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Dechen Phodrang in Dzongkha/Tibetan translates to “the palace of great bliss”. Until one arrives at the foot of the place, it’s invisible from any direction hidden deep down in gorge between a Womanang river and a mountain stream located at about 2260 m above sea level.
A huge rock at the entrance to the Ney is believed to be the ‘gateway to the Copper-coloured Mountain of Glory’, known as Zangdokpalri (ཟངས་ མདོག་དཔལ་རི) in Buddhism. On auspicious days devoted and lucky pilgrims can even hear the sounds of drums and cymbals from the rock.
This sacred place (Ney) was revealed by a Tibetan Lama named Karma Rabjor. According to the oral history, this significant holy place is a part of Pemaling - another major sacred place blessed by Guru Padmasambhava in the northern alpines of Bumdeling. Like in Bumthang Kurje and Gomphu Kora, Guru Rinpoche’s body impression on the rock (left while meditating) is found here housed in the ground floor of temple. On the left side of the three-storey temple is huge cypress tree (Tsenden- shing) that was mentioned earlier. People here say that the cypress tree has grown out from Guru Rinpoche’s walking stick. Ap Tshering Tenzin says that government forestry official once came to measure the size of this historically significant tree and he remembers it is about 8 meters in circumference and 93 meters high.
Inside the temple besides the body print of Guru Rinpoche, holy spring water, double diamond thunderbolt, impression of hat, entrails of rakshasa (སིན་པོ) and many relics and stone treasures are available for visitors and pilgrims to touch and receive blessings. One such relic is the fertility stone for childless couples. Any hopeful couple can even spend the night at guesthouse beside the temple, and the caretaker humorously says, ‘They can do their private business and ensure the woman is conceived’. Outside there is a huge golden tortoise rock at the right side of temple and pilgrims believe crawling through the crack will cleanse all of the defilements accrued in this life. Conspicuously, one can see a golden pair of fish on the rock nearby, self-emerged piwang (musical instrument), steps to the heaven, self-formed Avalokiteshvara (སྤྱན་ རས་གཟིགས), Dzambhala (which is equated to deity Kubera in Hinduism), scared cremation ground, hat of Guru Rinpoche, the throne of Guru, the treasure trove of whole Dzambuling (འཛམ་བུའི་གླིང་), holy spring water of thousand Buddha, self-emerged letter Om Ah Hung (ༀ་ཨཱཿ་ཧཱུྃ) and multitude of other scared rocks can been seen in the vicinity. Devoted Buddhist pilgrims believe such holy place is like a wish-fulfilling jewel: it not only prevents mortal obstacles and bestows blessings of achievement, long live and good health, but also walking to such Neys clears the white path to heaven after death. From an outer perspective, this is a hidden paradise on the earth for humans and other living beings.
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www.trashiyangtse.gov.bt/institution/dechenphodrang-ney
LOCATED - TASHI YANGTSE, EAST BHUTAN.
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