Enlightenment Stupa

Enlightenment Stupa

The Enlightenment Stupa is the largest Stupa in Europe, measuring 108 feet or 33 metres high. It was inaugurated on the 5th October 2003, and was the final project of the great Buddhist Master Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche. It is situated in Benalmádena, Málaga in the Andalusian region of southern Spain, overlooking the Costa del Sol.

In Buddhism, a Stupa is a monument which represents peace, prosperity and harmony, as well as being a place for meditation. The Enlightenment Stupa ("Chan Chub Chorten" in Tibetan) symbolizes Buddha's enlightenment, the realisation of the nature of mind, and is one of the eight different forms that Stupas are built according to. Whereas Stupas are typically sealed structures, the Enlightenment Stupa is unusual as there is 100 square metre meditation room and a room that can be used for exhibitions about Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan culture inside the structure. The walls of the meditation room are painted with the life story of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni.

The Stupa was inaugurated by H.H. Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, the second-most important teacher within the Karma Kagyu lineage of Buddhism. Also present was Lömpo Sangye Ngodup, a minister from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, Lama Ole Nydahl and the Mayor of Benalmádena, Enrique Bolin. Sr Bolin was instrumental in providing the land on which the Stupa is situated.

Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche

Lopon Tsechu visited Spain for the first time in 1990, where he gave teachings and empowerments at Karma Guen, a Buddhist meditation centre near Vélez-Málaga, about 50 kilometres from Benalmadena. Rinpoche built his first Stupa at Karma Guen in 1994, a symbol of peace and prosperity for Spain. Rinpoche went on to build 16 more Stupas in Europe before his death in 2003. Rinpoche became a resident of Spain in 1995 and began visiting the country regularly, giving further teachings and empowerments.

External links

* [http://www.stupabenalmadena.org/ Homepage of the Enlightenment Stupa at Benalmadena]
* [http://stupabenalmadena.org/en/pictures_en.html Official Photographs Page of the Enlightenment Stupa in Benalmadena, Spain]
* [http://www.karmaguen2003.com/karmaguen2004/pages/Enlightenment-Stupa-Benalmadena-Spain-June-2004.htm Photographs of Enlightenment Stupa in Benalmadena, Spain]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=-4.58094754626&daddr=36.5881162159&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=36.58825,-4.580768&spn=0.002434,0.004345&t=k&om=1 Enlightenment Stupa at Benalmadena on Google Maps]


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