Milarepa's Cave, Nyalam

Milarepa's Cave
Milarepa's Cave
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
	Shown within Tibet
Geographic coordinates	28°14′30″N 86°00′28″E / 28.2417°N 86.0077°E

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.^[2] It is on the slope below the China–Nepal Friendship Highway and above the Matsang river in Nyalam County, Tibet.^[4]

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^ ^a ^b Bradley Mayhew; Michael Kohn (2005). Tibet. Lonely Planet. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-74059-523-0. The [Nyalam Pelgye Ling] template is signposted 10km north of Nyalam, at Gangka village.
^ "gnya' lam 'phel rgyas gling". The Buddhist Digital Archives. Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 6 March 2022. གཉའ་ལམ་འཕེལ་རྒྱས་གླིང་།
^ Dorje (1999), p. 304.