A cave monastery of
Zanskar,
Zongkul
stands perched on the rock face of the Ating George. There is an interesting legend associated with the
Zongkul
Monastery of
Ladakh. It is said to be connected with Naropa, the famous Indian Yogi from Vikramshila. Infact, it is believed that he even used the two caves of the monastery for the purpose of his solitary meditation. Even today, one can see Naropa's footprint embedded in the rock and his sacred spring, located inside the meditation cave.
After Naropa meditated here, the
Zongkul
monastery became the sacred place of meditation for all the mahasiddhas of
Zanskar. Enlightened people like Dubchen Kunga Gyatso, Dubchen Nawang Tsering, Dzadpa Dorje, Karmapa, Kunga Choslag, etc have used
Zongkul
for meditation purposes. The
Zongkul
Gompa of
Leh Ladakh consists of a number of blessed shrines.
Zongkul
also boasts of a rich compilation of precious artifacts, like ivory image of Samvara, a crystal stupa, texts containing the spiritual songs and biographies composed by the successive mahasiddha, etc. Not to be missed are the splendid murals, made by Zhadpa Dorje almost 300 years ago.
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