Kumbum

But when you disembark next to a row of giant tour-buses, buy your entrance ticket (£4) at the booth, and jostle through crowds up to the nearest temple (just past the sign that identifies a building as "KUMBUM OLD MONK'S HOME"), today's Kumbum, from this perspective, is as 'for show' as those music videos.

From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

But when you disembark next to a row of giant tour-buses, buy your entrance ticket (£4) at the booth, and jostle through crowds up to the nearest temple (just past the sign that identifies a building as "KUMBUM OLD MONK'S HOME"), today's Kumbum, from this perspective, is as 'for show' as those music videos.

Alec Ash: From Lhasa to Shangri La: the Touristification of Tibet 2010

We also reviewed the happy days we had passed together in Kumbum and renewed our discussions about Christianity and

With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

This temple is the center of interest in Kumbum and is the crowning pride of all the people of Amdo, who hold it to be particularly sacred.

With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

Indeed, the temptation was to settle down in Kumbum and Lusar for a life mission.

With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

He, too, had had experience with robbers, for the year we arrived in Kumbum he had lost a whole caravan, and, knowing the people who had attacked him, he was endeavoring to obtain restitution through the Amban.

With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior 1901

Each leaf had a natural picture of the Buddha Sinhanada (Sangs-rgyas Seng-ge sgra), and was thus called Kumbum (sKu-‘bum), a hundred thousand body images.

A Short Biography of Tsongkhapa 2003

Each leaf had a natural picture of the Buddha Sinhanada (Sangs-rgyas Seng-ge sgra), and was thus called Kumbum (sKu-‘bum), a hundred thousand body images.

A Short Biography of Tsongkhapa 2003

The Gelug monastery called Kumbum was later built on that spot.

A Short Biography of Tsongkhapa 2003

The Gelug monastery called Kumbum was later built on that spot.

A Short Biography of Tsongkhapa 2003