various states of disrepair. Nuns spun most of their waking hours working or cooking for the monastic estate, while living in rooms bereft of religious images.
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to work whole day to fully support the economic enterprises of the monastery. It is said that the young nuns who are more educated and candid took to religious curriculum of meditation and
Tibetan philosophy, while the older nuns toiled on the fields in the furtherance of the economic activity of the monastery. The nuns are also trained in spinning, oil extraction from
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payments from the monastery. They were exploited with provision of fixed ration for their use. Grimshaw adds that the nuns were given "a portion of harvests, in return for feasts on ritual occasions and year-long provision of spiritual protection". They were given very little opportunities for spiritual prayers also.
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order, at Ri-rdzong. There are 40 monks in the monastery. The monastery is also called "the paradise for meditation" and is noted for its extremely strict rules and standards. The nunnery, located about 2 km from the monastery, is called the "Jelichun
Nunnery" or Chulichan (Chomoling), where, at
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Julichen nunnery, also transcribed as
Chulichan Nunnery, is subordinate to the main monastery. It sustains the needs of the monastery. The 26 nuns who reside here are taken care by the Governing Body of the main Monastery. The nuns fully participate in the economic activity of the monastery and have
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are arranged on the sides. The central throne is reserved for the founder with the side seats (thrones) earmarked for Sras
Rinpoche and mKhan-po of the monastery. Printing blocks of the biography of Lama Tsulim Nima, many objects made then and the books composed by the first Sras Rinpoche are housed
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meditated in the caves around Rizong years before the monasteries were built. It is also inferred that in the small caves in the vicinity, Lamas used to meditate for years in isolation from the rest of the villages. They subsisted on one meal a day, which was provided to them by local people through
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The nuns serve as the worker bees in the monastic hive, which is over seen by monks engaged in their ritual ministrations. Nuns work from dawn to dusk processing the monastery’s vast wealth of grain, apples, apricots and wool. While the monastery sores skyward, at the end of a secluded valley, far
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The social and economic aspects of the nuns of
Julichang nunnery, who practice celibate monasticism, have also been elaborately studied by Anna Grimshaw, as part of her PhD thesis. It has been brought out that the celibate nuns provided the agricultural and animal husbandry labour, free of any
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Buddhist feminism in nunneries received a further boost after a conference was held on this issue and with the great efforts put in by Palmo, a foreigner, who adopted
Buddhism and fought for the cause of the nuns in Buddhist nunneries. The nunnery at Jelichung was expanded, in addition to the
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Within the ambit of the above rules, the monks of the monastery would at times become quite sentimental about even inadvertently treading on an insect or even cutting a blade of grass. Over the years, the hermitage became a place of worship and pilgrimage to all
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mountains decided to establish a hermitage (before he built the present large monastery) here, as a monastery for monks to meditate and learn the teachings of Buddha. Supported by many monks, initially many mud huts were built where they recited
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The hermitage has the distinct reputation of upholding "the Vinaya rules in strict sense of the term", so much so that the lamas of this monastery do not indulge in performances of mask dances or with undue rites and rituals.
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scholastics, after completing a term of two years. During the absence of these two incarnate Lamas at the
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nunnery, between 1995 and 1998, after awareness was created at the conference. During this period, four new nunneries were also built in
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in local language, that enshrines the old relics of the founder of the monastery is at the centre. It is surrounded by several frescoes of
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The drudgery and inhospitable living conditions of the nuns in a nunnery are explained vividly by Kim Gutschow thus:
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The following are the details of the structures and idols of deities deified in the monastery's various chambers.
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and the third group is of ordinary folks; the duties of each group and their interrelationships are well defined.
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of 'rgyud-smad Dratsang'. The Abbott will be elevated to the rank of Dga-ldan Khirpa, the chief of all
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shrine, frescoes of Shakyamuni Buddha’s life history are depicted; the idols deified are the Golden
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Being a Buddhist nun: the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas
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shrine is the roof over the assembly hall meant for Mandala of Lord
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a 1 foot (0.30 m) square window opening in the cave.
1004:. Himalayan Research Bulletin XV (2). 1995. p. 44.
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Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1831
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476:are defied. The main hall also has
16:Buddhist monastery In Ladakh, India
1207:1948 military operations in Ladakh
258:A Rizong monk seated at a special
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2517:Government Degree College, Kargil
861:from the original on 15 June 2012
803:from the original on 26 June 2012
740:. Indus Publishing. p. 215.
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737:Ladakh: the land and the people
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1345:Four types of Himalayan ranges
422:Full view of Rizong Monastery
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2091:Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary
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2101:Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary
1310:Jammu and Kashmir High Court
1202:1947–1948 India-Pakistan War
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914:"Rizong Monastery, J&K"
398:Views of Rizong Monastery
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2522:Phuktal Monastic School
2507:Druk White Lotus School
2399:Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road
1350:Geology of the Himalaya
1248:India–Pakistan conflict
1171:Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal war
826:"Rizong Monastery Tour"
647:Ladakh Nuns Association
618:nuts and milking cows.
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1195:Post-Independent India
942:Gutschow, Kim (2004).
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1212:1971 battle of Turtuk
1176:Treaty of Tingmosgang
1154:Pre-Independent India
1046:at Wikimedia Commons
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604:inside the monastery
565:btra-shis-gyhi-skyong
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236:Mangyu temple complex
138:34.26917°N 77.10722°E
106:Location within India
2532:University of Ladakh
2405:Sasoma–Saser La Road
2401:(under construction)
2146:Buddhist monasteries
2129:Shanti Stupa, Ladakh
1315:Lieutenant Governors
1243:India–China conflict
881:"Ladakh Monasteries"
393:Structure and layout
2096:Hemis National Park
1499:Drang-Drung Glacier
1417:Teram Shehr Plateau
676:Geography of Ladakh
653:Visitor information
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1217:2010 Ladakh floods
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1860:Dzingrulma
1687:Taglang La
1662:Indira Col
1611:Suru River
1535:Tso Moriri
645:under the
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383:Inas batan
338:Foundation
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287:gso-shyong
250:Background
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2053:Festivals
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2012:Languages
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1727:Shingo La
1707:Rezang La
1697:Namika La
1626:Chip Chap
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514:Thin-Chen
438:Sku–Gdung
352:Ri-rdzong
324:Buddhists
129:77°6′26″E
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2083:Wildlife
2075:wildlife
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1970:Ukdungle
1885:Khalatse
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1702:Pensi La
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1338:General
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2184:Hemis
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191:gompa
177:Lama
160:Style
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