The Attraction of Chimpu Meditation Centers

Located in mountains and with thick forests and streams flowing, Chimpu is not very hot in summer and not very cold in winter and the climate is moderate all year around. Standing in the mountains, there are green hills and clear waters, birds singing and flowers giving forth fragrance. The network of river courses thousands meters away and the huge golden sands along the river bank are clear to see. It’s really a place where scenery and climate are both good. That’s why so many eminent monks and common people regarded there as the sacred place to practise Buddhism and meditate.

There are said to be 108 retreat caves, 108 sky burial stages and 108 magic streams. It was here that Padmasambhava, Tibetan King Tritsong Detsen and the other disciples left numerous sacred remains. The main caves of the complex are Padmasambhava’s retreat cavesGabuchang andCezedong, Fawang dong, Luduicong below. Because Lang Darma banned Buddhism and caused the end of the former flourishing period of Tibetan Buddhism, many monks who suffered persecution buried a lot of scriptures and cultural relics in the mountains, which became the precious records dug by the respectable monks and pilgrims since the later flourishing period of Tibetan Buddhism, which were called “Fuzang”. Up till now, it’s said there are still a lot of “Fuzang” buried in the remote mountains and wait for the person who was virtue and lucky to dig up. There are stone statues scattered densely up and down the mountains of Chimpu and their shapes are of primitive simplicity and elegance. According to the legend, these statues appeared naturally from the stones, so they were called “Ranjiong”, which were translated as “naturally shaped”.