Due to the king’s accumulation of merit, all his subjects enjoyed happiness and wellbeing rains came at the right time while crops and livestock flourished. In the distant past, there lived in this world a king named Great Charioteer (Shingta Chenpo) who ruled over a small kingdom of some five thousand subjects. Below is the story o how he was overcome with compassion when he saw a tigress tormented by starvation and offered his body to her without a moment’s hesitation. The following detailed information on Namobuddha is taken from the web site of the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse monastery.Ī long time in the past, many immeasurable eons ago, our teacher the perfect Buddha was practicing on the path of learning. Large numbers of pilgrims visit Namo Buddha, especially during the months of February and March. On the other side of the hill stands the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse monastery constructed in 1976. A small shrine a few minutes walk uphill from the stupa contains statues of the prince together with the tigress and her cubs. Overcome with compassion, the prince allowed the tigress to consume him and thereby feed her cubs. Known by Tibetans as Takmo Lu Jin, meaning “Tigress Body Generosity”, the Namo Buddha stupa marks the site where a young prince (in some versions, the Buddha himself) encountered a tigress close to starvation and unable to feed her own cubs. Located 40 kilometers southeast of Kathmandu, Namo Buddha is one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites south of the Himalayas, as well as being one of the holiest Buddhist sites in the world.
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