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Gompa and ling are ecclesiastical fortifications of learning, lineage and sadhana
Sadhana

Sadhana is a Hindi term for "a means of accomplishing something" or more specifically "spiritual practice". It includes a variety of disciplines from Hinduism and Buddhism traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spirituality or ritual objectives....
 (that may be understood as a conflation of a fortification, a monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 or nunnery, and a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
: vihara
Vihara (monastery)

A Vihara is an Indian Buddhist monastery. In Sanskrit, the word vihara means "a secluded place in which to walk". Buddhist monks, dedicated to asceticism and the monastic life, gravitated from the urban environment to the country and lived at first in wooden huts and then in rock-cut caves, caves in which the unwanted rock was excavat...
), located in Tibet
Tibet

Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World"....
, Ladakh
Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the Indian Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun Mountains mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryans and Tibetan people descent....
 (India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
), Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
, and Bhutan
Bhutan

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China....
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Gompa and ling are ecclesiastical fortifications of learning, lineage and sadhana
Sadhana

Sadhana is a Hindi term for "a means of accomplishing something" or more specifically "spiritual practice". It includes a variety of disciplines from Hinduism and Buddhism traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spirituality or ritual objectives....
 (that may be understood as a conflation of a fortification, a monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 or nunnery, and a university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
: vihara
Vihara (monastery)

A Vihara is an Indian Buddhist monastery. In Sanskrit, the word vihara means "a secluded place in which to walk". Buddhist monks, dedicated to asceticism and the monastic life, gravitated from the urban environment to the country and lived at first in wooden huts and then in rock-cut caves, caves in which the unwanted rock was excavat...
), located in Tibet
Tibet

Tibet is a Tibetan Plateau in Asia, north of the Himalayas, and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people and its related ethnic groups. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres , it is the highest region on Earth and has in recent decades increasingly been referred to as the "Roof of the World"....
, Ladakh
Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the Indian Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun Mountains mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryans and Tibetan people descent....
 (India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
), Nepal
Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and is the world's youngest republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by India....
, and Bhutan
Bhutan

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains and is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China....
. Their design and interior details vary from region to region, however, all follow a general sacred geometrical
Sacred geometry

Sacred geometry is geometry used in the design of sacred architecture and sacred art. The basic belief is that geometry and mathematical ratios, harmonics and proportion are also found in music, light, cosmology....
 mandala
Mandala

Mandala is a concentric diagram having spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism. The term is of Hinduism origin and appears in the Rig Veda as the name of the sections of the work, but is also used in other Indian religions, particularly Buddhism....
 design of a central prayer hall containing a Buddha murti
Murti

In Hinduism, a murti typically refers to an image, a deity, in which a Divine Spirit is expressed . Hindus consider a murti worthy of worship after the divine is invoked in it for the purpose of offering worship....
 or thangka
Thangka

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 135-S-18-10-29, Tibetexpedition, Tempelfest, Gebetsmauer.jpgA "Thangka," also known as "Tangka", "Thanka" or "Tanka" is a painted or embroidered Buddhist banner which was hung in a monastery or a family altar and occasionally carried by monks in ceremonial processions....
, benches for the monks or nuns to engage in prayer or meditation and attached living accommodation. The gompa or ling may also be accompanied by any number of stupas. The siting and aspect
Aspect (geography)

In physical geography, aspect generally refers to the direction to which a mountain slope faces. For example, a slope on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains toward the Great Plains is described as having an easterly aspect....
 of the architectural constructions, satellite buildings and grounds were founded on ancient principles of geodesic lore
History of geodesy

Humanity has always been interested in the Earth. During very early times this interest was limited, naturally, to the immediate vicinity of home and residency, and the fact that we live on a near spherical globe may or may not have been apparent....
 and environmental metaphysics
Environmental metaphysics

Environmental metaphysics is the study of environments and their impact on people and animals. Much of what is currently being used in the field of environmental metaphysics is being labeledFeng Shui....
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A gompa can also be just a meditation room or hall, without the attached living quarters. Meditation rooms in urban Buddhist centres are often referred to as gompas.

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