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One of the two great monasteries of the Gelug-pa lineage in Tibetan tantric Buddhism, Gyuto Tantric University was established by Jetsun Kunga Dhondup in 1475 and flourished in Lhasa, Tibet, until 1959 when their famous Ramoche temple was desecrated and the population of 900 monks decimated. |
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| About 60 monks escaped to India with the Dalai Lama and throughout the past 30 years, enduring serious privation as refugees, they have nurtured and preserved the ancient rituals and traditions and carefully rebuilt the monastic community to today's population of over 500. | |||
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life of a Gyuto Monk is a life of practice - of loving kindness
and compassion for the benefit of all. The monks do this by the
practice of the Tantric arts, including harmonic chanting, butter
sculpture and the creation of sand mandalas.