清代进藏西方人笔下的扎什伦布

The Tashilunpo Monastery in the Description of the Western Visitors to Tibet in Qing Dynasty

扎什伦布寺是清代藏传佛教格鲁派在后藏地区的最大寺院,也是历辈班禅额尔德尼的驻锡地,以拥有众多具有加持力的佛像和珍贵的经卷著称。扎什伦布也是藏传佛教重要的修习场所,设立了铁桑林、夏孜、吉康、阿巴等四大扎仓,形成了一套完整的由显到密的学经系统。18-20世纪初,一些进藏西方人来到后藏,留下了对扎什伦布的珍贵记载,对六世、七世、九世班禅额尔德尼的描述尤为细致,可资参考。

The Tashilunpo Monastery was the biggest Monastery in Tsang region of the Gelugpa in Qing Dynasty,it is also the resident of the Panchen Lamas and famous for its various Buddha statues which have blessing forces,the precious Sutra.Meanwhile,the Tashilunpo Monastery is the important practice place of the Tibetan Buddhism,it contains four Dratsang——Iron xianchi,jingshou natsuko,Ji Kang,aba,and forms a complete system of learning classics from Exotoric Buddhism to Esoteric Buddhism(Vajrayana).From the 18th century to the first of the 20th century,some Western visitors arrived the Tsang region and made some descriptions for the Tashilunpo Monastery.These descriptions had detailed information about the sixth,seventh and ninth Panchen Lama,which can be used in our contemporary studies.