Scriptural Debate Of Sera Monastery

Going to the Sera Temple, you can often see that under a shade of trees, a group of monks in red robes, using a variety of exaggerated gestures and rich body movements, sometimes rosary beads, sometimes glaring, sometimes one foot independent and vigorously hit the palm, the words are very fierce. At first glance, I thought I was arguing. In fact, this is the famous debate activity of the temple. It is a different way of learning Tibetan Buddhist monks. They tested the results of the study by means of intense questioning and answering, and debate. I went too early that day and missed it, which was a pity.

The most attractive thing about Sera Temple is the famous argument. The argument is that the lamas spontaneously formed into pairs to start the argument. When the argument is made, there are many physical movements, and the tone is high and urgent, which often makes the onlookers feel that a group of lamas are quarreling. The scene is very vivid. Seeing that there are more tourists than the lama here, the lama surrounded by tourists can also seriously argue, this determination is not something ordinary people can do.

Come here, always have to take a look, although you can't understand anything, the whole process is blind. No camera is allowed, only mobile phone. You can hear the endless clapping outside, from 3 to 5 pm every day.

As one of the three major temples in Lhasa, the debate of Lhasa Sera Temple is an indispensable Tibetan cultural landscape. Sera Temple is located at the foot of Sera Ulsan Mountain, 3 kilometers north of Lhasa, Tibet. It is jointly called the "Three Three Temples in Lhasa" with Gandan Temple and Zhexu Temple. "Serra" in Tibetan means wild roses. It is said that during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zongkaba master disciple Yuan Qinkejie built the temple under the mountain, which was full of wild roses, so the sera temple was named. From the construction of the temple in 1417 to the present, after the generation of renovation and expansion, this reached the scale we can see today. Throughout the 600-year construction cycle, the layout of the Sera Temple has no overall plan. However, the architecture in the temple is dense and not crowded, mixed and not messy, and the main and secondary are clearly displayed, highlighting the unique style of the Grand Temple of the Gelu. The Sera Temple is located in the wind and water of Lhasa. The surrounding environment is beautiful and the terrain is strange. It has been the place where the living Buddha of the high monks speaks the scriptures since ancient times. It is centered on the Sera Temple. There are many small temples around it. There are Pubujue Temple, Gonbasa Temple, Pabengang Temple, Qusang Temple, Galin Nun Temple, Serra but the temple and so on. In addition to the many temples around, there is a mysterious place outside the temple, which is located on the back mountain of the sera temple. Every time someone dies in Lhasa, after the religious prayer ceremony, the body is transported to the back mountain of the Sera Temple for a celestial burial ceremony. In order to respect the customs of the local people, the government clearly stipulates that tourists are not allowed to see the celestial burial, and the road to the Sera Temple celestial burial platform is very difficult. Even at risk, it is estimated that the climb there will be blocked by the relevant personnel and the families of the deceased. Compared to the mysterious celestial burial ceremony, there is also a strange religious activity in the Sera Temple, which is free to visitors every afternoon at 3 pm, which is the argument. In the snowy plateau, many Huangjiao temples have lama debate activities, but the sera temple debate activities are more distinctive and more durable, regardless of the scale, action norms, rigorous and intense degree. The Sera Temple debates start at 3pm every day and are free for visitors. It is recommended that friends who want to see arrive at the Sera Temple in advance. You need to buy tickets to visit the Sera Temple. The ticket price is 50 yuan. After entering the gate of the temple, you can go straight for about a kilometer along the widest road. You don't need to buy tickets to enter the defense. Don't worry about the oversized sun in Tibet in the afternoon, because the many towering trees in the defense field blocked the dazzling hot sunlight of the plateau, making it a fresh and cool religious activity stage.

The long queue of worshippers, a ticket, went directly to the hall for us.

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