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252 HISTORY OF LAMAISM. 



Yll.— Gtiru Senff-ffe-da dok,^ The propagator of religion in 



the six worlds — with "the roaring lion's voice." 

 YlW. — Giiru L6-ten Chhog-Se,' "The Conveyer of knowledge 

 to all worlds." 



The chief monastery of the PemiongchI sect and its associated 

 lamas is at Mindolling in Central Tibet. The chief 

 Head monasteries of monastery of the Kartok-pa is at Der-ge in Kham 

 the Nyingma-pa sect. ^-^^^^^^^ Txhei), celebrated for its excellent prints ; 

 and that of the Nga dak-pa at Dorje-tak, the greatest of the Nyingma-pa 

 head-quarters, about two days' journey south-east of Lhassa. Until 

 recently, Pemiongchi was in the habit of sending batches of its young 

 lamas to Mindolling for instruction in strict discipline and rites ; but 

 since some years this practice has been allowed to lapse. 



The Kaemapa sub-sect. 



The Karmapa, as we have already seen, was one of the earliest 



sub-sects of the Kargyupa. It differs from its parent 



Karmapa in Sik- Kargyupa in the adoption of tho Nyingma "hidden 



™' revelation" found in Kougbo, and entitled Le-to 



Ling-pa or "the locally-revealed merit." And from the Duk-pa, 



another sub-sect of the Kargyupa, it differs in not 



Tenets. having adopted the Nyingma terton works Padma 



ling-pa and Sangy4 ling-pa. The Karmapa sect was founded by 



Milaraspa's pupil Rangchug dorje. Their chief monastery is at To-lung 



tshur phu, founded in 1158 A.D. and about one day's journey to the 



north-west of Lhasa. They are Kargyupas who have retrograded 



towards the Nyingma-pa practices. Marpa, the nominal founder of 



the Kargyupa sect, was married, and few of the Karma-pa lamas are 



celibate. 



The first Karmapa monastery in Sikhim was built at Ralang 



about 17b0 AD. by the Sikhim ruler Gyur-med 



in'sikhini. ^''''^"'''^'^ Namgyal at the_ special request of the Ninth Kar- 



majja Grand Lama — e?Bang-chug-?-dorje — in Tibet 



during a pilgrimage of the king in Tibet. Their other monasteries 



are at Ramtek and Phodang, and the "Phodang" monastery in the 



Bhotiya hasti of Darjeeling which is a chapel of ease to Phodang. 



The central image in a Karmapa temple is usually that of the 



founder of the sub-sect, viz.. Karma " Bakshi," 



emp es. otherwise their temples do not differ from those of 



the Nyingma-pa sect. 



' gu-ru Seng-ge *gra sgrogs. j - gu-ru 61o-ldan mcbliog Sred. 



