Milarepa Temple

Milarepa Buddha Pavilion is located on the outskirts of Gannan Cooperation City, about 3 kilometers away from the city center. It is a red Tibetan-style high-rise building. The high-rise religious buildings of the Buddhist Pavilion are very rare in Tibetan areas, and it is very unique to take pictures outside. There are more than 1,000 statues enshrined in the Buddhist pavilion, including representatives of major sects of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as famous masters in Tibetan history. This kind of coexistence of various sects is also very rare in Tibetan areas, and it is worth visiting. The full name of the Buddhist pavilion is the nine-story pavilion of Amdo Cooperation Milareba. It was built to commemorate the master in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, the Venerable Milareba. The Venerable Milareba was the early master of the White Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is famous for its penance and singing and preaching. There are also many statues of masters and portraits reflecting the master's practice process in the Buddhist pavilion. The Buddhist pavilion is called nine floors, but it is actually eight floors. The ninth floor is a mandala portrait on the roof of the eighth floor. After entering the Buddhist pavilion, you can visit and worship layer by layer, and it takes about 1-2 hours to visit a circle. Every statue and mural in the Buddhist pavilion is marked with Chinese characters to help tourists understand, and if you are lucky, you will meet the monks here to explain. On the first floor of the Buddhist pavilion, there is a huge statue of Jampa Buddha (namely Maitreya Buddha). It can be seen that the image of Maitreya Buddha in Tibetan areas is different from that of the mainland, which is the solemn form of traditional Buddha statues. The statues on both sides are celebrities in Tibetan history, including Tibetan kings of all dynasties, as well as Tibetan characters, the founder of Tibetan opera, etc., and images of Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng can also be seen here. The second to fifth floors of the Buddhist Pavilion are dedicated to the representatives of the major sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Especially the Baijiao display on the fifth floor. Baijiao has always used penance as the main way of practice. There are statues of Milarepa and his master, Master Marpa. Repair features. The murals on the wall also show the process of Master Milareba's body from fat to thin during his penance, you can visit them one by one. The sixth to eighth floors of the Buddhist pavilion are very rare in ordinary monasteries, and are dedicated to the Dharma Kings and Venerables of Tibetan Buddhism. The statues here are completely different from those seen in ordinary temples. There are statues of Matou Mingwang and Dahetian, most of which are ferocious and shocking. This is because Tibetan Buddhism was influenced by Hinduism, which produced the practice method of Tantra, which uses the power of fear and hatred to control desire. The tantric part of most monasteries is not visible to outsiders, so the images enshrined here are also very rare. The ninth floor is not a single-story building, but a portrait of a mandala on the roof of the eighth floor. The mandala refers to the image of the Buddhist kingdom that will appear in the minds of eminent monks and great virtues in the process of cultivation. You can visit it.