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Neychen Rinchen Bumpa Video courtesy: Rinchen Bumpa Khenpo

Tendrel phu, where Now Atisha meditated for three years in the cave at Dra Yerpa. Jow Atisha had written many important texts as well at Yerpa,

མོང་བཟའ་ཁྲི་་ལྕམ།Mongza Thricham ~ one of the consorts of King Tsongtsen Gampo from Tibet and her son གུང་སྲོང་གུང་བཙན། Gungsong Gungtsen.

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གནམ་ལོ་གསར་ཚེ་བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ། Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year.

Here’s to a year of exploring, growing, and living life to the fullest. Have an amazing New Year! @NeykorwithSonam

Trongsa Dzong, the largest dzong in Bhutan, is located in the centre of the country. Built on a spur overlooking the gorge of the Mangde chu, a temple was first established in 1543 by Lam Nagi Wangchuk son of Lama Ngawang Chhojey. #trongsadzong #trongsa #dzong #mangde

སྒང་སྟེང་དགོན་པ།Gangtey Gonpa was established in 1613 by Pema Lingpa's grandson Pema Thinley on a spur in the Black Mountains called the Gangteng Sang Nga Choling, which translate to Summit for the teaching of the Dharma. The monastery lies on the peak hilltop at an altitude of 2800m offering a tremendous perspective of the incredible Phobjikha valley. The monastery complex has five temples that surround the main central tower. The main hall called Tshokhang has been built in Tibetan architectural style. The hall is built with eight very large wooden pillars, which are to be the largest in Bhutan. @NeykorwithSonam

སྐྱིད་ལ་བདེ་ཆེན་ཡང་རྩེ་དགོན་པ།Kila Dechen Yangtse Gonpa

སྐྱིད་ལ་བདེ་ཆེན་ཡང་རྩེ་དགོན་པ།Kila Dechen Yangtse Gonpa Tenzin Norbu who was the 4th descendant of Drubthog Chekarwa bore two children, son Pow Dorji and daughter Dechhogma in Tibet. Pow Dorji became a learned saint, who was educated by Lhatshun Chhoki Jamtsho. On the other hand, the daughter Dechhogma gave birth to two sons, namely Chhogyel Norbu and Tenpa who grew up to be popular saints, under Lam Ngawang Chhogyel. The two sons were destined to be in the Lho (southern) part of Tibet or the Moen Yuel. Therefore, in the 16th century Chhogyel Norbu and Tenpa built Zarchen Samten Chholling and Kila Dechen Yangtse in Moen Yuel. On completion of these constructions they invited their uncle Pow Dorji from Tibet who resided in Kila Goenpa, initially known as Kila Dechen Yangtse. The cave in which he meditated is seen even today. Pow Dorji with his two nephews spread the doctrine of Buddhism. Je-Jampel Sherub Gyeltshen who was the only son of Tenpa was the last descendant who later became a great saint with the teachings of Pel Sherab Singay and Bjetshen Jamyang Gyeltshen. He then spread the doctrine throughout the valley and resumed the disciplines and the teachings of Buddhism in Paro. In the 19th century, Je Jampel Sherub Gyeltshen built a Lhakhang known as Gorikuenang Yoelzergang, which helped the people of Paro valley to learn the doctrine of Buddhism. During the time, the mind reincarnation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, Ngawang Jigme Norbu stayed in Gorikuenang Yoelzergang Goenpa as the chief of the monastery. Years later, Zhabdrung Jigme Norbu renovated the monastery, which still stands strong and attractive today. #kilagonpa #paro #chelelapass #Bhutan #neykorwithsonam

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The revered eight century Goen Tshephu Ney is a sacred cave with a profound connection to Guru Rinpoche.

རྡོ་ཁ་སྐྱེས་དགོན་པ།Dokhachoe Gonpa Sacred Dokhachoe Gonpa in Chukha, is a very popular pilgrimage site. Pilgrims from across the country come here to offer prayers to Lhamo Ekajati, known popularly as Aum Kangchim. It is believed that your every wish will come true if your prayers for Aum Kangchim are sincere. Dokhachoe Gonpa was founded in 1650 by Choeje Thinley Jamtsho, a grandson of Phajo Drukgom Zhipo. Choeje Thinley Jamtsho was Zhabdrung’s drungchen, (secretary) who travelled through Chapcha after his return from Ladakh. Choeje Thinley Jamtsho is said to have meditated in eight directions of the Lhakhang. And after three days of meditation from a cliff near the gonpa, it is said that he saw Khachoe Dakpai Zhingkham (a heavenly abode) through the cliff. Hence the name Dokhachoe Gonpa. Dokhachoe meaning “a boulder standing upright and facing the sky” The gonpa is 4 kilometers from old highway at Damcho and at the highest point at Chapcha.

༅ གནས་ཆེན་གདོང་སྐོར་ལ།Neychen Dongkorla Location: Paro Altitude: 3711masl Distance: 15 km away from Shaba. Road connectivity: Feeder Road Time: An hour and half drive 4 -5 hours up-hill hike The monastery is located on scenic mountain top, where one can see both Paro and Thimphu valley. The sacred Dongkorla gonpa was established by Terton Tshering Dorji, who is considered as an emanation of Vairotsana under the significance guidance of his spiritual tantric master Drubwang Rinchen Choedor who is reincarnation of Trulku Paljor Gyeltshen the heart son of Longchen Rabjam, the founder of Khewang Lhakhang in Phobjikha and Mendrup Geompa. Visit this sacred sites atleast once in your life time!