Milarepa's Cave, Nyalam
| Milarepa's Cave | |
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མི་ལ་རས་པའི་བྲག་ཕུག | |
View overlooking Phelgyeling Monastery at Milarepa's Cave, Tibet | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Patron | Milarepa |
| Location | |
| Location | Gangka village, Nyalam County, Shigatse, Tibet |
| Geographic coordinates | 28°14′30″N 86°00′28″E / 28.2417°N 86.0077°E |
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| Tibetan | མི་ལ་རས་པའི་བྲག་ཕུག | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 米拉日巴修行洞 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 米拉日巴修行洞 | ||||||
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| Nyalam Pelgye Ling | |||||||
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| Tibetan | གཉའ་ལམ་འཕེལ་རྒྱས་གླིང་ | ||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 潘杰林寺 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潘杰林寺 | ||||||
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Milarepa's Cave or Namkading Cave is a cave where the Tibetan Buddhist philosopher, and Vajrayana Mahasiddha, Milarepa (c. 1052–c. 1135 CE) spent many years of his life in the eleventh century. It is located 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of the town of Nyalam at Gangka village. It is on the slope below the China–Nepal Friendship Highway and above the Matsang river in Nyalam County, Tibet.