Labrang Monastery (Labuleng Si), Gansu, China

5Melanie 5:00 PM Aug 1, 2020

Interesting and mysterious Labuleng Si
It’s a great place to understand one of the sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Labuleng Si. I was there in August, 2017, I was mostly impressed by the unique style architecture, Lama praying, chanting and the yak butter sculptures. There are several universities in the monastery so it is better to find a guide to get fully understanding. Try to climb the hill in front of the main hall for great views of the overall. Also, do not forget to walk the inner Kora with local people and pilgrims for good karma clockwise. Interesting and mysterious!

5BobbyGentry 5:00 PM Jul 13, 2021

40 RMB entrance including free monastic guide
A truly great place to visit. Tickets available across from the Norden Café. Brief take-away from our yellow sect monk guide སྟོང་ཉིད། tongnyi东尼 Light of knowledge removes darkness of ignorance We each have 6 souls 6 elements (with a little help from Wikipedia) sky (green (peace/jealousy)) earth (yellow/orange (beauty/pride)) air (blue (awakening/anger)) fire (red (compassion/attachment)) water (white (being/Ignorance - centre)) space (black (awakening/death)) Our consciousness stems from our 5 senses plus the central soul Labrang monastery, Yellow Hat sect, Gelugpa order, Tibetan Buddhism, founded in 1709. We spent three days in Labrang. Staying at the magnificent Shangu Guesthouse, located across from the White Stupa. We walked the inner (monastery) and outer (mountainous) kora.