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The center was established in 1985 by Khenpo Achuk Rinpoche (1927-2011),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?|title=Akhyuk Rinpoche |publisher=rigpawiki.org |access-date= 2018-05-25}} </ref> one of the senior-most Nyingma masters in Tibet that mainly practiced [[Dzogchen]]. He taught in both Tibetan and Chinese and attracted students from all over China. The community also draws visitors seeking to be cured of illnesses. |
The center was established in 1985 by Khenpo Achuk Rinpoche (1927-2011),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?|title=Akhyuk Rinpoche |publisher=rigpawiki.org |access-date= 2018-05-25}} </ref> one of the senior-most Nyingma masters in Tibet that mainly practiced [[Dzogchen]]. He taught in both Tibetan and Chinese and attracted students from all over China. The community also draws visitors seeking to be cured of illnesses. |
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| ⚫ | Yarchen Gar has periodically been closed to foreigners, and was again closed in April 2019. Throughout 2019, a large number of monastics have been forced out by the Chinese authorities, with reports of some nuns being sent to "patriotic re-education" camps. As of August 2019, a large swathe of the complex has been demolished, likely to pave the way for tourist infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite news|title = China has destroyed large areas of one of Tibet's biggest Buddhist sites, satellite images reveal| work = Free Tibet| date = 30 September 2019| url = https://freetibet.org/news-media/na/china-has-destroyed-large-areas-one-tibets-biggest-buddhist-sites-satellite-images| access-date = 6 October 2019}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Larung Gar]] was even larger, but |
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| ⚫ | The monastic and layperson community at [[Larung Gar]] was even larger, but its population has also recently declined due to the demolition of housing by Chinese authorities.<ref>{{citation| title = Thousands of Tibetan monks and nuns ordered to leave remote encampment | url = https://www.savetibet.org/thousands-of-tibetan-monks-and-nuns-ordered-to-leave-remote-encampment/}}</ref> Many of the displaced monks and nuns from Larung Gar had been relocating to Yarchen Gar. |
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| ⚫ | As of 2018, the road to Yarchen Gar has been paved and the complex has built amenities for visitors, including a restaurant and at least two hotels, but the number of beds sometimes falls short during summer when many tourists visit. At times, foreign visitors have reported harassment and/or being forced to leave. As of late 2018, a police checkpoint at the entrance to the settlement was checking the identification of all visitors but was not preventing them from entering. Men are not allowed to enter the nuns' area on the west side of the river. |
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| ⚫ | As of 2018, the road to Yarchen Gar has been paved and the complex has built amenities for visitors, including a restaurant and at least two hotels, but the number of beds sometimes falls short during summer when many tourists visit. At times, foreign visitors have reported harassment and/or being forced to leave. As of late 2018, a police checkpoint at the entrance to the settlement was checking the identification of all visitors but was not preventing them from entering. Men are not allowed to enter the nuns' area on the west side of the river. |
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==Footnotes== |
==Footnotes== |
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Revision as of 12:53, 30 September 2020
Yarchen Gar (Tibetan: ཡ་ཆེན་སྒར་, Wylie: ya chen sgar, ZYPY: Yaqên gar), officially known as Yaqên Orgyän Temple (Tibetan: ཡ་ཆེན་ཨོ་རྒྱན་བསམ་གདན་གླིང་།, THL: Yachen Orgyen Samden ling), is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in western Sichuan province, China, with Tibetan and Chinese students. The majority of students are nuns, and it is also referred to as the City of Nuns.[1][2] Yarchen Gar lies in an isolated valley 4000m above sea level in Pelyul County, 400 kilometres (250 mi) west of Chengdu in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, also known of as Kham. The monastery is associated with the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. With an estimate of more than 10,000 sangha members in 2018, it is considered the largest concentration of monastics in the world.[3][4]
The center was established in 1985 by Khenpo Achuk Rinpoche (1927-2011),[5] one of the senior-most Nyingma masters in Tibet that mainly practiced Dzogchen. He taught in both Tibetan and Chinese and attracted students from all over China. The community also draws visitors seeking to be cured of illnesses.
Yarchen Gar has periodically been closed to foreigners, and was again closed in April 2019. Throughout 2019, a large number of monastics have been forced out by the Chinese authorities, with reports of some nuns being sent to "patriotic re-education" camps. As of August 2019, a large swathe of the complex has been demolished, likely to pave the way for tourist infrastructure.[6]
The monastic and layperson community at Larung Gar was even larger, but its population has also recently declined due to the demolition of housing by Chinese authorities.[7] Many of the displaced monks and nuns from Larung Gar had been relocating to Yarchen Gar.
As of 2018, the road to Yarchen Gar has been paved and the complex has built amenities for visitors, including a restaurant and at least two hotels, but the number of beds sometimes falls short during summer when many tourists visit. At times, foreign visitors have reported harassment and/or being forced to leave. As of late 2018, a police checkpoint at the entrance to the settlement was checking the identification of all visitors but was not preventing them from entering. Men are not allowed to enter the nuns' area on the west side of the river.
Footnotes
- ^ Douglas Hook, Sichuan’s remote Yarchen Gar monastery, where Buddhist monks and nuns suffer on the path to enlightenment, (7 December 2018), https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/2176670/sichuans-remote-yarchen-gar-monastery-where-buddhist
- ^ [In Sichuan provence, more than 10,000 monks and nuns live in austerity], https://www.todayonline.com/world/sichuan-china-high-mountains-sichuan-province-more-10000-buddhist-monks-and-nuns-live-austere
- ^ "Yarchen Vddiyana Meditation Monastery, Garze (Ganzi), Kham, Sichuan - China Trekking Guide, Route, Map, Photo". Chinatrekking.com. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ "Yaqing Monastery, | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
- ^ "Akhyuk Rinpoche". rigpawiki.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "China has destroyed large areas of one of Tibet's biggest Buddhist sites, satellite images reveal". Free Tibet. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Thousands of Tibetan monks and nuns ordered to leave remote encampment
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