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in sitting posture and surrounded by their respective eight disci- 
ples. Inthe temple of Na-chu-tug Lhakhang there are the sixteen 
sthavira (sages) brought from China by the illustrious Phag-pa 
during the reign of the Emperor Khublai Khan. In the new chapel 
consecrated to Champa there are—the huge image of the coming 
Buddha, representing him as a youth of twelve, and a silver trident 
used by Jam-yang himself. In the Kalzang Lhakhang there are one 
thousand Buddhas, all made of copper gilt with gold, In the 
Kahgyur Lhakhang,7e., the library of sacred books, there are 
Kahgyur collections all written in gold. In the cloister of the 
Nag-pa Tva-tshang (Tantrik College), there are many articles very 
sacred to the Buddhists. On the right of the image of Vajra 
Bhairava is the statue of Tsong-khapa and on its left is the image 
of the Lord of Death with his horrid tram, The principal temple 
is three-storeyed. The principal hall of congregation called the 
Dukhang Chenpo on the ground floor contains 240 wooden pillars, 
distributed over an area of 34,560 sq. ft. to accommodate 7,700 
monks when they assemble to perform religious service. 
The third hierarch was Pan-chen Sonam Tag-pa; the 4th, 
Sonam Gyatsho, the Dalai Lama; 5th, Yontan Gyatsho, Dalai 
Lama; 6th, Panchen Lozang Choigyan of Tashilhunpo; 7th, 
Nag-wange Lozang Gyatsho, the 5th Dalai Lama; 8th, Nag- 
wang Yece Gyatsho (Pakardsin-pa); 9th, Kalyang Gyatsho (7th 
Dalai Lama) in the year 1726. 
The Monastery of Meru was one of the four sanctuaries 
founded at the four cardinal points of Lhasa by King Ralpachan 
in the 9th Century A.D. It was abolished by King Langdarma, 
but was afterwards restored to its former condition and formed 
the metropolitan monastery. 
CHAGPOIRI is a monastic institution with classes for the study 
of medicine. It is called the Man-pa T'va-tshang or the Medical 
College. It does not contain more than one hundred pupils. 
Phabong-kha was anciently King Srong-tsan Gampo’s favourite 
resort, where he used to propitiate his tutelary deities. The seven 
early monk-scholars called Sedmi-midun also had their residence 
there. During the persecution of Buddhism by King Langdarma 
there existed no monastic establishment at Phabongkha. Geges 
Tag-kar-pa revived the institution, During the hierarchy of 
Sakya, Dogon Phagpa repaired the monastery and gave rich 
endowments. for its maintenance, but during the dispute between 
Sakya and Phagmodté it again dwindled into insignificance till 
it was repaired by Thegchan Choigyal and revived by Je-Deleg- 
Nima. But again, when internal discords convulsed Tibet, it 
declined and remained in a neglected condition till the year Harth- 
sheep of the tenth cycle when Minister Paljor Lhindub of the 
family of Khon rescued it from ruin. Since then it has been 
flourishing. 
Sangphu Nehu thang, situated on a hill beyond Nethang, was 
founded by Dog Leg-ge in the same year when Sakya was 
established. 
