Sitting-in-the-bed

Sitting-in-the-bed of the 9th Dalai Lama

Sitting-in-the-bed (Tibetan: ཁྲི་ལ་བཞུགས khri la bzhugs,[1] Chinese: 坐床, zuo chuang )is a major religious ceremony in Tibetan Buddhist temples. It is a necessary ceremony for the reincarnated person to formally succeed the living Buddha by the reincarnated soul boy and change the name during the inheritance process of the living Buddha.[2]

In Buddhist texts, the terms "bed" (床) and "throne" (座) are often used interchangeably. For example, the phrase "the body is a bed and a seat, pervading the universe" (身為床座徧大千) of the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra implies the Buddha's great aspiration and profound virtue, capable of saving all sentient beings through his own efforts. Similarly, the sitting-in-the-bed ceremony (坐床大典) of the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama in Tibet is actually the enthronement ceremony, and the so-called "golden bed" is just the "precious throne" .[3] [4]

The main content of sitting on the bed is to respect the ancestors of Tibetan Buddhism sects, and Songtsen Gampo, Princess Wencheng, Padmasambhava, and the goddess Bailangmu.

For important lamas including the Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas, sitting-in-the-bed ceremony happens after Golden Urn ceremony and approval from the Central Government. Sitting-in-the-bed ceremony for the 10th Dalai Lama was held in the Potala Palace.[5] Sitting-in-the-bed ceremony for the 13th Dalai Lama was held in the Potala Palace.[6]

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  1. ^ Schaik, Sam van (2009-09-15). "The Sitting-in-Bed Ceremony and Other Strangeness". early Tibet. Retrieved 2021-09-07. I suspect the original Tibetan phrase is probably khri la bzhugs, literally meaning "to reside (or sit) on the throne," often in the context of an enthronement ceremony. The phrase goes way back, and can even be found in the Dunhuang manuscripts (you can find it in Pelliot tibétain 1068 here). The word for "bed" is, of course, nyal khri ("sleeping platform"). I believe the honorifics differ: that for "bed" is gzim khri (same meaning), that for "throne" is bzhugs khri.
  2. ^ https://saintyculture.com/20315234163155835352/150 經過系列尋訪程序，最終確定轉世活佛身份並剃度後，接下來就是坐床儀式了。坐床後，方正式繼承前世活佛的名號，成為具有轉世身份的祖古——活佛。After a series of search procedures, once the identity of the reincarnated Living Buddha is finally confirmed and be ordained, the next step is the enthronement ceremony. After the enthronement, he or she will officially inherit the title of the previous Living Buddha and become a reincarnated Tulku - a Living Buddha.
  3. ^ https://old.ddc.shengyen.org/mobile/text/01-03/157.php
  4. ^ https://www.lama.com.tw/content/talk/index2.aspx?id=949
  5. ^ 陈庆英 (2005). The System of the Dalai Lama Reincarnation. 五洲传播出版社. ISBN 978-7-5085-0745-3. I made this decree to appoint you as the soul boy of the Dalai Lama, and to send High Commissioner Wengang, Chengdu General Suchongnga, Zanggyia Hotogtu on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month of the year to the Potala Palace together to arrange for your sitting-in-the-bed...
  6. ^ Wang, Jiawei; Nyima, Gyaincain; 尼玛坚赞 (1997). The Historical Status of China's Tibet. 五洲传播出版社. ISBN 978-7-80113-304-5. Five days later, a sitting-in-the-bed ceremony was held in the Potala Palace for the enthronement of the 13th Dalai Lama.
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