Gompa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gonpa, Gunpa, Gumpa, Gumba, Gunba, Gonba, Gomba, Ling
thumb|Gompa Thubten Shedrup Dhargyeling, Mustang in 2015 A Gompa or Gönpa or Gumba ( "remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling (, "island"), is a sacred Buddhist spiritual compound where teachings may be given and lineage sādhanās may be stored. They may be compared to viharas (bihars) and to a university campus with adjacent living quarters. Those gompas associated with Tibetan Buddhism are common in Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. Bhutanese dzong architecture is a subset of traditional gompa design.
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thumb|Gompa Thubten Shedrup Dhargyeling, Mustang in 2015 A Gompa or Gönpa or Gumba ( "remote place", Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling (, "island"), is a sacred Buddhist spiritual compound where teachings may be given and lineage sādhanās may be stored. They may be compared to viharas (bihars) and to a university campus with adjacent living quarters. Those gompas associated with Tibetan Buddhism are common in Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. Bhutanese dzong architecture is a subset of traditional gompa design.
Gompa may also refer to a shrine room or meditation room, without the attached living quarters, where practitioners meditate and listen to teachings. Shrine rooms in urban Buddhist centres are often referred to as gompas.