Chetsun Sherab Jungnay
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Chetsun Sherab Jungnay was an eleventh century Tibetan
Abbot
and scholar who founded the Shalu Monastery
22 km south of Shigatse
in Tibet
. He reportedly found the site to built the temple in 1040 following advice from his tutor to fire an arrow and trust to the goodness and wisdom of Buddha
that it will find the perfect location. Where the arrow landed would become the most central point of the foundations of the monastery. Later his monastery became an important Tibetan centre for scholars around the lands and for centuries it was renowned as an epicentre of scholarly learning and psychic training.
Tibetan people
The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet, which is mostly in the People's Republic of China. They number 5.4 million and are the 10th largest ethnic group in the country. Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan...
Abbot
Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
and scholar who founded the Shalu Monastery
Shalu Monastery
Shalu Monastery or Ṣalu Monastery is small monastery 22 km south of Shigatse in Tibet. Founded in 1040 by Chetsun Sherab Jungnay, for centuries it was renowned as a centre of scholarly learning and psychic training and its mural paintings were considered to be the most ancient and beautiful...
22 km south of Shigatse
Shigatse
Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China, with a population of 92000, about southwest of Lhasa and northwest of Gyantse...
in Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
. He reportedly found the site to built the temple in 1040 following advice from his tutor to fire an arrow and trust to the goodness and wisdom of Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...
that it will find the perfect location. Where the arrow landed would become the most central point of the foundations of the monastery. Later his monastery became an important Tibetan centre for scholars around the lands and for centuries it was renowned as an epicentre of scholarly learning and psychic training.