I-Las izithombe zebhotela noma ibhotela, zibalulekile ekukhuleni komoya kobuBuddha baseTibet. Njengobuciko obuhlukile bokuqoshwa kwamasiko eTibetan, lobu buciko bunomsuka enkolweni yeBon Tibetan futhi buthathwa njengenye yezimbali ezingajwayelekile ezingcebweni zobuciko baseTibetan.
Umsuka wezithombe zebhotela
Ngo-641, ngenkathi uPrincess Wencheng wobukhosi bakwaTang eshada neNkosi yangaleso sikhathi yaseTibet uSongtsan Gambo, wanikela ngesithombe sikaSakyamuni, esagcina sikhonjwe futhi sakhulekelwa ethempelini laseJokhang.
Ukukhombisa inhlonipho yabo, abantu baseTibetan baletha iminikelo phambi kukaBuddha. Ngokuya ngamasiko endabuko agcinwe eNdiya, iminikelo eya kuBuddha nakuma-bodhisattvas yayihlukaniswe ngezigaba eziyisithupha: imbali, impepho yaKho, amanzi aphezulu, impepho, izithelo nokukhanya kukaBuddha.
Ngaleso sikhathi, noma kunjalo, zonke izimbali nezihlahla sezifile, ngakho-ke abantu baseTibetan benza isixha sezimbali zebhotela esikhundleni salokho.
Izithombe ezibunjiweyo zebhotela ziwuhlobo lwebhotela lokubumba elenziwe ngezandla lapho impahla eluhlaza eluhlaza ibhotela, ukhilimu ukudla kubantu baseTibetan eChina. Izinto eziqinile, ezithambile futhi ezimsulwa, ezinephunga elincane, zingabunjwa zibe ubuciko obucacile, obukhanyayo nobuhle.
Ekuqaleni, ukubaza kwebhotela kwakulula futhi amasu ayenzima. Kamuva, izikhungo ezimbili zakhiwa e-Taer Monastery ukuqeqesha abaculi bama-monk abagxile kulobu buciko. Ngokuthanda uBuddha nobuciko, izindela zisebenze kanzima futhi zafunda komunye nomunye ukunqoba ubuthakathaka bazo, ngaleyo ndlela zanothisa ubuciko ngokwesakhiwo nokuqukethwe.
Ukwenziwa kwezifanekiso zebhotela kuhlukile kakhulu futhi kuyinkimbinkimbi: Njengoba ibhotela lincibilika kalula lilungiswa ngesandla ezimweni ezibandayo (imvamisa ngezinsuku zasebusika) ngabaculi bama-monk.
Ukwenza ibhotela lithambe futhi libe buthakathaka, lifakwa emanzini abandayo isikhathi eside ukususa izinto ezingcolile, bese ibhotela ligoqwa libe ngamafutha. Ngaphambi kwesithombe esibaziwe, abaculi kumele bageze futhi babambe iqhaza emkhosini wezenkolo.
Ngakho-ke, baqala ukuxoxa ngodaba lokuqoshwa kwebhotela. Ngemuva kokusungula ingqikithi, bachaza kabanzi ngomqondo, ukuhlela, nokwakhiwa kwesithombe sebhotela. Phakathi nale nqubo, umsebenzi uhanjiswa phakathi kwezindela ngokulandelana. Lapho wonke umsebenzi wokulungiselela usuphothuliwe, abaculi bangena emakamelweni ngokushisa okungu-0 ℃ bese beqala ukubaza kwabo.