Gangri Tökar
A famous peak in Central Tibet, Gangri Tökar (‘The White Skull Snow Mountain') is located approximately twenty-five kilometers south of Lhasa. It was here, in the hermitage of Orgyen Dzong, that Longchenpa taught and composed many of his most important writings.
On his journey back to Golok from Lhasa, in 1908, Trülku Drimé Özer journeyed there. Few decades later, Lochen Chönyi Zangmo founded Shuksep Nunnery on the mountain's lower slopes.
Since the early 8th century, Tibetans and Himalayan people have treasured "Namtars" as written or spoken narratives that demonstrate the realization of the Buddhist path by exceptional practitioners. These namtars, or spiritual biographies, serve as inspirational guides on the path to enlightenment.
Today, Namtars Foundation aims to record, preserve, and freely offer the world a written and electronic treasury of the oral wisdom of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism.
