哲蚌寺

寺庙例事在哲蚌寺，喇嘛完成每天清晨的早课后，依然在沉思。

Monastery Ritual Monks remain deep in thought after an early morning prayer meeting at Drepung Monastery .

城市里和市郊有许多历史遗迹和著名的地方，这其中有布达拉宫，宗喀巴殿，哲蚌寺，色拉寺和甘丹寺是世界闻名的。

There are many historic sites and famous relics in the city proper and its suburbs , among which the Potala palace , Jokhang temple , Drepung monastery , Sera Monastery and Gandan monastery are world famous .

在拉萨哲蚌寺，身穿绛红僧袍的喇嘛们仪式性地辩论经文奥义——何为“真实”的本质，巧不巧——他们这样做实际上是迫于执政者的要求，只要能赚到美元，后者就乐于鼓励旧习俗。

Those red-robed monks practicing ritual debating - on the nature of reality , no less - at the Drepung monastery in Lhasa are in fact doing so at the behest of their rulers in faraway Beijing , happy to encourage old customs so long as those will bring in dollars .