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📍Location: Seraroad, Chengguan District, Lhasa, that's where Sera Monastery is located😃 🚌Transportation: Buses No. 21, 12, 24, 23, 16 can all take you there🤗 📝Opening Hours: 8:30 - 17:00 🎫Ticket: 50 yuan (locals do not need to buy a ticket) ✨Sera Monastery, officially known as 'Sera Mahayana Monastery', is one of the six main monasteries of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism👏. Along with Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery, it forms the Great Three Monasteries of Lhasa and is the last built among them. ✨There are two interesting theories about the origin of the name 'Sera Monastery'😜: One is that during the foundation of the monastery, there was a severe hailstorm, and 'hail' in Tibetan is pronounced 'Sera', hence the monastery was named 'Sera Monastery', meaning 'Hail Monastery'; the other is that the monastery was built on a field of blooming wild roses, and 'wild rose' in Tibetan is also pronounced 'Sera', thus giving the monastery its name. ✨Inside Sera Monastery, there are thousands of Vajra Buddha statues, most of which are meticulously made by local Tibetans🎖️. There are also many bronze Buddha statues that have come from the mainland or India. The walls of the great hall and various scripture halls are adorned with a large number of exquisite original color murals. Among them, the most famous statue is the 'Hayagriva' in the great hall, located inside the Dharmapala temple on the fourth floor of the Jikang warehouse. Just walk straight forward from the main hall, through a row of small halls, and it's at the very end. Locals will stick their heads into a small shrine to touch the base of the statue with their heads. ✨From the Buddha basking platform to the northeast of Sera Monastery, one can take in the entire beautiful view of the monastery👀. Every year during the Shoton Festival, a grand Buddha basking ceremony is held here. ✨Sera Monastery is quite famous for its debating. The debating ceremony of Sera Monastery is held in the debating courtyard on the north side of the monastery, starting at three o'clock in the afternoon and continuing until five o'clock🕔. ✨Debating is actually a deep exploration of Buddhist knowledge, and can also be said to be a unique learning method of the lamas. The monks of Sera Monastery have such a wonderful debating session every day. It is a challenging debate, and debaters often use various vivid gestures to enhance the force of the debate, either clapping their hands to urge the opponent to answer quickly😤, or pulling on prayer beads to signify drawing on the power of Buddha to overcome the opponent. ✨There are no debates on Sundays and certain special holidays. Unfortunately, I went there on a Sunday, so I missed it😔. However, the advantage is that there are fewer people, and Sera Monastery is very photogenic📷. Walking around the monastery, one feels an immense sense of inner peace. There are also many cute cats and dogs🐶🐱 in the temple, but some dogs may bite, so everyone should still be careful!
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Posted: Jul 7, 2024
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