RIPHUG, Tsho Karpo

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A troglodyte meditation retreat cave or rock shelter (temple cave) reports DIEMBERGER (1990 edited 1993: 66) from Tsho karpo (mTsho dKar-po) --a white lake at the core of Beyul Khenbalung (note 1). SITUATION: … the valley of the Barun River [note 2] in Nepal … descends the Barun Glacier and arrives at a picturesque white lake in front of Mt. Makalu. This [note 3] is Sershong (gSer-gshong), locally considered to be the ama, the -mother- of Beyul Khenbalung … (DIEMBERGER 1990 edited 1993: 66). CULTURAL HISTORY -- Human use: Rating Tertön [note 4] came here for reatreat in a cave called Riphug (Ri-phug). This is the site of holy mountains and the pastures of the Khumbo who live in the Kasua Valley [note 5], an affluent of the Arun River (DIEMBERGER 1990 edited 1993: 66).A troglodyte meditation retreat cave or rock shelter (temple cave) reports DIEMBERGER (1990 edited 1993: 66) from Tsho karpo (mTsho dKar-po) --a white lake at the core of Beyul Khenbalung (note 1). SITUATION: … the valley of the Barun River [note 2] in Nepal … descends the Barun Glacier and arrives at a picturesque white lake in front of Mt. Makalu. This [note 3] is Sershong (gSer-gshong), locally considered to be the ama, the -mother- of Beyul Khenbalung … (DIEMBERGER 1990 edited 1993: 66). CULTURAL HISTORY -- Human use: Rating Tertön [note 4] came here for reatreat in a cave called Riphug (Ri-phug). This is the site of holy mountains and the pastures of the Khumbo who live in the Kasua Valley [note 5], an affluent of the Arun River (DIEMBERGER 1990 edited 1993: 66).