Visiting Chimi
Lhakhang is always of some excitement. Here one is embarking on Lama Drukpa
Kuenley's monastery and the place that he had frequented long time ago.
Reaching here one is expected to receive his blessing.
Climbing few meters
from the last motor able road one reaches at the entrance gate.
Little above you
will encounter a Chorten (Stupa), which is half black. This stupa is the main
force behind the establishment of monastery here. Lama Drukpa Kuenley subdued a
demon of Dochu La with his “magic thunderbolt of wisdom” and trapped it in a
rock below this chorten.
Stepping inside the
monastery, one comes in close contact with Choejay Drukpa Kuenley’s statue
sitting in front of Lord Buddha with his dog near by. You can now do the prostration to Lama
DRukpa Kuenlay.
A replica of the
iron bow and an arrow of Lama Drukpa Kuenley are seen dangling on the left
column of the main sanctum/chapel. Replica of small brown scriptures with
thread ends used basically to get name for a child is also kept on the Chapel. If you want to get name of your child and for
the expecting baby, you can ask the caretaker or Lam. The name one get
is generally Kinley. It is believed that for the expecting couples, if you get
male name you will get a baby boy and vice versa.
Along with the
above items the monastery is the repository of the original wooden symbol of
phallus that Lama Kunley brought from Tibet. This wooden phallus is decorated
with a silver handle and is used to bless people who visit the monastery on
pilgrimage, particularly childless women seeking blessings for children.
The white phallus
of the lama is therefore the symbolic representation of fertility. Lama Drukpa
Kuenley was known to have used his phallus as a tool to impart his teaching
during his life.
I with great
reverence to Lama Drukpa Kuenlay, received the blessing from the white phallus.
It is believed that if we are possessed with evil spirits or negative forces,
it will be driven out. And I am very happy, I am now free of such negative
forces and neither anyone can inflict on me.
Today, Chime
Lhakhang is widely known all over the world. Most people who visit the temple
pray and seek blessing for children if they are childless or other seek
protection for their children.
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| (Tourists trying hard to carry big phallus in Chimi Lhakhang to get blessed. Bhutanese don't feel shy seeing or carrying phallus Courtesy: The Bhutanese Messenger Facebook page) |
Many western
visitors including local people make a point to visit the Great Monastery
vouching on the success story of fertility.
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| (Courtesy:Tourism Council of Bhutan) |
Chimi Lhakhang was
built in 1499 by Ngawang Choegyel ( Lama Drukpa Kuenley's Brother) after the
site was blessed by Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529) who built a chorten on the site.
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| Courtesy: GT HSU |
Lama Drukpa Kuenley
was known as the "Mad Saint" or “Divine Madman” for his unorthodox
ways of teaching Buddhism by singing, humor and outrageous behavior, which
amounted to being bizarre, shocking and with sexual overtones.
He is also the
saint who advocated the use of phallus symbols as paintings on walls and as
flying carved wooden phalluses on house tops at four corners of the houses.
Traditionally
symbols of phallus in Bhutan have been intended to drive away the evil eye and
malicious gossip.
When
in Lobsesa, please visit the monastery and receive blessing.
Check the success of fertility ready one of the story here https://gate20.com/2018/03/12/the-fertility-temple-in-bhutan-changed-our-lives/
Check the success of fertility ready one of the story here https://gate20.com/2018/03/12/the-fertility-temple-in-bhutan-changed-our-lives/
